Well, that was intense.
Everyone is always busy. That’s our default, right? But did you ever have one of those months that was crazy-busy on steroids?
In November we decided to remodel our home (while living in it), doing the demolition ourselves to save money. Here’s the catch: it had to be completed within three weeks because my brother was coming for Thanksgiving and it’s hard to offer turkey with a side dish of drywall dust.
During these same three weeks, I flew to Colorado for a writing conference led by Jerry Jenkins (New York Times bestselling writer behind the Left Behind and The Chosen books),
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had three suspicious moles biopsied (I’m fine – but had stitches), performed with my husband in a murder mystery dinner show (I was the killer, but everyone blamed him! Ha!),
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celebrated both Thanksgiving and Christmas with my brother, Dennis, before he flew home,
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and then, because that wasn’t enough, I decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) where I committed to completing a 50,000-word manuscript.
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I should be committed.
But I did all the things! Whoo-hoo! To be sure, the “manuscript” is a glorified outline of my novel, Damn Rebel Witches, with plot holes you could drive a truck through, but that’s not the point. The point is: give me a cup of coffee and a deadline and I’m your gal.
Regarding book 1, To Rescue A Witch, it’s gone through another round of editing and the cover is being designed with a tentative release date of March 1st!!! There will be lots more to tell as I get closer.
And now I must stop blogging because I’m hosting my favorite sister and brother-in-law, Cindy and Ed.
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Hope your holidays are crazy great in a good way.
Lisa 😉
P.S. – If you participated in #NaNoWriMo – how did it go?
Here’s my story. (Available on Amazon.)
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