Sit a spell

Or take a load off. Both mean let’s sit together and talk.

Each part of the country has it’s own terms for things and sayings. I’m in the middle of Hillbilly country. Now I wasn’t born here, I was a kid when we moved here from Florida. I sounded strange to the natives here and they sounded strange to me. I lost one accent and gained a bit of another. Reason I’m mentioning this is ’cause I set my newest book, A Playground of Bones, in a small town in Missouri. The names are all made up of course but while I was writing words from both areas snuck in here and there. I didn’t notice and my proofreader didn’t either until after I published. Also my parents are Northerners. So a lot of different sayings mingled. I’m a conglomerate. A lot of people are here in the USA. And we sure got a lot of opinions. On everything.

I still haven’t finished the Time-Lost book. Sitting on two chapters to go yet. I did get my muse to write a few sentences. But I don’t know if she’ll keep it up. I’ll see later when I sit for writing time.

The ravens are still not named.

I’m still looking for names for centuries-old vampires. I have decided not run the contest anymore since no one seems to be interested so I’m just going to ask if you have a vampire name for me. I’m not afraid to use silly/odd names. If I think it fits the character, he/she will get that name. As I said I’m terrible at naming my characters and use a baby book most times. Don’t have phonebooks anymore so I can’t use them like I used to.

September is coming up fast. I will be going to my local festival the third Friday and Saturday to hawk my books. I also will have a few other things for sale like metal bookmarks and some other things. If you’re in the neighborhood of Gainesville Missouri the third Friday and Saturday of September stop on by Hootin An Hollarin and enjoy the craftmanship of many local crafts persons.

Have you checked out any of my books or Vellas? Give them a try.

Stay tuned for the next installment