Update

Wow! It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I knew I needed to post an update, as you guys might have been wondering where I was and how things were going book-wise, but I didn’t realize this much time had passed. My apologies.

I’ll go ahead and talk about Sacrifice right away, since I know so many of you are waiting on it. I’m sorry it didn’t come out this month. I was hoping I could get it finished before my hubby and I took off for 2 weeks to visit family out-of-state, but there was simply too much going on. I’ll post more preview chapters soon, since I’m well into the manuscript by now.

While I hated that going away put me behind 2 weeks on my work, it was also a much needed break. I was up to my eyeballs in stress. I haven’t taken any vacation time this year, and day job strains were starting to get to me. Office drama is so much fun, right? =)

On top of that, my husband and I have had a string of very expensive bad luck, starting with the hot water heater going out in March. It’s been one thing after another, to the point if I don’t laugh I’m going to cry, and I honestly thought we weren’t going to be able to see the family I hadn’t seen in a year and a half due to everything draining our bank accounts. (Including a pregnant little sister who’s due soon.) By the grace of God, we made it and I finally got to see my family, which was nice but tiring. Don’t get me wrong; I love seeing them, but when we go see my family, we have like 6 different places to go because none of the people I want to see live close to one another. So it’s always lots of driving and not very much down time. I can’t complain though; at least I have family to see.

We’ve been back home almost a week, and I’m trying to get back into a routine. It always seems to take me a couple of weeks. I can never seem to dive right back in.

You might see some changes around the website and my blog. Namely, I’m thinking of cutting the WordPress.com blog altogether, since I rarely post to it/don’t have time to create the content I want. Pinterest will probably go, too, as I’m not very active there anymore. All of this is along the order of reducing the stress in my life.

My writing time has become more limited because of my new position at work and the fact I’ve started incorporating regular exercise into my schedule. I work in a call center, so I’m sitting down all day. (I WISH we had treadmill desks!) I’ve only been working there for little over 3 years, but I’ve gained 30+ pounds since starting. (YIKES!) I got sick of feeling so heavy and rundown and feeling bad while shopping for clothes, something I used to enjoy. (Not to mention I was getting an irregular heartbeat and headaches that worried me.) I vowed to “get fit,” and have since shed 23 pounds through diet changes and being more active. The irregular heartbeat and my headaches and body aches have vanished, as well.

While I enjoy the energy and stress-relief this change brings me, it also means less writing time. Since I’d rather spend what time I have available writing and creating more books, I’m trying to figure out what else I can cut to reduce my worries and give me back more time to write.

I plan on making a concrete decision soon, sometime this week. Once I decide for certain if I’m cutting the blog and Pinterest, I will let you guys know. I might also bring the ARC list back for Sacrifice and future books, but I’m not sure how I’m going to go about it yet. Decisions, decisions!

Thank you all so much for your patience in waiting for Sacrifice. I promise I’m working hard to make it a book worth reading.