Jo Anne's Big Blog

2012-01-27T12:54:00.001-05:00

Another Friday and no writing. I am so bad. I did just finish taking a workshop with Deborah Blake which was great.
Tomorrow I will sit and write. Housework all done so the weekend is free to create. My biggest problem is headaches. I've been waking up with headaches this past week. Not sleeping good either. Fibro is not fun. Different parts of my body hurt. Forget about my lower back. I could barely get out of the chair and it took me a while to straighten up my body. I look so cute when I can't stand straight. Enough complaining.
Looking forward to Feb. chapter meeting. Have to finish my article.
I guess that is about it for now.
Later,

Twitter

2012-01-20T11:23:00.003-05:00

I have my twitter account back. Still don't know why it was suspended but at this point I don't care.

Working on my article today, at least I hope I will.

You know, three cats and one big dog really doesn't do a house much good and I really hate cleaning. Here's a laugh, I was a partner in a cleaning service until I got sick and ended up in hospital. Before I got married I had someone come in and do the heavy cleaning for me. Bad back and Fibro make cleaning a little tense for me. I have a great husband who works, cooks and helps. I am one lucky girl.
Husband wants me to get lottery tickets today. He says we need to win and since I am so lucky (ha ha) I should buy them.

Cutting this short, but before I do that.

Ankle hurts, why, I don't know. I banged it a couple of weeks ago and it hurt but went away then a few days later it started to hurt when I moved it. Dr. tested me for gout. Gout! I laughed. I told him that I don't eat shellfish that often and I hardly drink. LOL
I know I have a bone chip floating around in there, maybe it moved to a bad spot. Ah well, something else to live with. I love being me.
Have a fab day!!!

Twitter

2012-01-18T10:19:00.000-05:00

My Twitter account was suspended the other day. I don't know why, but I did write three times to the Twitter people to find out why. I am not a big twitterer so couldn't understand why they suspended me.
I did write and say that if I was hacked then its their problem. Their security is lax. I guess I must have been right because I had 14 requests to follow me this morning and I was able to accept all of them.
I also mentioned to Twitter that there are requests from porn sites and that I was tired of getting them. Can't they do something about them?
I really need to learn how to use the hash marks or whatever they are called and how to follow the people I want to follow. I think I need to sit down and learn what Twitter is all about.

Today I am going to work on an article about saving your documents/WIP and whatever else is important. I am still so bummed that I lost so many workshops. Was I in any of the workshops that with anyone reading this that wants to share their lessons with me? That would be so great.

Finishing up my coffee, then some housework and on to writing.

Have a great day all

2012-01-17T19:31:00.002-05:00

First off the holidays were very nice. Quiet but nice. New Years, DH had to work so I brought the New Year in on my own. He was home about 12:30 AM so not too bad.

I am sitting in my office at home, finally. I've had the office for a few weeks but now I can actually walk into it. All the Xmas stuff is put away.

I'm making this big to make sure you read it.
Now my tale of woe. I wrote that I got hit with the Win7 Internet Security Virus. I took my laptop into Best Buy and they told me that they could clean up the virus and save my documents. Me, "Yippee" a little to fast. I picked up the laptop after Christmas. There were two disk's of what I thought was my documents. But no...
Same information on each disk. The information on the disks was stuff I didn't need. So all the workshops are gone from that laptop. I did save a couple on a memory stick. I was going to put them on my netbook. Which I will still do. There are some workshops from '08 and '09 that are on my 15 inch laptop. Which are now on a memory stick.

I very nicely handed (shoved) the two disks to the Geek Guy and told the Geek Guy that they were useless to me and I wanted my money back for making the disks. It was an extra $85.00 dollars for that. They very nicely gave me my money back. Now, I will tell you a couple of tears did escape my eyes when the Guy told me that what they saved was it. So no workshops on Police, paranormal writing, There were a couple on writing the paranormal that are now gone. I do sometimes print the lessons out but there was one that was 90 pages and I thought to myself I can read that on the laptop. LOL

The memory stick that had my WIP, was connected to the laptop when I got hit with the virus. Everyone told me not to use it. But I thought to myself, I will take the stuff off the 15 inch that I need and then plug the memory stick into it. It worked. I printed out my WIP, and some other stuff. No signs of infection.

I am really bad though, I now own a netbook, a 15" laptop and two 17" laptops. It seems that I get a new one every two years. Now the new one was a gift to me from me for Xmas though the DH will tell you that he bought it. I bought it because I really didn't think Best Buy could fix it. I could not download anything and there are files on the net that I could have used to get rid of the virus myself. Couldn't download anything.

What did I learn from this; I learned that you must back up your work. Any files that you deem important, pictures, and things of that nature need to be saved somewhere. I use dropbox for my pictures so they were fine. Put your work on a memory stick, email it to yourself or print out what you need to keep.
I have learned my lesson. I hope you can learn from me.

Finished Shopping, I think. Merry Christmas all

2011-12-23T21:22:00.000-05:00

Happy Holiday and all that good stuff. I hope u all enjoy and get whatever you asked for, dreamed about and in case of kids, begged.

The good news is my hand is much better. Reddness is gone and there is no pain. Taking my meds like I am supposed to.

Finished up my shopping for Christmas. Just have to wrap what I bought and put it under the tree. Then have to buy some wine. One for my cousins husband and one to bring to dinner.

The under the tree looks kind of bear compared to last year. We were very good to each other. This year we kept it small. I mean really I can't think of a thing that we need so we bought each other stuff we think the other wants.
I got my new computer so I am happy. Ray gets a new Nook tablet and I inherit his nook. No complaints from me about that. I think we did movies books and stuff like that. Its going to great.

Haven't done any writing so far. But come Monday I have to hit the pc and get to work.

What the Doctor told me.

2011-12-21T20:11:00.002-05:00

Went to the Doctor and he was not pleased with me. I should have come in yesterday. So I got a shot in the left hip and a tetanus shot in my left arm. I am not happy, forget the Dr. I have to take antibiotics for 14 days. He says that he is trying to keep me out of the hospital which is a very good thing to me. Been there and done that. Big scar left forearm. Two scars as a matter of fact. My hand is really infected and if it gets worse to the ER I must go. The good thing is that it is not hurting like it was yesterday. So far no pain med which is just as well. I itch with codeine and if on an empty stomache I toss my cookies. So I am happy that I don't need them.

Have to clean the house and stuff so hoepfully I will be able to use my hand tomorrow. George. my doctor, says the swelling should go down hopefully tomorrow. I hope it does.

Our other three cats are very quiet tonight. They really did not interact that much unless they were all eating at the same time. So I don't know if the realize Meowie is gone. We are going to miss her.

Time for x-factor so I shall say good night.

For tomorrow cleaning, wash and finish up the 20K words I said I would write by Jan. 7th. 10K more to go. Actually more because my Protag Brenna demanded to be younger.
Good Night All

My poor Meowie & Xmas is coming.

2011-12-21T12:28:00.000-05:00

My calico cat Meowie, passed away last night. She fought the good fight for 16 months against liver failure. She was such a good cat. Ray and I will miss her very much. We buried her today in the backyard. She will be waiting at the rainbow bridge for me.

Christmas is only a few days away. Ray has to work 4-12 so its going to be very quiet here. I may go to friends Christmas Eve for dinner or to my cousins. Don't know which one yet.
No snow which I like. Don't need snow to make it Christmas for me.

My laptop got this rotten virus the Win 7 Internet Security. We bought me a new laptop and I am having the old one cleaned. I have to have my research or hours and hours are wasted. I don't want to have to look everything up again. Plus I have workshops on there that I have taken in the last two years.

It could be worse, I guess. So I should be thankful for what I do have.

Will start working on my book again as soon as I see the Dr. about the infection I have in my right thumb which is spreading across my hand.
When I got up to go void, Meowie was at the end of the bed, Scully in the middle. I didn't know that Meowie was there. It was 5:30 am. She started to fall off the end of the bed and I tried to grab her so she wouldn't fall, she bit my thumb. Its really infected now and I have to see the Doc this afternoon.
So I will get ready and go.
Till later blogettes

What can I say...Toshiba or HP

2011-12-12T20:15:00.001-05:00

Here I sit with fat cat complaining that I don't have a comfortable lap at the moment. Too bad for Sammie aka Fat Cat.
I am bummed my big laptop got hit with a really rotten virus. Why people do this crap is beyond me. They can't see the results of their "work". Now I have to get a new one. Right now I am using my netbook. The netbook is great when I am out and about or at the chapter meetings but for every day use not that great. So this will be a little short.
My main character wants to be younger. Who am I to argue. I will rewrite. I have about 10K so its not bad.
I am going to try and remember what it felt to be 18 without all the angst. LOL

The Holidays are upon us. Our tree is up, the town is up. Bought two new pieces for it. I will do pictures and try to get them on the blog. Mr. and Mrs. Claus are on the front porch, with three trees with lights. So cute. To bad we are on a dead end. But hey we like it.

OK on to the new laptop. I really don't like HP. I had so many problems with the last one I owned that I never want another one. I told Santa (husband) that I wanted a fast one. An i7 at least. I don't know if they go higher. I want a 17.3 in size 6-8 gigs of memory and of course a large hard drive. Best Buy has a Toshiba and an HP pretty much the same though the Toshiba seems to bee better on paper. Does anyone have an opinon? It would really help me. Thanks
I think this is it for the night. Husband is making dessert. I love peaches, little cakes and lots of whop cream.
Night all

Good Times, Bad Times

2011-12-05T23:53:00.001-05:00

Saturday was the chapter Xmas party. I had fun. It was my first Xmas with the chapter. I didn't make last years, either the weather was bad, I got lost or my back was bad or maybe it was all three. LOL
So that is my good news. Now for the bad; my laptop got infected with a worm. I am so not happy. The bad thing I was on AOL and up pops this Win 7 Internett Security thingy. Virus' all over the place. win 7 wants money to use their antivirus. Its bad. I looked them up and people fwho bought the service had nothing but complaints. Pay some amount of money and it will take care of everything. Meanwhile I ran McAfee and McAfee says everything is fine. So I called AOL; they can fix it or t least give me the means to do so. Bad thing I had already signed out of AOL and it wouldn't let me go back on. So then AOL person tells me that she will me to a specialist who will be able to remotely fix my laptop For $130.00. I said no thank you. I am getting a new laptop for Xmas. I will save my money for ink.
I am going to have to print out a lot of stuff. I am afraid to do any transfers and infect my netbook. Which is what I am using right now. A friend sent me smething to get rid of the worm or at least the first step. I have to get the rest from someone else. What a bother.
I dragged out my old 15 inch to use, that was pretty horrible. It was so slow and it was freezing every two seconds. I went back to my netbook. My tale of woe.
I told my husband that my next laptop should have the speed of i7. I think its the fastest but you know that as soon as he buys it for me something faster will come out.
Its after midnight so I am going to bed. Try to get some room between the husband and two of the cats. No wonder I don't sleep well. LOL
Good Night Dear Reader.

