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October 2025

Halloween is just around the corner!

Halloween is my favorite holiday though I do not really celebrate it. There are not many social events here, small town. We have a yearly craft festival and put up holiday decorations around the square but rarely does that translate into social events even at the local senior center. However I still have that wonder towards Halloween that I had as a child. I love dressing up as a character and being that inner child/person even if only for a few hours. If I ever win the lottery I plan to make a yearly Halloween event wherever I land in October.

Speaking of the craft festival, I didn’t sell much. I did talk to quite a few people, but it didn’t translate into sales. I have an in-person event on the 11th so I’ll see how that does.

Still haven’t been reading or writing much. In fact I haven’t read the September book club book and reviewed it yet. I just haven’t been very ambitious. My muse is being very fickle, playing hide and seek. It hides while I seek it. So nothing got done last month except procrastination.

Mama cat moved her kittens from under the trailer. She only has four now with her. Makes me smile to see them try to eat the cat food with their tiny teeth. They are so cute.

I’ll be putting up the skirting around the trailer this month. The cold weather will be here before we know it and I want to make sure the cold wind stays out from underneath my trailer. Now that the kittens are out I don’t have to worry about them and can seal it the best I can. Duck tape added to my shopping list. It’s a good sealant.

Time to publish this. Stay tuned for the next installment.

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October 2

Halloween is almost here. As I said before if I was living in a house I’d be having a party. Decorations indoors and out. Candy for kids and adults. I’d be dressed up either as a werewolf or a vampire or maybe even alternate. I love Halloween. But alas I am not my own master, none of us really are anymore.

I got the skirting up around my trailer, part of Winterizing the place. I’ll have to check it periodically to insure it’s as air tight as possible to keep most of the cold out from underneath my trailer, from freezing my pipes/water. We still got things to do though before the really cold weather sets in. We may have a semi-warm fall like we did last year before the cold snap.

The ferals are being frisky with the cooler weather. We got a batch of kittens running around plus the ones born this past summer. While the younger ones play around the older ones look on with what looks like a jaded eye. They know what the cooler weather means.

My newsletter went out yesterday. It was just a short and sweet one as it was the first. I glanced at the numbers and it looks okay so far. Thirty some percent opened and only 3 unsubscribed so far. I’m told that’s not bad.

Just got the proof for the cover of book 2 of the Elemental Voice companion series. Looks good. I plan to have them up soon. Almost done with revamping my covers. I got the cover for the Time-Lost book and for the next book, Book 2 of Bone Whisperer. Book 3 of EV companion series, Book 3 of Ghostwolf, and Book 1 of Of Gods and Curses is next up for covers as they are next in the queue. But my muse is fickle. So who knows what’s next really.

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. This Winter I should catch up with all my Vellas and get some book writing done. All that indoor time should do something, don’t you think? 🙂

Stay tuned for my next installment on the 1st of November

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October 2024

October is here and Halloween will soon be upon us. There is something in us that likes the thrill of horror in movies and books, that jolt of fear and anticipation–As long as it is only in movies or books.

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. We can let ourselves go. Let that creature inside us out for a bit. And the candy isn’t bad either. 🙂 As an adult I don’t get to indulge as much any more, except in books and movies. There’s no Halloween parties for adults here. That doesn’t mean there aren’t spectacular Halloween decorated houses around but no parties–unless it is for children. If I ever get a house, large enough to host, I’m going to have a Halloween party, even if no one else shows up, every year. For both adults and kids.

Time to Winterize my trailer and get things situated before the cold gets here. The cool mornings are nice change from the Summer heat and humidity. But Winter in the Ozarks is not very nice at all. The old adage about waiting 5 minutes if you don’t like the weather is very true here. Morning can start out nice but by afternoon you can have harsh conditions. The opposite can happen but rarely. Usually if the day starts harsh it stays harsh, sun shining or not. However we don’t get the snow fall that the Northern states get which I’m happy about. I’m hoping for a mild Winter this year. While I like the time indoors to get writing done I do get cabin fever. Winter is not the best time to go for a spontaneous walk.

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.

This month is also the start of my newsletter. With some help it is actually going to be reality. I had put it off because I am such a Luddite. Computers are still mostly a mystery to me and the internet is like magic. Hopefully everything goes well.

Cover for book 2 of Bone Whisperer is getting worked on. That’s the next book after the Time-Lost book as well as Book 3 of the Elemental Voice Companion series to be worked on. I need to redo the covers for the EV companion series. The ones on now don’t match the EV ones. So that’s next on my author agenda.

Vella has seemed to fallen by the wayside. I’m still working on some of the stories there but they are not priority. Since the changes Vella has not been very good to me. Of course I haven’t been promoting it much either or updating it much so that could be why. But there are still good stories on there that I want to get out and I will. Just not as urgently.

Stay tuned for the next installment

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