It's Sunday and I'm actually awake before 6. Winner winner.
This week in writing was fairly uneventful. I only wrote once for a total of 1539 words. This is what falling off the writing horse looks like. Derp. I only edited a couple of days, too. I'm up to 16% on my edit notes. I need a good ass kicking and I'm just the gal to do it. :shrug: We'll see. I'll need a lot more coffee before I can accomplish anything more than talk.
I didn't do much in the way of marketing until yesterday. Natural Causes is free right now, so I did posts in all the FB groups. I moved 41 copies so far. I need to wait until after 7am to do another round because I did not get up any earlier than that yesterday. Which kind of has a wave effect making every day's posts a little later until I just end up doing one night post and missing a day. With the marketing I've been doing since June, I've made about double what I made from January to May. So I've got that goin' for me.
No reading.
I don't think I talked about baking last week, but I've been doing a lot of it. Week before last, I made applesauce bars (meh), and breaded pork chops (yum), chocolate cookies (yay), and pizza (woohoo). This past week, I made applesauce bread (yum) and oatmeal jam bars (yum).
Activity... Well, I did the window washing thing. That was a lot of work and I paid for it. I also walked three times for a total of 3.2 miles. Weight... blerg. You cannot lose weight, even if you're walking a lot, if you're also baking a lot. Suffice it to say, I'm up almost three pounds. :eyeroll: I'm not really at a point where I'm really giving a hoot about how much I weigh, but if I keep adding poundage, I'll reach that point extra quick. I gain weight and my legs start hurting and my back starts being a turd and my frontal area expansion gets problematic. Best to worry about the weight now than face the consequences later.
Oh, oh, oh... one thing I did was something I've been procrastinating about for months. I loaded my graphics software onto this computer. I was so afraid of it not working with Windows 10, I didn't even try. Long story short, it works fine. I mean, as fine as it did through the last couple of operating system upgrades. Which is fine enough for what I need. So, yay. I can start making graphics and book covers again. Woohoo.
Oh, another happy thing... I had somebody actually buy a paperback copy of Project Hermes. Well, she asked for a copy of BloodFlow because she was looking at old marketing materials and I took one to her because I don't have any paperbacks of Project Hermes on hand right now. It all worked out. She was happy to get it and I was happy to get it to her. I really need to create new marketing materials - which I can do now that I have the software loaded. Squee.
Another thing of note, we have a young armadillo hanging around the yard. I have name him Aloysius. Aloysius Q. Armadillo. He's all new looking. Fresh off the factory floor, so to speak. And so cute. I hope he stays out of the road. Around here, I see a lot of armadillos creamed alongside the road, so fingers crossed little Al doesn't meet the same fate.
The fawns are getting big. The does are getting impatient. The bucks are losing their velvet and starting to spar. The rut is fast approaching. Which leads to hunting season. As always, I hope none of our deer regulars get harvested. The herd needs to get culled, but I'd miss Sissy and Sonny and Lumpy.
I think that's about all I have to talk about this morning. Besides, I need another smoke and more coffee so I can greet the day with more than a sneer.
How are things in your world?
Some days there's not enough coffee in the world. I am not decided if today is one of those days or not. Since it is almost 12:30 and I'm just now getting around to my blog roll, I'd say it's probably one of those days. Ah, well.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on moving units. I've sold 2 books this week. Yippee. 🙄
Yesterday was highly productive on the WIP. I added to one chapter and completed two more chapters--one almost exclusively new words, the other a cut and paste with transitional narration. I also got all the remaining scenes in order, along with "filler" notes. I figured out a few twists. And I might actually hit The End this week. If I'll quit playing Bubble Shooter and actually work.
Not much else going on. I've managed to put off going to Walmart. Gotta do that tomorrow. It'll probably be a dual run with LG. He'll grocercy shot while I pick up some clothes.
Hope Al doesn't destroy your yard. They do like to dig for grubs and worms and things but they leave holes behind and rip up plants by the roots. Still, they are kinda cute despite carrying salmonella. I'm just a little ray of factual sunshine, ain't I? 🤣
Okay. I need food, drink, the litter box, and then to get off the blasted interwebz/games and get to work. The dang book refuses to write itself no matter how much encouragement I give it!
Later, tater.