December The Holiday Month

2011-12-01T09:36:00.001-05:00

Its a cold day in NC, 28 degrees. Its going to get warmer though, in the 50's. That's it for the weather report.

Just received a new book from Rosemary Harris. She sent books to everyone who asked. Its called Dead Head. When I am done I will do a review.
Look back a few days and there is another review of a books by Misty Evans. I really liked it.

Was out hunting for a new laptop yesterday. It will be my Xmas present from hubby. I picked out a Toshiba, 17" speed at i7. Very fast, which is what I want. My Dell has gotten so slow and I can't open half the things I want to. I am going to get this cleaned out, its always good to have a back-up.
What kind of laptop or PC do you think is best? I would love to read some answers. It would help in my search if there is something better out there.

My NaNo book protag has decided to be a bit younger than I planned. She doesn't want to be in her 30's or 20's, she wants to be a teen. So I am rewriting her and the story. You just can't fight the character. I realized that I was writing in a younger voice and by the time I hit chapter three it was really evident. So Brenna will be 17 or 18 yrs. of age. Working in her parents store. She will not be the oldest now. Her brother Ben was the youngest I think now she needs to be either the youngest or next to the youngest.
For me, this is the first time that a character went against what I wanted her to be. I will start the rewrite tomorrow. Ray will be working and I will have the house to myself. I like that. I can go to my office and close the door and be alone but I really like being the only one home when I am writing. Its a silly thing. I will get over it.

Thanks for joining my blog. I hope you find it interesting and maybe leave some replies.

Saturday Night

2011-11-26T17:07:00.001-05:00

Here I sit, hoping someone would join my blog. Its not all that bad. Joining it I mean. Where are my facebook buddies? Hopefully someone will check it out.

I did very badly on my novel for nano. 9k is all I got done. My worst year yet. I have my story line though and I know where I am going with the book so at least that is something. Hey I still have until Wednesday maybe I could write 41K by then. If the mood hits me. I mean who needs sleep. I think it will be a good story. I need to get a couple readers. I have one already and then I need someone to tell me what is wrong with it. I mean no one writes anything perfect the first time, do they?

I've had this dream for so long now. I think I am afraid that if I finish one and its horrible I will be so sad, crushed won't know what to do with myself. Nah, I will just write another one. I do great with the story lines and first chapters are easy. Get me beyond that and I kind of fall apart. I'm at the third chapter now and I am at a stand still.
I'm smoking again and I don't know why. They taste horrible. The smell is bad and well at least they are not 10 bucks like in NY. Here cigs are less than $4.00 But enough of that.

I need readers I think it would be good if I write a little something about my book or maybe another short.

I will do more reviews. I am starting to feel more comfortable with them. So that is something I am going to be doing.

Thanksgiving was very quiet with just Ray and I. Of course the animals did get a taste of turkey. The bird came out good and thank good I bought gravy because like the first time I made it there was a hole in the pain. Boy that first year was something else. Mom and Dad, Ray's Mom and Brother Matt, Patrick and us, we, I don't know which to use. Anyway Mom saved the gravy, Mary made the best mashed potatoes, I couldn't find a lump anywhere. It was a really nice Thanksgiving. I miss all of them. Matt is married now with 3 kids Patrick is in NY and Mom, Dad and Mom in law are all gone.
I do get a little down on the holidays, My family are all gone. Ray still has all six brothers but no one is close. We all live such different lives and none of us live near each other so it makes it hard. But enough about that,

So I will do some more writing and who knows I may still make it.

Oh right now I am reading The Secret Life of Bees. Its good. It was recommended by the librarian at my library. Its really a nice library. We were talking about The Help which was so good. Movie and book. Anyway I am also watching netflix which is pretty cool. I'm finding some of the English mysteries that I really like.
So enough for tonight.
Get yourself a good book or watch a Christmas movie on Hallmark or another channel and just have a nice evening. I am going too.

A Review of Revenge is Sweet

2011-11-16T18:18:00.001-05:00

Kali Sweet is a vengeance demon who works for the World Justice Department. She saves humans from other supernaturals. Kali is wanted by the Prince of Vampires, to be queen of Chicago. a surfer dude vamp who wants her dead, by Lilith the Mother of all demons, and an old lover, who left her at the church centuries ago who's now blood bonded to her along with a shape shifter and the witch who raised Lilith from hell.
I loved this book and can't wait for the next one. The writing is crisp, the characters are great and the story is smooth.

I'm going to go and read her witch series now. Can't wait.

More NaNo & other things

2011-11-11T20:46:00.001-05:00

This is the 11th day and I am so far behind but I will catch up. I am determined to finish this year. I also want more followers. I am going to do a review of a new book. Will put here and at good reads.
So my book is about a witch who gets a concussion and becomes psychic. She has these two guides who are driving her crazy. Murder and mayhem abounds. At least this year I have an idea of what I am writing. Usually I just wing it.
Enough for tonight. Hand is getting better. Still have pain but hopefully it will go away.
Good night

2011-11-03T18:33:00.001-04:00

There it is my NaNo badge. Going to spend the rest of the evening writing and yelling at the dogs. My cats are so good compared to them.
Everybody Write@!

I didn't win any of the contests bummer!

2011-11-02T08:52:00.000-04:00

As usual I am not a winner. Well I am, just not in any of the contest I put my name into. But hey I was able to get Ashlyn Chases book for $.99. So that was cool.
Its cold this morning got the fire going. I like my freestanding fireplace. Its runs on gas not logs and that is alright.
Second day of NaNo, I have more research to do. I also have to do a reading for one of my characters. That should be fun.
As usual I've changed the story. forget I started an outline of what I wanted in the book. Its all brand new.
So housework first, and have to do wash. Have two Dr.s appointments today. I had one yesterday but he was going to be late so reschedule it.
What kind of crimes would a demon do and for what reason? Thats my big question of the day. Would a demon want money? Why would he want money? Is it hungry and has come in to my world to eat? How would a demon kill someone? What kind of clues would it leave? I am thinking of ways of killing off this world or at least partly and doing my own world which is pretty much devastated. The way we live has taken its toll on the world and now we have to live with the knowledge that we could have and should have changed the way we lived. Too late now. No more cars, ran out of gas. No more flying, too dangerous and again no gas. Manhattan is under water, its gone Statan Island, Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island are just little islands. The east and west coast have sustained so much damage. California of course is gone. Electricity; some have and some don't. Not that many people left who know how to do things and to fix things. But this story is not going to be about the states, its going to be about one state, New York. Supernaturals, demons, and humans are what is left in this world of my imagination.
So I have more research to do like I said and I better get with it.

So Many Contests

2011-10-30T15:41:00.001-04:00

The contests for Halloween are great this year. Sam Cheevers plus 12 other authors, its taking a stroll down the street. Spooktaclular blog hog, 400 authors and readers The list is on my site. Just scroll down. And other authors and readers are doing their own contests.

I don't understand my laptop. The pointer jumps and I end up writing in another sentence or everything just disappears. So I am not going to drive myself crazy by con't to write. I mean really who cares.

The Good Witch

2011-10-29T21:29:00.000-04:00

Having a fun time watching the Good Witch movies on Hallmark. DH is working on his fourth dragon puzzle
Still gearing up for NaNo. Received two new books for research. I might be able to find a demon or two to fit in my novel. enjoy As for my outline, well I got the first and second chapters mapped out somewhat, at least I know where I am going with it for a little while. Tomorrow I am going to get caught up oh housework and the wash. So that at 12:01am 11/1/11 I can start. I am going to try and write something everyday on my blog.
Hopefully whoever does read this will enjoy it.
So Goodnight for now.

Wiccan

2011-10-26T17:22:00.001-04:00

How to do up my blog to make it look great

2011-10-26T17:03:00.001-04:00

So I don't know what I can do with my blog. I want to make it look interesting and hopefully that I write interesting stuff. So If someone wants to take pity on me and show me what to do. That would be great. In the meantime I am going to limp along and keep trying to make it good.

Hello and Welcome New Readers

2011-10-26T10:35:00.002-04:00

Thanks for stopping by and being interested in what is going on in my blog. I promise to write more interesting stuff. At least I will try too.
The house is a bit of a mess because we converted one of the bedrooms to my office and about time too. We really didn't need two guest rooms. The "Guy" is coming to looking at our free standing fireplace in the living room and there is a little one in the bedroom. so have to make neat.
Just a thought we have to lab mix puppies, about 14 weeks old a boy and a girl siblings we are fostering them for the local shelter. Anyone want a dog?

I haven't done my outline yet and I have to do. I am afraid I'm going to get lost and not finish if I don't. Problem is I usually don't do outlines. First time for everything I guess. Short stories are so much easier. But I want to write full length novels. Fun novels, paranormal mystery romance novels.
I just finished a workshop with Deborah Blake, Beyond Fangs and last year I took her workshop on witches in books. Much fun was had. I don't think I contributed anything to the witch class but I did work and do my homework with Beyond fangs. I am not that big into Vampires, don't get me wrong there are some that I would love to meet. Angel, maybe Spike, if no biting, the Dracula who was in an episode of Buffy and I can't think of anyone else. I look at the vampires in love stories and if you want this love to go on then he or she has to turn you or what good is it. You die and they have a broken heart. Not really fair to my thinking. I know many people love the vampires stories. I usually say that they are cold, hard, and dead. In most books they can't go into the sunlight. Oh, wait, I almost forgot True Blood. How good I do that. the books are fun but I really like the series on HBO more. A lot of eye candy, which is always nice. the Swede is one nice looking guy. Hmmm my great grandparents were from Sweden. I wonder, no I doubt we are related. though my great grandfather Thor, that was his name, really, was the only one to come to America, the rest of his siblings and family stayed in Sweden. I know I have cousins. I've never met them. My Swedish American cousins have. They've been to Sweden and saw Per, one of the cousins, here in the States when he flew in for business. But I digress.

So my protagonist is a witch, hereditary she has a car accident and gets a concussion which brings out her dormant psychic abilities. What fun. Her guides have a lot of fun with her. Her best friend is a little bit of a flake and the hero, I haven't decided what he is yet. A cop, the falsely accused murderer, another best friend that she never thought of like that. I don't know.
It will come to me. I am going to work on it today. Housework is done. Yea me! Just have to do some wash. pooh.
Catch you all later.

About Rachel Brooks

2011-10-24T20:52:00.002-04:00

Spookacular Blog Hop

2011-10-24T20:24:00.001-04:00

If the site is in black then just copy and past please.

