Time Off

I’ve been blogging here for the past seven and some years. Some blogs get lots of comments, some get only a couple, but I always enjoy hearing your thoughts.

Typically the summer months are the slowest on the blog. Everyone is off having grand adventures and spending time with family and friends. I’m planning to take the summer off: There won’t be any new blogs for July and most of August because:

a) I’m trying to get my next book in ship shape, and
b) I need a break.

The newest book, Money Talks: When to Say ‘Yes’ and How to Say ‘No’ will be out at the end of the year. The official release comes in January 2016, but I’m told it should be in stores before Christmas. It’s the book that deals with the really tough part of money: the conversations you must have with the people you love. It was a challenging book to write but I am very happy with how it is turning out. Now I just have to finish dotting the Is and crossing the Ts. And there will be an updated Money Rules. If you have a daughter, a nephew, a grandchild or a god child that is graduating from college or university, this is the book that will tell them what you didn’t!

As you know I’m a rabid gardener. During my time off from blogging I’ll be in the garden digging and pulling and moving and planting and giving my brain a rest from the challenge of coming up with fresh ways to talk about money. I also hope to spend more time painting, a new creative outlet that is truly a joy.

I’ll blog until the end of this month, take a break and then I’ll be back in late August. I’m thinking of running The Hardest Ever to Win Contest one more time from Sept-Nov. If you didn’t participate last time and want another shot at getting your money in ship shape, lemme know.

I’d love to have your feedback on what you like about the blog and what you’d like to see more of when I return and into 2016.

The current set of Other Voices bloggers will be the last for a while. People seem unprepared for the amount of time it takes to blog every week and I’ve been left in the lurch a few times over the past year. So as bloggers leave Other Voices I won’t be replacing them. The current bloggers will remain for as long as they want to keep writing.

Well, that brings you up to date with my plans. I hope you have a wonderful summer full of laughter and exploration.