Slacker Time

 Oh my, have I been a slacker in my writing this past few weeks.  Have we all been there?  It is all in my head but it is not transferring to my fingers.  

It is a new month!  October.  Happy October all!  What a fast summer.  As they say, as you get older, time goes faster.  At 18 that was bullshit!!  but as I am older... it truly seems to go faster.

I am back on track now.  I am going to try to make a schedule but we all know how that goes.  But I will be more cognizant of my time.  

I am editing my second book.  I have changed the title - at the suggestion of my editor..... and he was right.  Conflict of Forgiveness has a better feel relating to the story. 

I do like the title of my third book - Shades in Love.  Yep.  I do like that one.  I have to think of one for my fourth.  Which is related to the third book... Sara and Vanessa.  I am really excited about these two characters.  And then I have April and Daisy coming up... I am excited about them too.  And then after that, I have Casandra and Ciara...ohhhh they are going to be good too!!  I am really so super excited with these upcoming books!!  

Now one of my biggest failures right now.... marketing myself.  That is hard.  I see how easily my favorite authors do it on Tik Tok... but they have a few books backing them up.  So far, I only have one.  I will wait until maybe my third, Shades in Love (2024) to bombard tik tok with my face..... That is hard for someone who is shy and introverted!  

Something to work on.

Have a great day all  - a great week!  Enjoy the fabulous month of Octobr!! 

 

New Horizons

 Had to make a hard decision.  I have changed jobs.  This is not easy for me as I am a person who likes her rut.  When I am in a rut, I know that all things are good... are calm... are stable.  I am not the kind of person who likes to change things up.  Although I married a man who loves to change things up.... opposites attract an all.  

But I made the decision to change jobs.  In the dealership business, it is hard to deal with the Karens after a while.  I have learned that people can be awful to someone they don't know because they have an issue and they are angry about it.  No matter that 99% of the time I am there to help, the verbal abuse is wearing after a while.  I had a good manager and he would not let people get away with that but yet, it got harder and harder to be polite to these people.  Many times I told them that I will not accept their abuse and would say good bye and hang up.  

I am an adult and I know that people are people, but I have NEVER ever yelled at anyone on the phone when I have an issue that needs to be resolved.  The person I am talking to did not create the issue and most are genuine in their attempt to help you.  Some times... and yes it does happen... they can not help you.  While frustrating, being mean and nasty to them is not going to change anything.  

I now have a job that is a bit closer to home... 25 minute drive instead of an hour drive.  A smaller office and in the Hampton area, by the water.  I am going to miss seeing my co workers every day because they are fabulous, but I will not lose touch with them because I genuinely consider them friends.  all in all I am looking forward to my new adventure.  A little nervous/excited about changing things up... but necessary.  

And I have a little more time to myself... over 2 hours a day back in my life, I can continue to write in the evenings.  I am almost finished with book 2 and have made inroads into book 3 and 4.  I have some great ideas - which I write down so I don't forget - for some future books.  

Anyway, summer is over and happy Autumn everyone!!