Almost to Nov. & you know what that means

2011-10-18T19:19:00.000-04:00

I'm getting ready for nano. This year I am going to do it. I'm not going away, staying home and writing. Which is a little different for me. I usually go and see the mouse in Orlando with my cousin T. I always meant to write when I'm in fl. but I never do enough. So this year I have to.
Lets see hand still hurts. But I don't think there is anything I can do, just has to heal.
Its raining and all the dogs and cats are in. We are fostering two puppies. They are so cute but so bold. I'm hoping they find their forever home very soon. Between the cats and our dog, well enough is enough, though we are glad to help and it gives our dog someone to play with. Its all good.
Not much else to tell you. I am doing a class with Deb Blake, she is great. Beyond Fangs its called. I am not a big vampire reader. All I can think to myself is that they are cold and hard and not just hard in the right places and if they are hungry, look out. They are not romantic to me. But, again, I've read some that were very good. But I will stick to Humans, shapeshifters and demons. Vampire, demon not much of a difference, they will both eat you.

On to my homework. Hopefully I will write again soon. I really need to get people here but don't know how to do it. Ah well I will learn.

2011-10-05T19:47:00.000-04:00

Three weeks post-op and my hand still hurts. My husband says that I have been using it to much. Which of course I have but what else can you do. Typing is not a problem so that is good. Its everything else. driving, cutting meat, stuff like that. But it will heal, oh yes about healing, Took the stitches out on Friday and it opened right up. So instead of having a nice thin scar I will have a one that is a little wide. Hey what else is new but no one will really notice it so I am not going to worry about it.
Taking an online class with Deborah Blake called Beyond Fangs. I'm looking for ideas on different types of paranormal charaters.
I am also thinking of trying my hand at Young Adult.
I need to finish the book I've been writing for the last couple of years.
That is enough for now. I am behind in my writing and in my reading. I should not buy anymore books but I can't help it. I have to buy from my favorite authers.

After surgery

2011-09-27T19:31:00.000-04:00

Well went to the Doctors today and had the stitches out. Not to bad. My wrist hurts but it will heal I am sure. I asked the doctor about my left hand, showed him where it hurt and lucky me got a shot at the base of my left thumb. It was the one place I never had shots in.

I have an injury dating back to October 1983. I cut my hand at work. Now I saw the cut once. I did not see blood pumping out as a co-worker told me and I did not see bone, then again I only looked once and that was enough for me. I was working at Albany Medical Center at the time. So down to the ER I go and everyone had to come in to see what Jo Anne did to herself.

I told them to just stitch me up and I would head home. Silly me, the resident asked me to move my thumb, I couldn’t.

So to surgery I went. The plastic surgeon got there around 7:00 pm. The anesthesiology wanted to put me to sleep. Now I am bad, I knew him. I said, hell no, you’re not going to kill me. I have a lot of faith in my doctors. Can you tell.

So I got a regional, needles in the underarm. I should have let him put me to sleep. Anyway on the way to the OR I had to void. Stick an IV in me and I void, a lot. Not happy with me but oh well, I had to go.

OK I am in and they start the surgery. A resident was present and I think he did some of the work. I hear the Doctor say that I had the tendons of a five year old. I said, I have small hands. He said that it didn’t matter. A little while later I hear him tell the resident “Look she has an extra Tendon.” I said “That’s because they are so small.” Doctor just looked at me and went back to work.

After surgery they were wheeling me into recovery doctor asked if he could call someone. Now its midnight so I say” no” and he says “Isn’t there anyone I can call?” Well, you could call my mother. That made him happy. I started thinking of what I already told my Mom. First phone; Mom I cut myself and I am going to get some stitches and then I will be home. Second phone call; Hey Mom I did a little more damage than I thought but I will be home tonight. Third phone call; Mom listen they have to operate and I have to stay over so I will be home tomorrow. Now Mom kept asking me if I wanted them to come to the hospital, I kept saying “No, I’m fine. Everything is fine.”

Get up to my room and some of my friends are there waiting for me. Make sure I was all right. They let me get settled while they went to get me something to eat. They hung my arm up but it wasn’t to stable. As I tried to make myself more comfortable my arm swung around and hit me in the chin. I almost knocked myself . I had to laugh.

He did a wonderful job.

2011-09-14T01:10:00.000-04:00

Had surgery on Tuesday for carpel tunnel on my right hand. Its hurting a bit. Which should say to me "Stop Typing".
I will, just wanted to check in. Nothing much going on. Just need to take care of the pain, get some sleep and feel better.
That's all for now.

2011-09-08T20:33:00.000-04:00

I'm taking a couple of classes on line this month, writing YA and whether a series is for me.

I'm really interested in the YA because after reading Harry Potter, Twilight, and the Hunger games, I thought to myself if this is young adult than I want to try and write one. As for the series I've always known that I wanted to do a series. I love reading them, except when they go on and on and on. Example I am reading the newest two books from Terry Brooks. I love Shannara and I adored The Word and The Void. I guess the last five I read were great but I do take time out and then can pig out with more than one book at a time.
I'm trying to remember a series I was reading and I thought it would never end and I don't think it has yet. that one just got to be too much.
I love reading the paranormal series and look forward every year to new ones.

Oh, Football is starting so I have to go.

Later, All

Blog Address

2011-09-01T23:25:00.000-04:00

If I knew it than I could pass it on to other writers, friends and anyone who would be interested. Unfortunately I really am not sure what it is. I need to get someone to help me with that. I would probably blog a lot more.

So let me yell it out; I Need Help.

If I didn't write anything in my book than I better blog.

2011-09-01T23:19:00.000-04:00

You do need to write everyday. Doesn't matter what. Just do it. I've been doing more research which is good. I've gone up with a couple of more ideas for future books which is great. But I have to tie myself down and write.
I have a goal this month 2000 words before the next chapter meeting. So of course this week I will be writing. I have a start thanks goodness. I think its a good story, actually it will be a great story.

Anna Campbell has been so supported to me. I found out about the RWA and the chapters, all by writing a little blurb for a contest that Anna was running. She really liked it, strange I didn't win. LOL She was just so helpful. I hope one day to meet her and thank her in person for the great advice she gave me.

I also want to go to a conference. I joined the Capital Region Chapter in NY, Albany. The first time I met everyone was at the workshop with Diana Love and Sherilyn Kenyon. It was fab. Both ladies were so funny and shared their knowledge with us. The following year I got really involved and did the PR work for the conference. It was great and time consuming but well worth it. Angela Knight and Annette Blair were the authors du jour. They were great. So generous with their time and again, like the year before, with their knowledge.

I find that authors are more than willing to share, to help you and cheer you on in your writing endeavor. I look forward to going to a conference, hopefully RWA Nationals. This year it was in NY. Of course it was. I moved to North Carolina. The year before it was supposed to be in Nashville. I was all set to go for the day with my cousin. There was flooding and they moved Nationals to Orlando, The Swan and Dolphin, hotels owned by Disney. I would love to go the Georgia conference Moonlight and Magnolias, a lost of my chapter mates are going. I need to find out if someone needs a room mate. Maybe I could go. I would love it.

Enough for tonight, getting tired and I really wanted to read some more.

Where do ideas come from?

2011-08-24T16:29:00.000-04:00

Ideas for stories come from all over the place. From your life, family life or friends life. You can hear a remark in a restaurant and spin a 90K book about of it. You can stare up at the sky and make stories up about the cloud formations. Everything is grist for the mill.
That being said I can't get my storyline to go forward. Its a pain. I think my big problem is that I don't set a time and tell everyone that this is my writing time. Don't call, don't ask me any questions, make like I don't exist. Maybe then I can settle down and write.
I have research to do and have already done some. Well, I bought books so I can read up on it.
Sometimes I feel like I am brain dead. I can't get an idea to save my life. I've started about six or seven books, have 36K words on one but I don't like it.

What it comes down to is I want a new idea something no one else has thought of. But that is not going to happen. All I can do is make my story better. There are only so many scenarios to be had. I could make up a new demon, a new kind of hero or a strange planet.
I think too, even though we have been here for a year now, we are still not all the way moved in. There are boxes that still need to be unloaded, have to paint the bedrooms, have the floors redone and finish the kitchen. Have to get the back-splash up and paint the cabinets.
The house in Gloversville is going up for sale, finally. My step-son says he is going to room with a friend of his. He thinks he will move in Oct. I don't know if we will continue to rent. Three of his buddies are living there now.
So many things to do and think about.
So, once upon a time there was a demon killer, a demon and a girl. Wow there I go heres a new story. LOL
Anyway need to get some stuff done. So I am almost gone. Now I am gone.

2011-08-17T12:45:00.000-04:00

Waiting For Spring

A little something I wrote years ago:
Though winter has only just begun, I am already longing for time of year when trees bud and flowers bloom.
Ah sweet spring, how I long for you to begin. The green carpet of grass under my feet, soft and warm. A new beginning for all living things. With the event of spring other magical happenings take place. What you ask? Why, what every red blooded boy and girl, man and woman looks forward to the hunting, oops sorry, of The “Mating Season”
Eyes meet across a crowded room with that come hither look, a smile, a nod and then…what?! I don’t remember!What does happen next? Its been so long since I’ve been out in that jungle, that I wouldn’t know the mating call if it hit me on the head.
I think to myself, is that guy with his shirt open to navel, gold chains tangled in his hairy chest winking at me, or does he just have something in his eye. I hope its the latter. The fellow who is swaying to the music the DJ is playing, inviting me to join him in the dance, or is he asking my friend Bob? Maybe he is just rutting and marking his territory for all to see with an open invitation for whoever.
To catch that certain someone we strive to make ourselves more attractive by wearing the right make-up, clothes, have the perfect hair style, go to the gym, and diet that goes for men and women, make-up not excluded for men. Then to garner more attention, we improve our minds by keeping up with current events and reading the latest best sellers.
At least some people who are looking for that certain someone will attempt to keep themselves abreast of the times and not just baseball scores. We go to the hottest clubs, social events, gyms and even church with the best we have and big hopes.
And for what? You catch the eye of that good looking hunk or allow him to catch yours; he speaks, you realize he is short about 3 brain cells. What a waste of time and effort. Or is it? Men and women should be able to meet on a honest common ground, without all the trappings.
Then again, half the fun is getting to look your best and delving into the mystery that is called the” Mating Game.’”
How do you like it?

Got to get busy

2011-08-13T16:56:00.000-04:00

I really need to keep up on blogging. Its good, you need to write everyday and this helps.

I've joined some writers sites on Linkedin. I think it will be a great help. I really need to get a schedule going. Sometimes its a little hard with my husband home.
Ah retirement. Not all its cracked up to be. LOL Actually its not bad but we are going to movies instead of me writing. Have to stop that. We saw the Ape movie and Cowboys and Alien. Both were fun. I enjoyed them. Went to see The Help on Thursday with my cousin. The movie was great. I can't wait to read the book. What people went through in the 60's-70's in the deep south. I am so happy that I was born in NY. I take it all with a grain of salt.

