It's the first Sunday Update of the year and, of course, I'm getting a late start. I woke up late and then I had marketing to do. So here we are...
I'm still not writing, but the editing is zooming along at a turtle's pace. Last week, I edited every day but one, for a total of 39 pages edited. I'm at page 173 now out of a current 191 pages. The manuscript is at 58016 words. When I started this edit round I had around 47K words and 133 pages, so you can see why this might be taking me a while to finish. Every time I think I'm getting ahead, I wind up with the same amount of pages left to do. But I'm adding words and making it awesome, so it's all good.
I'm also in the middle of a freebie thing for FERTILE GROUND so I'm marketing a lot. It's going okay. Books are moving and people are reading pages. It's all good. Oh, and starting Tuesday, IN DEEP WISH will be free. I need to jump on that and make some marketing materials. Speaking of which, this is the thing I made for FG this morning:
creepy, huh?
No Saturday Reading Wrap-up yesterday because I am still reading the same book - Child Star by Shirley Temple Black. I crossed the halfway mark yesterday. Woot.
In cooking news, I made a thing that I'm calling Italian Spaghetti Bake. And yesterday, I made a vat of Turkey Noodle Soup. Today, I'm hoping to do a chocolate oil cake with raspberry jam and vanilla frosting. Either that or cinnamon rolls. Maybe I'll get crazy and do both.
On the activity front, I did something active 5 out of 7 days. Sure, some of the stuff I'm counting isn't super-active, but hey, whatever it was, it got me out of my chair and my blood pumping. I weighed myself to start the year: 174.2 - which is up 13.2 pounds from 1/1/24. :shrug: I was working and stressed then. Now I'm home, relaxed, and back to grazing.
This creeping crud thing that Hubs and I have just won't die. Neither of us feel too bad, but it's a lingering thing that's just annoying. I'm going to firebomb it with meds & vitamins today and see if I can't kick its ass. By the way, Rikola Honey Herb cough drops are the bomb. Rikola Honey Lemon Echinacea cough drops are GROSS. They taste like weeds and lemon rind. Blech.
Okay, I suppose I'd better get doing something, even if it's wrong. Have a great day and drop a comment about how your week went.
Sorry for the creeping crud. I hope y'all find a way to conquer it. Why is "conquer" a hard word for me to spell? I always want to put an "o" in there toward the end. 🤷🏼♀️ Yay for good food and many edits. Also for being active.
ReplyDeleteThe blue norther hit around 6. It was like the big bad wolf huffing and puffing. Also, brrrr. 🥶 I wish it would snow at least. Except it would have to come a cropper to drown all the leaves. Oh well.
🤞🏼 for many sales and pages read! I sold a book this morning. That's 2 this month. Yippee.
Today is a mocha coffee morning--SwissMiss cocoa mix, coffee, and a little milk. MmmMMMM good.
I'm on a nostalgia kick. After 3 Sherrilyn Kenyon books from the mid-00s, I'm listening to WITCH WORLD by Andre Norton. Talk about a way-back machine ride! Still, many fond memories of this book.
Not much else going on. I've lit the wall heater in the "Florida" room (only in the summer is it hot and humid like Florida! 😆) 😝 on Biden if he thinks he can take away my natural gas heaters and stove!
Okay. I REALLY need to get off the internet and get to work. RETRIBUTION waits for no one. 🤣
Stay warm! Later, tater.
Hugs re: (not to!) the crud. I hope you feel better soon!
ReplyDeleteHurray for words and pages! I'm still in the dumps, but at least I'm THINKING about writing. (Just not very hard.)
Very belated Happy New Year!