December 2024

December is here already and Christmas just 24 days away. Then 7 days after that the new year. A lot changes are going to be happening after that. I just hope I stay afloat.

Anyway it’s been cool and damp in the mornings and the ferals have been scarfing down food. At least the older ones have been. The younger ones have been scamping around, playing a lot. Once it gets colder I’m sure the younger ones will be scarging down with the older ones. And they’ve all been sleeping in cat piles. The younger ones stir when I dish out the food, the older ones are usually waiting by the boards. But they all got that ‘just woke up’ look. So adorable.

My budget is looking like I can do 2 covers this month, maybe 3, depending on the price per cover. That will be up to 6 covers in my cover queue. As I said the company that does my covers is in Ukraine so I don’t know what’s going to happen with them in the new year.

I’ve been writing a bit but haven’t knuckled down. Book 3 of Elemental Voice Companion is next and I’ll get serious with it once the Time-Lost book is out. It’s with my publishing coordinator. I’d like it to be out this month but she’s very busy. I’m messing around with EV book bibles as well to refresh my memory on who is who with the secondary characters. It’s easy to forget things when you’ve been writing in other serieses for a while. But sometimes you need a break and time to think things over. Not to mention my muse is fickle. She works on her schedule not mine most of the time.

I’m working on the next newsletter. It’s going to come out earlier than the others as that would be too close to Christmas. I have an in-person event on the 6th and will include a snapshot of it in this next newsletter. And that will be the last event of the year. Next year I don’t have one until April or May I think, if I’m accepted.

Had a glass of tea while I wrote this. Now I’m going to surf the web a bit and check out FB and IG. Stay tuned for the next installment.