I am dieting. I stopped smoking and gained. So bad of me. Now I am not smoking and I am hungry. Doing a meal plan. Its OK Husband lost 25 lbs in the first month when he did, then had a gastric bypass. He looks great and feels good except for his back. Dr. ordered a MRI and insurance said no. X-rays first. What a waste, all an x-ray is going to tell you is that your back is not broken or maybe it is for some people. I fractured my back in two places. I just add it to the pain I already have.
But my poor hubby, now I understand why he hasn't gone to join any bowling leagues. he hurts. he just had a hernia repair doing good with that. Hopefully our new Doctor can help. We got away form the PA from Hell. That's all I am going to say.
I have to have another neural conduction test. Whoopee, stick those needles in. Have no idea where the first test is.
I love North Carolina but there medical things are a little different from NY which of course doesn't surprise me. But its a lot stranger. I guess they have a bad drug problem here. I can't imagine that NY is not worse. I have to tell that I got a bill for $1,500.00 for a urine test to make sure that I was taking only my meds and not abusing them. I told the lab. I am not paying that. go back to the pain clinic, oh wait they can't they closed down and didn't send my reports to the PA from Hell. Its been fun. OK enough of my venting.
Its been a slow day. On facebook most of the afternoon. I need to get off there and back to writing.
Its the game Garden in Time. DH got me playing it. Have to dedicate time to socializing but need to write too and take care of the cats and dog and the house. Hmmm to much, I think I will stop cleaning the house and doing the wash and oh wait DH does a lot of the food shopping, I really dislike it, And he does the cooking. Poor guy is working to pay off my medical bills, Dr's, xrays and what have you.
Its almost 5 PM so I think I will get off for now and ...read, yes I need to relax and enjoy tonight.
We should all be relaxed and enjoy the life that we have.

And again I haven't been blogging and I should.

2011-07-31T12:39:00.000-04:00

Christine that is a great idea for a story. I know I would read it. so go for it.

I wish that I knew more about getting my blog out there. I'm not even sure what the address for this is and that is what I think I need. That's why I don't blog like I think I should. I need to investigate the hows of getting my blog out.

My writing has been sporadic for the most part. I keep changing the story. I think I have decided what I want to
write. Started my bible because I would like to make this a series. We shall see how that goes.

Its been very warm in my part of NC and I am sure its been that way all over. Thank God we have a pool. Not that I go in that much but it does help.

The husband is going for surgery tomorrow for a hernia. He had to lift our dog into the truck. Kirby the dog is a mastif mix. I say pit ball husband says no, Kirby's face is to long. Kirby is afraid of things. He was found in a drain staving, Husband showed me his picture on the website and I said nice looking but no dog yet. We have four cats. Husband calls about a week later, he was out doing whatever and told me that he was bringing "Drano" home. the poor puppy was afraid of me. I think he was abused by a female. He changed his name to Froddo which I didn't like at all. I thought he looked more like a Max to me. We finally settled on Kirby. Kirby was afraid to get in the truck because the last time he was in the truck he went to the vet for a little cutting. I think its because he hasn't been out riding with us or the husband. Kirby is a real sweetie though. He keeps giving me his paw when I don't ask for it because he wants his "cookie". He's a real sweetie. the cats aren't to thrilled. they don't want to play and oh don't give something to a cat because Kirby is right there saying "no, all mine". One of these days Kirby is going to have a scar across his nose.

I've taken a few course on line, paranormal policing, witches and what not and world building to name a few. For me, right now, is where does the story take place. In the US, did some catastrophic whatever happen that rendered technology obsolete and brought the magics back into the world. Also as if starting over. Say generators work, having lights, clean drinking water. If you have a car or truck be happy because it will be years before they start making them again. Plus there is only so much gas that is usable. We go back to horse and carriage and walking. No flying in airplanes. Ships are OK. this is the way its starts.

What I like to read is about supernaturals skinwalkers, werepeople. i love Patrica Briggs and Nalini Singh and Wilks WOW. I like fantasy/urban/paranormal. I love mysteries. I was hooked with the first Bobbsy Twins book that my Mom bought for me. I've been a reader ever since.
You know what is really nice is that my husband and stepson love to read too and there are some books that all three of us will read. Jim Butcher for one, Terry Brooks and Stephen King. I feel lucky to be married to Ray. He never complains about the number of books I buy or questions how much I spend. I do the same for him. We both have readers. He has the nook and I have a sony. There are just to many books in the house. I am going to have to sell or donate some of them. We downsized when we moved to NC to 800sq. ft. less space. There is more footage but we don't use the family room upstairs, its very warm up there and we need to have new stairs made. There is the sun room but its all screened in and the rain gets in there so not a good place to put books. But I will think of something. We have a one room cabin on the property and that is loaded with books too. But enough of that.
I think I will introduce my protagonist, Lucy. Lucy is a psychic who teaches others how to open up their third eye. To be psychics themselves and that is it for now. She is going to be magical.
I will really try to do better with my blogging. I need to remember to write something if not everyday at least once or twice a week.

Descriptive writitng

2011-04-25T13:24:00.000-04:00

Christine:

You're right of course. Description is important and it does move the story. I usually skim through it but, I've been reading the descriptive prose because I need to be a better writer. So I now try to describe to myself, towns that I have been to or just Main Street and the shops and such. What houses look like clothing that my characters wear. I think I am getting better.

I write paranormal mystery love stories. I get to write all my favorites at one time.

Right now my internet is down and I am in the coffee shop. Internet should be back up on Wed. I have a lot of stuff saved on my big lap top. I am using my netbook right now, so much easier to carry around.

For the paranormal I can more or less change any setting I want. I grew up in the Bronx and worked in Manhattan for nine years. I know more about the city then I do about the Bronx. I didn't leave my comfort zone to often and was always surprised that the Bronx was so big. But the city is a different story, then again I can describe midtown but not great with downtown but I can change it because with a paranormal there is a change places are different because the humans, the supernatural, two natured, demons have taken over and magic does things to a town, city or villiage. I need to incorporate both the real and the fantasy. So, I am striving to do this.

Hopefully my internet will be working on Wed. and I can get down to work.

So I will say good bye for now.

Thanks Christine

2011-04-17T21:05:00.000-04:00

Here it is April 17, so much for blogging more. Not a thing since January. Thanks Christine for reminding me that I have a blog and I've been ignoring it.
We are still settling in. Kind of. Husband got a part time job which is very good. Extra money never hurts and the work will hopefully keep the boredom at bay. He is going to be a driver for a rehab place. It will be like working in NY as a hack except he won't have to carry a gun and the people who he drives won't be locked in, at least I don't think so.
I am finally getting ready to sit down and write. I've taken some classes on line and have a general idea of what I need to do. I know what to do I need to sit down and do it. I think with Husband out of the house so I can have alone time it will finally come to me.
I have to stop here because Game Of Thrones is starting.
If anyone reads this; I am having a big problem writing the descriptive stuff, you know, what the town looked like, what so and so is wearing and the forest or city and I don't want to make it boring so if anyone has any tips, well, I'll buy the coffee next time you all are in Charlotte.

To write or not, a novel blogging is something that I hope will entertain

2011-01-20T17:41:00.000-05:00

I promised myself that I would write every day or at least a few times a month and alas I did neither. For shame I say to myself. I will write more often.
The problem is I usually run out of time. Not that I am doing anything special right now. The plot for my novel is running around in my head. I am having aa hard time figuring out where to go with it. I wish I had taken more writing classes in college. Creative writing only is not cutting it.
I will strive to do better.
I have my H&H now I need to murder someone. I need a reason why this character is murdered and who did it. Then of course there has to be the best friend, maybe a couple of them. Yeah, because we all have more than one friend. At least I hope so. It would kind of sad if you only have one. But I bet there are more friends out there than you think.
What I am writng is a paranormal murder romance. That says it all. I've taken some on line classes and let me tell you the classes are fantastic. So I should be prepared to sit down and start writing. I have more books on writing than I care to think about. How to murder, in what way, gun, knife, are you a serial murderer, a mass murderer or just knocking off Aunt Jessie for the money. So many ways to go with it.
Then I have my forensic books and websites to go to.
My cats have been so annoying today. Right now Sammie, the 15 pounder is trying to find a spot on my lap. She is sitting on my lap, at least I wish she would settle down. Then my male cat Mulder, oye all he has done is cry at me. We now have a dog so the cats food has to be on the counter, the brand new granite, We have four cats, they all want to eat at the same time. So much fun. Getting back to Mulder, He leaped up thinking he would land on the counter. He didn't. He limped for a couple of days. He and Scully are almost 14 years old. The vets says they are really old. Anyway now everytime Mulder wants to eat he comes over and cries. I don't know how many times I lifted him today. But wait, I digress.
Back to writing. Now with a paranormal I have to have a demon or two, a shapeshifter, a vamp? I don't know. Vampires are not romantic figures to me. Unless its Angel and that's a whole nother thing. Yeah Buffy! Witches, sorcerer, psychics they could all be in my book, but wait, if I put them all in one book I won't have anything else to write about. Just Kidding.
There was a great speaker at RWA chapter meeting. I of course was late, no surprise there, well maybe, I actually showed up. My GPS hates me. I don't know where it wants to go in Charlotte but its not to my meeting. Anyway we learned about trace evidence, The steps taken to get evidence chain of command and so on. It was really good. I like this chapter. I liked the one in Albany too. But here we meet at a resturant have a room to ourselves morning and afternoon program even time to chat before it all starts.
It never fails this time I am about an hour and a half drive away. When asked where I live they just shook their head and said you have a long trip. I was hoping to maybe have at least one writer by me but no of course not. That would be to easy. Just like in NY, there was no one near me. So I just trottle along and hope that maybe someone will join who lives near me. Since I joined in June, there were 50 memebers or there abouts we now are over 70 memebers. I think that is great. Oh and just to show you where my lucks goes RWA Conf. will be in NY this summer. I lived in NY and now I am in North Carolina. Sometimes life just kicks you in the ass. I think I need to really want this and that nothing will deter me from going to the conf. Well money might well deter me. It will be an expensive trip. I don't have to stay at the hotel, I can stay with friends but that defeats the purpose of going of being able to hang out and just being there. Talk with other writers published and unpublished. Do the talks and go to the workshops that I am interested in.
We shall see. I am going to hope that I can go.
So I have been all over the place now but all with the same theme, writing.
I will try to blog more, maybe then I will have some more followers.
I do thank my two followers I hope what I write will be entertaining, maybe give you something to think about or you think I am just crazy.

Well I didn't blog everyday for shame

2010-09-07T23:28:00.000-04:00

We've been so busy still unpacking stuff. I really hate moving and I swear I will not buy another teapot or figural cat again. Unless of course I get rid of one or two. Or its something I just can't live without.

