Middle of the month and I’m not as far along as I wanted with my WIP. And my muse is cheating with another story. I had three stories open but she didn’t want to work on any of them. She hopped to a story that’s way down the list, scheduled for like 2028 or so. One of my Fallborn dragon stories to be precise. Since my WIP and the Fallborn story are both novellas maybe I can get them both done by April. I’ll see if I can corral my muse enough to do so.

I’m not doing a cover. I didn’t manage my money well this month and I haven’t decided which cover to do anyway. I have soo many books in my queue. What’s in my queue is only like 1/1000th of what I have ideas written down for. Then there’s the ones still in my head that are just snippets. That’s why I don’t understand when a writer says they don’t know what to write or haven’t an idea. I have thousands.

My book A Playground of Bones is scheduled for April in the book club I belong to. Some of the books scheduled are not my cup of tea but I’ll read them. Maybe they’ll expand my horizon.

I’m still looking for vampire names. I have 2 novellas and 1 main book to get out in the Elemental Voice serieses. The Wedding is coming up soon and we will meet and greet a number of Orro clan vampires. So if you want to name a vampire leave a comment, email, dm, whatever.

My half glass of tea is done so I think I’ll end here. Got a bit of email to catch up on then I’ll go check on the Ferals. I might have to give them a bit more dry food since it’s been cold today. Stay tuned for the next installment.

Christmas is 11 days away then comes the new year a week after. 19 days after that comes the incoming pres. I just hope everyone is ready for what’s going to happen. Gonna be a surprise to a lot of people.

Got one book cover done. Now I just got to decide which cover I want to do next. I have enough funds to do an easy cover, one with only 2 to 3 images. Or I can use that small fund elsewhere. I have 5 covers done so far. The company I use as I have said is in the Ukraine and I don’t know what the new year will bring for them.

The Time-Lost book proof arrived. It looks good. Hopefully the book will be out this month and I will have met my goal of at least 2 books a year pubbed. As soon as it’s published I can crack down on writing book 3 of the Elemental Voice companion series.

Newsletter went out. Already working on the next. Diggin’ up bones for it as it were. Gotta few pics of the ferals rompin’ around. Most oranges are male but most of the ones we have here are female and we have a few brindles as well. I’ll snap some more pics of course. The ferals are just so dang cute.

Just finished my glass of tea so I think I’ll wrap this up here. One more check of my email then I think I’ll go outside and check on the ferals, about time for afternoon feeding. Stay tuned for the next installment

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.

November is here already. This year seemed to zip right past me. Didn’t get done what I wanted done. But that’s okay. I’m not going to sweat it. They’ll get done in the new year.

I’ve been seeing these GLP-1 ads all over the place. I ordered a bottle. Let’s see if they’ll do anything for this body. I can’t seem to lose weight no matter what I do. Is it truly hormones or is it my lazy writing lifestyle? We shall see.

Meanwhile the younger ferals have been enjoying the cooler days and running around while the older ones have been basking in the sun. They’ve all been cleaning up the boards of food. I added an extra feeding time. They’ll need the extra food, especially once it gets cold. The older ferals don’t catch much during the Winter or really go out hunting. There’s a lot of cat piles during the next 5 months under cover. They don’t miss a feeding.

Book 3 of the Elemental Voice companion series is up next for writing as is Book 2 of Bone Whisperer. The cover of BW2 is done but I need to order EVC3’s cover. Book 5 of Elemental Voice’s cover is done. I just have to write the book now.

I need to go through my writing queue again and prioritize the books again to make sure I’m getting what I need done. I have soo many books to write. I don’t understand when a writer says they don’t have any idea what to write about. I have a tote full of pages and pages of ideas and chapters of books. That’s not to mention what’s on the computer or in the journal by my bed. I just wish I was a faster writer. But it takes 6-8 months for me to write a book because my muse is fickle. That or it’s my ADD. I can’t be sure. 🙂 They both like squirrels.

I’m gonna grab a glass of iced tea and surf through social media for a while. Still too warm for a cuppa but I’m stocked for a bit incase a cold snap happens. Stay tuned for the next installment.

Hootin An Hollarin is now over and it is official Fall all around. I’m unpacking the vehicle and putting things away today from the festival. This year I made more card sells than cash but I still think I made a little less than I did last year. Didn’t seem to be as many people this year. I made a few connections. We’ll see if they pan out in the near future.

Didn’t have a ‘new’ book for H-N-H so I think that’s one reason I didn’t sell as much. I plan to remedy that next year. I hope to have at least two new books out by March of 2025 and another out by August. Time-Lost is almost done and two other books are 1/3 of the way done. I have 5 books open right now. Time-Lost Cover is done and the first book’s redone. Book 2 of Ghostwolf’s cover is up, check it out. I need to do Book 3 of Ghostwolf and Book 2 of Bone Whisperer’s covers next as they are up in the queue next. Book 5 of Elemental Voice’s cover is done but it is still in book bible mode. I have a lot of stories to get out but my muse can be very fickle. Hopefully I’ll have time this winter to get a lot of writing done as it is usually my prime writing time. But I will pub something before the end of the year.

Speaking of my books–Have you checked out any of my books or Vellas? If you have not, Give them a try. My Elemental Voice books are in Kindle Unlimited and I have several Vellas to chose from.

I’m gonna start my newsletter soon. Have you joined my email list/newsletter yet? I’m going to have a clipboard out on my table for emails at H-N-H. It is switched over to my first person Urban Fantasy novella now so if you want a taste of my writing please join and get a fast-paced novella.

Stay tuned for the next installment