Hello?  Is there anyone out there?  Just nod if you can hear me...

LOL Well, it seems I have disappeared yet again.  Ugh! I have been so busy that I find it hard to manage all my projects again of late.  Looks like I may have to brush up on my time management skills.

Valentine's Day has come and gone, my 27th wedding anniversary celebrated with a quiet dinner at home. We had planned on going out but decided we'd rather just relax and enjoy in the cozy comfort of our home.

Two months have come and gone of the new year, and I really haven't accomplished a whole lot of writing but I have accomplished some really big things.  Mostly on a personal level. Some in other aspects of my career.  My point? 

Well, though sometimes we don't have anything to really flaunt or visibly put out for all to see, like a new book accepted for publication, or a release coming up, a booksigning, etc. it doesn't mean the things that go on behind the scenes aren't just as important.  All the planning, organizing, reorganizing, scheming, stolen minutes to jot down new ideas, maybe toss out bits of a new story.  All these things essentially will fall together into something bigger and productive.  

That's where I've been.  I write a little bit, add something to this work in process and brainstorm on that WIP, jot down some new idea and maybe toss out a few thousand words of a new story.  Whatever disjointed direction I go, I rejoice that my imagination is alive.  My muse determined.  The next story that much closer.

Gotta get back to work.  Be back soon.  Gotta get the Author's Spotlight back on line.  I've got some wonderful authors lined up in the next couple of months and I've got quite a collection of disjointed and partial story ideas lying about.

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This has been a very unsettling week for me so I've been a bit behind myself. On Sunday morning my friend's fiance had a stroke. It was so unbelievable and shocking that we just moved through the last couple of days in a fog of mechanical reaction.

It really hit me like a ton of bricks in that moment just how fragile life is. Your entire existence as you know it can change in the blink of an eye. Well, fortunately, Donnie did not have any bleeds and his extremities and speech are coming back wonderfully. Tonight he was speaking full sentences and he is walking better and greater distance. So we are so very thankful. I can't tell you what a wonderful improvement this is over Sunday morning in the ER.

Anyway, I've been struggling between the job, helping my friends, and other responsibilities this week so the blogging has sort of halted. I did want to toss out a quick reminder that Helen Hardt will be here in the Author Spotlight this week, so please drop on in and check us out. Helen writer really hot, hunky heros and very spicy erotic romance. Don't miss her.

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