While unpacking I found some of the stories I did for my writing class back in '96. When I was at Hudson Valley CC. What joy! What fun! My Prof actually liked a couple a lot. He told me that I should do more. I forgot all of that. Not the stories I wrote, one short story, first part of chapter one, an article, and that is all I found but I thought it was all gone. So I am happy. I might just work-up the story I had in mind when I started chapter one. Its a ghost story. Hey and what class am I taking this month, learning about ghosts from one of the RWA chapters. LRWA gives great classes. I wish I could be more involved with the classes but something always comes up and I end up just downloading the lectures. I'm going to Fl. on the 12th and will be gone for two weeks. But I am taking my lap top and I should be able to con't with this study. It will be really great.

No writing today. I have to start back on book #1 I am going to save #2 for November. I am also going to try and rewrite the short story I wrote back in '96. Its a murder mystery and it was a lot of fun writing it. I know I lost my voice by doing so many rewrites but I think I can get it back to where it should be. Its funny I had this typewriter that took a disk for the ink. It was a Brother and I really liked it but they stopped making the ink. Anyway I was typing up my story and ran out of ink. Its like 2 in the morning and there is no where, no store I can go to buy more. I had to hand this in the next day. The Prof. had told a story of the same thing happening to him and how his Prof took it. I felt really silly about this and I hoped that he didn't think that I was making this up. Part of it was typed and part handwritten. The really bad part is that a lot of people complained about my handwriting. I don't know why, I thought it was pretty good. I write back hand even though I am a righty, anyway I guess he got though it OK I think I got an A. Yeah I did. The other nurses that I worked with told me that my writing was getting as bad as the Dr's and to stop it. LOL I still get complaints at times. I wrote my Dad a letter one time and my Mom had to read it to him because he couldn't, he complained about my handwriting too. Oh well I type now so I don't worry about it.
I have to stop buying books for my Sony. I need to read some of them before I buy again. But its so easy to just click buy. Of course when I go to Barnes and Noble or A Million Books, I think its something like that, I buy more. I need to get rid of a lot of books that DH and I have. There is no room and I can't be reading them all over again, I don't have time to read all the knew ones I have. My TBR list is so bad that there are books that I bought over a year ago that I haven't gotten to yet. I must be good, no more buying for a while or at least until my favorite authors write more.
Well dear blog I will say good night and hopefully will be back a lot sooner to write more.

Need Followers

2010-09-01T02:12:00.000-04:00

This is just a quickie because I have to go to bed. Its after 2 am. I don't know why I stay up late most nights. Sometimes I sleep in but mostly I get up anywhere from 7-9. Not working does that to you and hubby is retired. Ray still gets up early but then again he will go in to bed before 10. I only do that if I am sick or really really tired.
Worked mostly on facebook this evening. Did read a bunch of good articles from writers digest and others.
Its finally getting a little chilly at night. It was hot today though. I thought I would just melt away.
So for tomorrow we have to go pick-up my car, get stuff ready for the yard sale and meet my new PA. Not really happy with a PA would much rather have my own Doctor. We shall what its like.

I really need to get some followers. This is said having just one. I will have to start giving out my web page. I will also give out updates on my book. What chapter, what if any problems, research info and so on. Kenyon told us at my NY RWA chapter that this helped her because she started blogging a year before the first book was release. It got tied up in something, I forget what she told us. Diana Love was there too. What a funny lady. It was a good workshp and the first one I went to.
Well that is it for tonight. I am cold and can't wait to go to bed.
Going now.....

Changing

2010-08-29T23:46:00.000-04:00

Well, while watching the Emmy's I tried to change my settings. It didn't happen. Don't know why.

I'm disappointed that Lost didn't win. bummer.

Quiet day today. Didn't do much of anything. Ray and I went to the store for food and then neither one of us wanted dinner. At least nothing heavy. Thats OK I didn't really want to cook anyway. Like I ever do. If Ray didn't make dinner I don't think I would eat.

Talked to one of my friends today and she doesn't believe that I am happy in NC. she think that all I did was cut myself off from my friends. I know she misses me and she can't understand how I could leave NY. I don't know why she can 't understand that I wanted to leave. She even told me that she knows that Ray didn't want to move. Of course he didn't, he grew up around Gloversville. But he didn't have a bunch of friends that hung out all the time. No one really wanted to come up to us. Most of my friends made the trip at least once, I was the one who usually had to go to them. Something that I was used to doing anyway.

But enough of that. The important thing is my writing. What will I write. con't with the story I started a couple of years ago and keep changing or go with my new idea. Are there to many books on serial killers? I find them very interesting. I did a lot of studying and wrote a few papers on them when at university. Or mesh the two together serial killer with paranormal overtones. Sure, why not? I could start off with something hard hitting and hopefully turn it into a series. Never know, it may take off. But what should my protagonist be, a witch or a psychic or maybe something else all together like an Elf. Who knows I think I will just start and see what my mind comes up with.
So two days in a row I blogged. Yeah me. I am going to try and blog something everyday. Who knows maybe someone will actually read my blog and give me an idea for my story.
I need to go over the lessons that I have downloaded. Always to busy to actually join a class. I was able to join in for one class for about a week. I signed up for two more for next month and I promised myself that I would take part in the class. Whats the sense of paying for a class and then not doing it. I know I will be away for two weeks in Sept. leaving on the 12th for Fl with my cuz T. I'm not even to sure that I want to go. That's really not true. I do look forward to going with my cuz. We usually have a great time. I just feel bad leaving Ray alone for two weeks. T is hoping that I will be able to go again in seven months. I don't want to leave Ray twice in one year. Once a year is good. I want to be able to go on vacation with Ray. We want to have a good time together too.
Well I am going to check my mail and let the cats in. Sammie is at the door looking at me and I think I see another animal, maybe a cat. I let Sammie in and no one else was there. Good.

So I will say good night for now. Hopefully I will write again tomorrow.

Where have I been

2010-08-28T22:20:00.000-04:00

Well I have been to NY and back three times so far this year. Vacation with hubby to visit family and look around to see where we would like to live in North Carolina. Saw a few really nice houses and not so nice. We weren't going to buy this year, just wanted to look around and see what out money would buy. Famous last words.
We both fell in love with this 1940's cottage. It is great. master suite was an add-on. The couple we bought the house from, and yes I said bought, is a builder. I love our bedroom and bathroom. I love my walk in closet. Its so big and roomy. Poor hubby has this little closet about three feet deep and usual height. He also took over one of the closets in one of the guest rooms. Two guest rooms seperated by the guest bathroom. The livingroom opens up to the kitchen. there is a free standing gas fireplace that seperates the two. We have .75 of an acre. We are on a dead-end street with one neighbor above us, two across from us and one on the corner which is for sale.It is just fastastic. We have a deck which you can get to from our bedroom or through the kitchen to the screened in sun room. We have the pool and if you look to your right there is a hot tub and outdoor shower. The deck is built all around the pool. It has two levels, so need to becareful if coming from the sunroom to seat at the table because there is a nice little step that you have to go down. I missed it a couple of times and let me tell you it hurts when I do that Pressure on the spine I guess when I land. We have greenery all over the pool area and hot tub and shower. You walk under a ceiling of greenery. Its all so private. We love it. Behind the house is all enclosed, fenced in which is great for us because it allows the four cats to come and go as they please.

Mostly they go. Sammie usually stays in at night. She is so funny. She wieghts 15 + lb. She takes a running leap from the living room to the bedroom. Leaps onto the bed, well she tries and if her claws were any shorter she would end up on the floor every night. So she digs those claws and boosts herself up. Sometimes she is lazy and jumps up to the bench at the foot of the bed and then on to the bed. She has to come right up to my face which she than starts to wash. From the face she goes for the neck that she likes to suck. She is a very strange cat. I stop her, she does desists for a moment and tries to get back to where she was. I am waiting for up to open up an artery. I think she is a strange vampire cat. If I can sleeping my husband will then knock her off the bed. Sammie is eight years old and her partner in crime is Meowie. Ah my poor baby. Before we moved to NC I took all the cats to the vet. All four were healthy. After we were here are few weeks Ray and I noticed that shw was very thin. More so than normal for her. She wasn't eating and would lay around and sleep as much as she could. Off to a new Vet. As I was holding Meowie he informed us that he was pretty sure tht she was in liver failure. I just cryed. She is not in kidney which is very good. We had blood work done and the problem is her liver. He gave us some, what we call goop, to give her three times a day. That has been going over well. I find that when we give it to her she gets sick. She will take the goop and then eat and then its a mess. So what we are doing if she is having a bad day she gets the goop, it keeps her body in balance, electolytes, If she is eating without a problem we don't give it to her or if we can just at night before bed. So far she is doing alright and as long as she is free from pain, we will keep her with us.
Mulder and Scully are siblings and are 13 years old. They are doing great. Mulder comes in during the day and even likes staying in the house some night. He always wants attention. Like when I introduce him to his food a few hundred times a day. Scully is very happy with her dry food and loves being outside. In the grass or in the sun room. She is a very content kitty. Does not want to come in at all. I think she is afraid that we will keep her in the house all night
Think on this; .75 of an acre, cats have free run of the place for the most part and the three females use the litter pan. Mulder is a true adventurer. Goes in the grass. Our one male cat.

Getting back to the house, we have a one room cabin and a workshop for Ray. He wanted my cabin as a man cave and I said "not in this life time" LOL Actually I would have given him anything he wanted because he really did not want to leave NY he was content there in Gloversville. I was not.
So now we have this great house and we really don't have to do that much to her, its in great shape. We are going to change the kitchen a little, redo the guest bathroom and, oh yes, the family room is upstairs in the attic which the previous owner redid. Looks so nice. the only problem we have is with the stairs going to the family room. They are a little too steep for me and one of these days I am going to get hurt. Bad back and all is something I don't need. So our friend Joe who is a master cabinetworker will redo the stairs for us. And I know it will look great. He is a genius with wood. He works in NC and in FL.
Joe and his wife Lynn also owns two shops selling handbags in Hendersonville (which is where I found him) and in Forest City. The bags are out of this world and to die for. the prices are right too. I could afford to buy a couple.
So to get back to where I was going with this post. We drive down to Hendersonville to visit my cousin T and her husband. We bought a house, we didn't mean to buy a house but we did. So back in April to sign, no, lender was not ready. We were told that they were about 7 business days behind. So we visit in Virgina and head north. Come April 30th and we have the closing. We are not ready to move. So much to do in the house in Gloversville. We did clean it out as much as we could. We packed. We left most of the furniture in Gloversville for out son. Come the end of May and we are on the move. Ray rented a truck, not big enough, Patrick, Rays son and Matt his brother helped us move. I didn't have anyone to help, my family, gone to the heavens. I have cousins but they are older than me so I didn't want to ask. Anyway three weeks later, Ray rents another truck, still not big enough, I just keep laughing, and its just me and Ray. What a joke. Truck breaks down took over 24 hours to get another truck and it was miserable. U-Haul owes us money. Which I have to get back to them with the receipts. There is just so much paper work around and I have to get that done.
Finally home and we hire two guys to empty the truck and put the stuff were we want it. They were pretty good and fast. We hired them from the furniture store where we bought our couch for the living room and two chairs for the family room.
We are not homefree yet. Ray is going up north in Sept to get the rest of our stuff. I hope. I will stay home with the cats. We had baby sitters for them when we went north but Ray will get everything done quicker without me there. So he thinks. that is fine. Because I will be coming home from FL with my cousin T.
We will stop in Orlando see the mouse and then onto her condo and then back home.
This is the short version of how did we move and how we forgot stuff. On no must have it now! LOL
But had a great time buying new.

I don't know how short this is I think think this is the first one I wrote. I am afraid to check. I don't want to lose all of it.

One of the reasons that I wanted to move was that my imagination had kinda dried up. No story lines, nothing was coming to me. But here in North Carolina I feel like my imagination has just taken off. Its been dead for about 10 years. After three years in Gloversville it just all went away.
Another reason is that there was nothing holding us there. My parents are gone, died within eight months of each other. My little sister, who I used to call The Baby until she complained that I would be calling her that when she was in her 60's. She died in her 40's. I miss them all like crazy.
Rays family was gone from the area too. He has six brothers but not really close to any of them except for Matt the yougnest. Ray is seond oldest or #2 as one of his brothers like to call him. There is also twig boy or burch boy, that is Tommy and he makes the most beautiful furniture. My mother-in-law and I both agreed that neither of us could afford to buy from him.

Patrick didn't want to make the move with us. Pat is Ray's son. So we left him in charge of the Gloversville house and he has rented out three of the bedrooms. We had four. So he is doing OK. He is taking care of the house and working. I am very proud of him. Ray is also proud. He's come a long way since he came back home from Seattle. I think Ray wished that Pat would come down here. There is a comm. college not far from us and Pat needs to go back to school. I know Ray misses him. It was tough when Pat was on the other side of the nation. Pat is going to try and get some time off around Xmas. I told him that we could have Xmas anyday as long as he was with us. So I am hoping that he can get a few days off. We will pay for his ticket and that should make it easier for him. Right now he is only working part time. He's had the job for over two years now but...
I would love to know what happened to the first post I wrote. ah well its all a mystery to me.
Tomorrow hopefully I will write more about writing; what I like to write and what I love to read.
I think this is the post I wrote the first time. Its a mystery to me.
Til the morrow, I hope.

some days are just argh

2010-08-28T21:47:00.000-04:00

I wrote this really great post about our moving and what was going on and how happy we are and the opposum, and the cats and what have you and its gone. Why I don't know I was signed in then it said I wasn't and now I am and its all gone. I will try again tomorrow.
But this is one of the reasons why that I don't blog all that much. Lets see if this works now. Maybe my last post saved itself. I do hope so.
Here goes nothing. I found the orginal post. Yea me! So that is it for the night. I have to check Facebook and see how my farm and frontiertown is doing. These games are goin to drive me crazy. I had to cut myself down to two. Well maybe one more if I love it.
Night Night Blog People

Oh My

2010-01-17T19:52:00.000-05:00

I haven't blogged since October. bad me. I have had other things on my mind like everyone else. Its winter here in upper NYS, just as it is in other parts of the state and from Washington DC to Maine. Cold weather. Not to much snow so far which is great for me. Not into all the wintery stuff. Does nothing for me except make me feel more cold.
We didn't have heat for a few days, air in the pipes, or water, actually no water the pipe in my office burst. Just little holes really but what a mess. Its New Years Eve and Ray calls for someone to fix the heating problem. No such luck, can't be fixed untl Tuesday of the following week. Ray say OK, because what else can you do.8 AM on Tues comes Robert to the door. I lead him to the basement and tell him "Have at it, Its all your." Robert just smiled said it wasn't bad in the basement. Cold up stairs though.
So the day goes along and Robert is bleeding the pipes and doing whatever you need to do to fix them and can't understand why its not working. He looks at the pipes in the kitchen, bathroom and then I say, maybe you should try the lones in the office. Well we open the door, and now, its late in the afternoon, robert has been all over the pipes and stuff. He even had another another guy, who is a plumber, come to the house and help. As I said, I open the door to the office and there is water all over the floor and it is so cold that things have frozen to the rug. I had a lot of stuff in my office, Boxes for the Xmas deco's my numerous books on writng, witchcraft, wicca and serial killers. I want to write paranormal mysteries with hot love. Anyway, I digess, water all over the floor. Robert takes the heat cover or whatever you call those things and lo and behold there is a hole in the pipe and not just one but two holes in the pipe.
Of course the office now needs to be cleaned out so Robert can work. I run upstairs and wake Pat. I told him that I needed his help and he will get dressed and come down. I go back to Robert and start taking stuff out of the office. Stuff that is not frozen in place and papers, oh lord, so many papers. Some are wet but I can't just dump them I have to check and see what I have to keep. I hand stuff out from the room and Pat and Robert grab it and look for a place to put it down.
The problem with my office is it used to be an inclosed sunroom or something like that. Tom, the previous owner told us that they enclosed it because either his wifes or his own parents couldn't do the stairs anymore so they fixed that room. Its not insulated that is one thing I can tell you. So the cold, and its been really cold, played a big part in the busted pipe.
How could we not know that there was a problem in the office? We don't go in there unless we are putting something in there. I keep the door closed because its a very cold room. Now its not like I hadn't been in the room for weeks or even days, actucally I put something in the room the day before and I didn't notice anything and I think I would have. Expecially if my shoes made a wet sucking sound.

Robert and the plumber, I don't remember his name, go out to their respective trucks and check to see if they have all the parts they need. They do. I am happy. They work to fix the pipes. Ray comes home and I tell and show him the office. "Oh Wow" says Ray.
Things are doing OK and the plumber leaves. Robert comes up from the basement and tells me that everything is fixed and he will go out to his truck and write up the bill.

I look at the bill and say to myself thank god, not that bad. Robert says "You have heat now, call if any problems" I said "Thanks Robert and hopefuly I won't have to call you again." That night my husband tells me that there is no heat upstais and I say to him "oh great, there isn't any heat down here either. Bummer." Ray calls the place and Alisha tells him that they will try and get Robert over to the house to check out the heater. OK, so we wait and its cold. Alisha calls and tell me that Robert won't be available until the day after tomorrow, Friday. What can I say but "oh really not till then." Alisha then asks me if we have othe rways to heat the house and I tell her we have heaters, sweaters and throws, we will be fine.
Not happy but what can I do. The place likes to keep you with one guy and for us its Robert. Thursday Alisha calls and tells me that Robert is available now, can he come? Yes, I say but give me a 1/2 hour. I'm still in my pj's, I like to do what I have to, clean and stuff then shower and get dressed. Alisha says that's great it will take him that long to get to the house. Super.
I run upstairs throw some clothes on and the phone rings, its Alisha, Robert is downstairs and no one is answering the door. Of course no,t its only been 10 minutes, but I say OK I guess I didn't hear him.I let Robert in and I say he should ring the doorbell. No matter he is here and he will fix my heating or lack of heat. I follow Robert down to the basement and he looks at he valve and says "Oh you need a new thingy, I think I have some in the car." ( He really didn't say new thingy, I just don't know what its called) "Great" says I. Robert goes out the front door to his truck and returns with new valves. It ended up needing 2 new valves. For the overflow, I don't know and really don't care. If it was just me I would do the same thing again and telling me names of the pieces does nothing for me. Lost cause when it comes to stuff like that.
I remember, it was New Years Eve. A Thursday, Friday was New Years Eve and they had no one to send unless we wanted to spend lots and lots of money. We didn't want to do that. Alisha, the recep't. told us that couldn't couldn't get anyone out until Tuesday. We can wait. It wasn't bad I think the coldest it got was 56 degrees. So not to bad. Tuesday comes and with it Robert. I showed Robert the basement and told him "Have at it." Now the basement is in a little bit of a mess. We have to much stuff and anything I am not sure of I put in a box or bag and put it away for me to look at later. I do that alot. We have lots and lots of boxes and bags filled with paper that I know 3/4 could be thrown out. But I can't do it, not until I go through all of it. This brings me to think of Hoarders a new show on A&E. The only difference is I can and do throw out lots of stuff. Hoarders don't. They have a mental illness, I don't. At least not that one.
Robert fixes the gas heater. We are happy, well I am happy, no one else is home. I pay, it hurts.
That was Tuesday morning. Ray came home and says there is no heat upstairs call the place and get Robert back here. Ray calls and and Robert comes back. There is air in the line that I didn't get, says Robert. I say OK. He does whatever to get the air out and we have. I am happy again.
The next day, I go down to the basement to start the washes. There is water coming out of the heater. Oh no, I say to myself. Ray is home and I call up to him to come and and fix or do something. He comes down see the water and tells me its the over flow but it shouldnt be coming out like that. I go upstair and call the place. Robert not available until the day after. OK, we wait.
Alisha calls and tells me that Robert is back early from a job and can come over in say 1/2-hour. I say great. I run upstairs to get dressed. The phone rings and its Alisha, asks," you are home, right?" " Yes, I am.
"Well Robert is outside the door and no one is answering." "I will go right down and let him in." I am upstairs and couldn't hear the bell, if he used the bell. I go down and I see that Patrick is up and he didn't hear anything either. I open the front door and before me is Robert, I say "Hi Robert, Hows it going?" He says "OK." I ask him if he rang the bell and he says no he knocked. "That's why I didn't hear it, I was upstairs." That little mystery solved.
I take Robert to the basement and he sees the water and it is the overflow but I need a new setup, acually I get two new ones. Lucky me.
Everything is fixed and I get my check book and Robert goes to make out the bill. I shed a small tear and hand him the check. He says its not to bad and he gave me a discount. I say thanks.
Compared to last year when both cars broke down and had to be towed and then Rays broke down again and had to be towed again. I did not like making out those checks for those bills right before Xmas. At least the heater problem was only half of what I paid for the cars, and it was after Xmas. Of course, because this is the way things go in my world, its right before Ray retires. Thats the way it goes sometimes.

Albacon

2009-10-12T17:26:00.000-04:00

I went to my first con. It was held in Albany, NY, close to where I live and I knew people from my rwa chapter that was going. Oh and I was doing the PR for the con. Albacon its a sci/fi & fantasy con. With the added bonus of romance writers. It started 10/8 with a panel of agents/editors who deal with romance and urban fantasy. Mirian Kriss of the Irene Goodman Literary Agency, Julie Tibbot of Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt, and David Pomerico of Bantam Spectra. It was interesting and informative. Jackie Kessler moderated and did a wonderful job.

Friday morning there were workshops and panels Jackie Kessler and Toni Andrews were great. I was on two panels myself . Debi Chowdhury, K.A. Laity, Susan Crowley, Biance D'Arc, Janice Dumas, plus the book signing with Jackie Kessler, Toni Andrews, Stella Price, Cat Johnson, K.A. Laity, C. Margery Kempe amd Rosemary DeCapria. Fanstay authors singing were Melissa Mead and Inanna Arthen, Author of the Vampires of New England Series. That was just Friday morning and afternoon.
Starting at 5:00 pm was the Sci/Fi & fanstay panels like Self Publishing Pros & Cons, The next monster trend, My Favorite Villian, Taking care of Business, Alternatives to Mundane Sexuality and Sex in SF: It doesn't Have to be Bad. I would have liked to have gone to that but I was so tired that I was falling asleep in my seat. I did make it for about 5 minutes to the Vampire Ball. Music was going and there were a few people there but I had to bow out. I didn't sleep well Thursday night. I think I got about three hours of sleep. I drove back and forth Thursday night and back Friday morning. I was staying at the hotel Friday and Saturady. Friday night also brought on the ice cream social. It was nice. You had ice cream and you could add whatever was available to it. I had sprinkles and whip cream, a cherry and fudge. It was fun. There was also a concert by Igor's Egg. I heard it was pretty grand. Telling a story using music. Which is what music does, doesn't it? They sounded really good. Kudos to Igor's Egg.

Saturday we started at 10:00 AM with SF Films We Love, Favorite Aliens/Fantasy Creatures, Fans Association of Star Trek, Art Guest of Honor Alan Beck, Hes great. My Favorite Heros, Creating Magic Systems, Nontraditional Fantasy Settings, Paranormal Romance Explosion, There Are No Guns in Fantasy, and more. We had a dinner and Elizabeth Hand was the guest of honor and a very gracious Guest of Honor she was. I enjoyed meeting her. There was a concert by Rebecca Angel which I was told was great. I wasdoing other things. Helping to get a room ready for readings. There was a erotic art demostration by Calkins and still more. It was a busy Saturday night.
There were dealers selling books and art work, clothes and jewelry. I took out my credit card a few times and so did my husband when he came to meet me for the banquet.
The readings that night were fabulous.

Sunday we had a slew of panels starting at 10:00 am Do You Outline or Not. 1950's: The Golden Age of SF Films, Twilight: the Mystique, Cover to Cover, Characters vs, Science, Is the Small Press Where It's Now, and a few more. I wish that some of the panels were run twice so I could be at all of the ones I wanted. But It doesn't work that way sometimes. There was a gaming room. a video room, a con room for the guests to go and get a drink and a bit to eat. People had parties in their rooms or went to parties in other peoples room.
I think everyone had a good time. The only negatives that I have are, for me the banquet food was not to my liking and the hotel gave a free breakfast if you were staying at the hotel and I didn't eat anything either morning. I became hungry, let me tell you. But hey, you can't have everything perfect and If the only complaints I have is the food then the con was very good.

I look forward to my next con. I would love to go to Nationals in July with my cousin. If I have to go by myself I am sure I won't be alone for long. Writers are very friendly people from what I have seen and since I am writing and pretty friendly myself I shouldn't have a problem. I would also like to go to the different events that the various chapters have that are open to the public. Again I would like to go with someone, split the gas and room cost. I am not rich. I would like to be but I won't be this year. So I have to see who would want to go. Hopefully Debi will want to go to some of them. I will check with her.

Remember this name ALBACAON and make plans to come next year. Oh FYI the date may change to Labor Day. There are so many thngs going on and next year the Jewish High Holidays fall on the dates that Albacon would normally run. So if you have any comments, questions or suggestions for future Albacons than please let me know or write to albacon.org We want to hear from you.

Albacon Oct.8-11 in Albany NY

2009-09-24T23:34:00.000-04:00

Hi All
Great News; Albacon is coming to town. It is the Sci/Fi-Fantasy conference with guest of honor Elizabeth Hand.
Author of ten books and winner of the Shirley Jackson Award for Generation Lost. Ms. Hand has also been honored with three World Fantast Awards, two Nebulas, two International Horror Guild Awards, the James M Tiptree Jr. Award and the Mythopeoic Society Award.
Ms. Hand is a regular reviewer for the Washington Post, Village Voice, Salon Boston Globe and DownEast magazine. She also writes a regular column for Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine.
Currently she is working on a sequel to Generation Loss titled Available Dark. Ms. Hand has a YA novel about poet Arthur Rimbaud coming out in 2011 published by Viking.
Artist guest of honor is Alan F. Beck, Fan guest of honor is D. Cameron Calkins With Igors Egg as our Musical Guest.

Writers, readers and fans will enjoy movies, games, readings, workships, and panels. Plus a book signing. There is an art show, a fabulous dealers room, debates, conversations, and socializing with people who share the same interests. There will be a Vampire/Steampunk Ball so come with your best costume. Be ready to share your knowledge and party with your fellow Albaconers.

Thursday starting at 6:30 PM there will be a Editor/Agent/Publisher/Writer gathering.
Industry professionals talk about the realities of today's market, what authors should be doing to get and remain published. Q&A after panel discussion.
panelish include Miriam Kriss, Goodman Literary Agency; Julie Tibbott, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; David Pomerico, Bantam Spectra; to name a few. Panel will be moderated by jackie kessler.

Friday: all-day workshops and panel discussions. Presented by Dr. Kathryn Laity, Susan Crowley, Janice Duman, Stella Price, Biance D'Arc, Toni Andrews, Jackie Kessler, Roberta DiCaprio, Debi Chowdhury, C. Margery Kempe, Jo Anne Benware (that's me) and too many to name.
Fridays workshops to include The Five Fixes 2 hr. workshop by Toni Andrews, Using mythology in Stories by Jessica Andersen Cat johnson, K.A. laity, Bianca D'Arc andJanice Dumas (panel) Promotions for the Author on A Budget by Stella Price (workshop) Urban FAsntasy, The Great Love Story, Creating Worlds,
What are the pros and cons of self-publishing or on-line publishing one's own works? Frederick Huston, Mirabelli Strock. Readings, The next monster trend; Vampires and Zombies are hot. But what comes next?
Taking care of business; What business skills do writers need? Officers and tazes. Can dragon food be considered deductable? More workshops and panels are listed for Friday. Also on Friday we an ice cream social, a concert by Igors Eggs and then the Vampire Ball.

Saturday there are more workshops and panel discusions. Just to name a few, Science Fiction Films we love, My Favorite Aliens and Fantasy Creatures, Science Fiction from Star Trek, The Paranormal Romance Explosion and what it means for Fastasy, Low Budget Podcasting 101, presenters Edgill, Hubbell, Kessler, And Rothman to name a very few.
Saturday is also the Banquet and a concert by Rebecca Angel. There will be an Erotic Art Demonstration by D.Cameron Calkins with assistance from model Oscula.

We finish out the conference on Sunday with more workshops and panels; Apocalyse When?, The 1950's:The Golden Age of SF Film? How does a novelist break in these days? Other panels and workshops will be presented by Rogow, Hartwell, Palmatier and Mead, again just to name a few.

Its going to be a great confernce. It is being held at the Best Western on Western Ave. Check the Albacon website for more information on price, childcare and more workshops and panels and the authors who will be there.
Here is the website albacon.org
Come and Enjoy. Share your knowledgel

Oy!

2009-07-14T23:18:00.000-04:00

I need to write and I am not feeling it. I don't know what is going on with me. I know what I want to write but sitting down and doing it is like beyond me right now. I don't know why. We are going on vacation this Saturday. I just can't wait. Maybe this is what I need. Gloversville is really not that,what is the word I am looking for...its so bad here I can't even think of a word to describe what its like living here. Oh boy.

I want to be creative. I want to seat down and write that book. But there is so much going on. My brother-in-law got arrested and we are going to court tomorrow night. Nothing will happen tomorrow. but come August his lawyer wants him to come up with $1400.00 or there abouts. He's not working. He has no money. We are going on vacation there is no money to give him. Besides we had to pay bail and that was a nice chunk of change. He has to leave. I don't want him here any more. Its just to much.

The son needs to move on too. He is supposed to move to his cousins house downstate. But he has to know how to drive. He never asks to go driving. I don't know what we are going to do with him. He will come with us when we move, I guess unless some miracle happens. Ha on that.

We need to get this house in shape too. This is the last vacation for a while. Money will now be going on the house. Fixing the bathroom floors and the kitchen floor. We need to redo our bathroom. I want to make it really nice. Get a new vanity for the main bathroom and then carpets upstairs and down. The husband started painting the dinning room when I was at my cousins in May. Its not finished yet. But I can't talk, I haven't finished the downstairs bathroom yet. Shame on me. LOL

So I was thinking that writing my story out, like I was telling it and put in the conversations later. I think the easiest way is for me to do it in first person. Maybe while we are away I will feel motivated and start writing. A new place, new people, new perspective for the story. I'm still trying to think of that word. It will come to me I am sure.

I've been feeling kind of tired, just not feeling myself. Don't know what is going on with me lately. I just don't feel like me. Not sick or anything like that just not feeling myself.

I have so much ironing to do and then to pack. Of course things will get wrinkled in the suitcase and I will have to touch them up but that is better than ironing it out, if you know what I mean.

Almost midnight, I should get to bed. But I am not feeling that tired. I hate just laying there so I think I will watch a little more TV and then sleep.

Writing

2009-06-30T21:44:00.000-04:00

So much to do. So much writing to do. I have the idea for my story. I know where it is set. I know who the main character is and there is a few friends to go with that but I have to murder someone. I have to have a reason to murder this person. I also want to make it a supernatural. Now there are so many different ways to go with this, a witch, a demon, faerie or psychic. Hey it could even be a straight mystery.
I have the how to books and NewNovelist and I bought another one called Writers Dream Kit. Now its just sitting down, doing the research I will need to do and then write.
While I do this the house will be getting a make over, my brother-in-law will be going to court and I will be with him since my husband has to work. The usual stuff that goes on during the day besides.

There has been some sadness the past 12 months. I've lost three family members. Its been hard dealing with that. Life goes on though and the best I can do is to remember them with love. That way they are never really gone. My family is getting smaller and smaller. Funny, when I was a kid I thought I was so lucky with my family and extended family. Actually there were a few marriages between the two sides so we are kind of closely related. So when a cousin dies its like losing a sibling. That's how close we were and are. The older generation is gone, my aunt was the last. Now I still have an aunt and an uncle, siblings left but they are so much younger than the rest that they are between the older gen and my gen. My aunt has asked me to be her beneficiary, meaning that I will take care of all the details when she dies or if God forbid needs to go to a home. I'm against nursing homes, I worked in a few of them. They are not all bad, some are very good. But I don't want anyone to feel lost or forgotten in one of those. It happens more than I liked when I worked in them. But I digress, I do that a lot. So family wise we are very small.

I know I need to get my butt in the chair and start writing or I will never get it done. I want to do this. This is something I always wanted to do. I will do my outline so I have an idea of where I am going with my story. I know that I will not stick to it word for word but it gives me an idea of where I should be.

My husband and I are going to go on vacation this year. Our last was in 2001 and it was fantastic. This year we are going north up to Maine and Nova Scotia. I am really looking forward to the trip. I have my little laptop to take with me so I can write and he will take his so he can play Texas hold'em. This is if we have time from traveling and sightseeing. I am so looking forward to this.

Next year we will head south and start house hunting somewhere in N.C. I am really looking forward to that. I want to get out of the cold and while I have some family and good friends here they can come visit us.

So that is the plan for now. Of course always subject to change, because you just never know.

I need to be more diligent with my blogs. I don't think I will blog on myspace anymore. I still like to check it and read the other blogs from the authors I like. Here I feel much freer and can write what I want.

So tonight I will do a little reading and tomorrow after I finish my housework, (what a terrible word) I will get this butt in to the chair and start on my story. Here's to "Tumbling Down".

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Building A Better Novel: A Writers Toolkit

2009-03-16T20:17:00.000-04:00

Hi All
I am going to blog about the fantastic conference that my chapter is putting on in June. It is our annual Full Day Workshop with an added bonus for Friday night.

June 12 and 13th at the Desmond Hotel, Albany, NY

Award Winning and Bestselling Autor Annette Blair and Award Winning and

New York Times Bestselling Author Angela Knight

Presenting

Building a Better Novel:

A Writers Toolkit

Annette Blair will present Story Mapping and Painting Colorful Characters

Angela Knight will present Heating up the Romance in Your Novel

and

Ready! Set! Go! Writing Action Scenes

Friday Night will be a very special night for all of us.

There is going to be a Agent/Editor Panel

and to top off the night there will be a Wine and Cheese get together

For more information www.cr-rwa.org

Guest Blogger Missy Lyons

2009-01-17T16:46:00.001-05:00

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Editing

2008-12-21T20:40:00.000-05:00

I was trying to remove the links I have here since they no longer apply. But I can't figure out how to do it. Oh Well, I will have to post a lot more so they will disappear into the nether land.
Speaking of the nether land that would be a cool place to set a story. I will have to think on that.
I really do need to do more with my blog. I've been doing my facebook which I really like and myspace which is cool. So many places to go and write. I should just be writing my story. I decided to take a break over the holidays and resume it on 1/1 or 1/2 depends on whether Ray is working or not.
Ray is on vacation this past week and the coming week. Its been nice having him home. There is so much we have to do yet though. I told Ray that tomorrow we will finish the downstairs bathroom. We have family coming on the 28th and I want everything to look good. I will just have to bug everyone here to do what they have to do.
I would say that most of my shopping is done. I really can't think of anything else I have to buy. Unless I can figure something out to surprise my hubby with. I can't think of anything that would though. I need to start wrapping the presents, that should be fun.
We are going to have turkey for dinner on Xmas. I guess I will make my usual for Xmas Eve. I think I will do a ham for New Years.
New Years will be quiet as usual. Ray will be working.
I will be working on my book and then on 1/10 I will be going to my writers meeting. We are supposed to have a psychic intuitive that day. I wonder if it is anyone I know. That would be funny. We could do a seance together that would scare the poop out of everyone.
There is so much to do really.
I'm hoping that I can go to the Romantic Times Convention in April. Its in Orlando and it should be a gas. But its also a lot of money. The convention, the hotel and air fare. Probably 1K or more. It's a lot of money. I want to, I am going to the RWA Convention in July in DC that I can drive to or I can take a short flight and maybe Ray can drive down and we can do all the things I've always wanted to but didn't get the chance. It will be great.
We are having a big snow blast here. Snow on Friday and then again on Sunday. I hope there is no more.
One of Ray's aunts passed away and there was a mass for her on Sat. We were going to go but the snow blower decided not to work that well and Ray had a Dr.'s appointment at 11:45 and that was a visit he had to go to. So no service. I think she was at my mother-in-laws, as a matter of fact its her sister that passed. I feel bad. But I know that she is in a way better place. I remember my mother-in-law saying that her sister was not that well. Its a shame.
I put up my Christmas town this year. I opened boxes of houses that I didn't even know I had. It was great. I have a downtown and the village in the living room on a huge board that is a top two card tables, spread out. Then the rest of the village is in the dining room. There is a boat and the seafarers restaurant, an ice skating rink and a couple of more shops. Also in the dining room is Santa's town. The house is decorated. Which really surprises me I didn't think I would get it done. I told Ray that the town is staying up because its to much to put away. That I also need a bigger board so everything fits. I will need to get something new for the town. I bought something new every year whether the town went up or not. So I will be on the hunt for something new. Its good to buy something now because its all half off. Cool Beans. I guess that is to old to use anymore. I don't know what the new word of the day is. So cool bean it is.
I have to get rid of that stuff on this site. I wish I could just delete it, but that would be to easy.
So Monday is finish the bathroom day. Tuesday; Dr. then maybe some shopping and then get my hair cut. Come home. Wednesday is Xmas eve so home and chilling then the big day for the jolly little fat man. It doesn't get any better than this.
That should be enough for now. At least I hope so. I really do want those things gone.
Oh, one other thing I miss my Dad, Mom and sister. I don't think anyone can understand how I feel unless they lost their whole family like I did. I saved that till the last. You never know who may read this and what stupid ideas they may have. I wouldn't be surprised though if someone came up with some bullshit. Not going to worry about it. I don't care.

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2008-12-14T21:40:00.001-05:00

Tired

2008-12-02T00:58:00.000-05:00

I wanted to write something today so here I am. I have to clean up the first three chapters of my book to bring to my meeting next week. See what they all think.
I hope everyone had a great Holiday. Still doing the Turkey? I'm not, the joy of eating out;no leftovers and no cleanup. Had a very nice time.
I will be cooking for Christmas and of course Christmas Eve. I guess we all have to eat. LOL
I'm really excited about my book. Typing till three in the morning though is not the way to do it. I have to go to the office as if I was going to work. Actually I am going to work so I just hide and hopefully no one bothers me.
Really tired.
Going to bed after I feed the cats.

Cynthia Eden

2008-11-20T12:23:00.000-05:00

NaNoWriMo and Me

2008-11-06T00:26:00.000-05:00

Wow I am really behind in my blogs. shame on me. I am doing NaNoWriMo again this year and I intend to finish it this year. Of course I am already behind but not to bad. I can catch up.
Lets see what is happening; nothing much really. Doing the house. Had the rugs cleaned, bad kitties. I mean that, Bad Kitties. The rug looks great.
So much to do and these HOT FLASHES are killing me. When are they going to go away?
I really don't have much to say tonight. I finished Kenyons new book, it was good I wish it was more. More books I really like True Blood on HBO. I've read a few of the books and I think I like the way the series is going Its not the same as the books, they never are, but like I said its good.

I will try to remember to blog some more. But for now Good Night.

Acheron

2008-11-06T00:07:00.001-05:00

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Eureka

2008-08-25T19:45:00.001-04:00

Long and Short Reviews

2008-08-23T18:47:00.000-04:00

Long and Short Reviews

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Long and Short Reviews

What fun

2008-08-21T17:27:00.000-04:00

I've had a bit of fun doing up my page. So many fun things to add. As I was doing this Mulder has been laying on my lap. Ray, my husband, is at his computer with his head phones on to block out the TV. He hates it that it is on and I am not really watching it. I told him many times that it is just background noise. Its from living alone and I did that for a long time.
I hope that now I have this up and running and I actually remember doing this in April I will be on it more.
Writers need to write every day. If you are not working on your book than blogging is good. Write every day. Make the time to do it. Its a job like any other, so if you want to go to your home office at 9am and leave it 5pm than that is the way to go. You could change your hours to whatever you want. Its cool to go to work in your PJ's. I don't, at least I haven't done that yet but hey why not?
How Clean Is Your House is on the tube right now. Its a show on the BBC. Man, the English are pigs. Wait, they came to US and I've seen a couple of the American shows. Man, Americans are pigs. doesn't matter where you live there are people who do't clean. I can not get over how some of these houses, homes are left. One girl in Cal. let her cat throw up all over and didn't clean it up! Plus the cat pooped in her bed and Kim and Aggie found that. I love those two. They are just to much. But they know what they are talking about when it comes to cleaning. I think for a lot of the people that have such dirty houses are helped a great deal by these two ladies. You feel a hell of a lot different when you have a clean house. Everything is put away, your furniture is clean and you can find it. You can now invite your friends and family to visit. You feel a lot better about yourself. You have to. Better spirits, happy even. I think its a great service. I just wonder how badly these people feel at first knowing that they are on TV and everyone will know there dirty little secret. Sham on me. I made a pun.
I started packing up for my trip to FL. First stop NC then onward. I need day clothes and nighttime clothes, a few pairs of shoes, and all the other stuff I can't live without for 21 days.
Thank goodness I bought my ticket a while ago and should not have to pay for my suitcases. If I do, then the big bag will be paid for and I will take the smaller one on the plane with me. I've gotten used to not having to carry anything when I am waiting for my connecting flight. But, oh well, what can you do.
OK I think I've done enough today on writing. I know I've done enough work around the house. My back is hurting. I can't be carry the clothes baskets up and down the stairs. My pain is like a knife going through me sometimes. I will see my bone manipilater and Wilmot tomorrow. Hopefully I will feel better after that. I am getting my hair cut too. So much to do. I dyed my hair today and its a nice brown but its not the color I thought I was getting. will have to find a lighter color and do it again before I leave.
And so on to the night time things to do. Like dinner and all that stuff.

Lost

2008-08-21T16:19:00.000-04:00

I thought I posted to my blog but I lost it.

Oops

2008-08-21T16:01:00.000-04:00

I guess I did write my little blog in the wrong place. That's all right. Now I know for next time. My poor cats have fleas. I clean them but they keep coming. Mulder my male is thin, He was never that heavy but he seems to be thinner to me. He's running around and eating so I guess its just worry for nothing. My three females are all crazy, especially Sammie. She is so fat. She can't jump up on anything. LOL Scully and Meowie are fleet of foot and loud of mouth. I love them all.
Ok other things to do. You all have a great whatever til I remember to come back.

My First Blog

2008-04-29T20:05:00.000-04:00

Well this has been fun. I tried to make a comment on an authors web site and it wouldn't. I don't know why but that is the way things go sometimes.
I don't think anyone will write on this blog except me.

Maybe once I write my novel and it gets published and I can get someone to design a page for me then maybe someone will leave me a comment. We shall see. I really don't know what I am supposed to do with this. At least now I have a screen name that can be used on other blogs.