Here we are again at another Sunday. It's the last day of May, which is my favorite month, but all good things must come to an end, eh?
Writing went well this week. I wrote every day Monday-Friday and added 4758 words to my manuscript. I think I'm finally in a place where I can tell you what I'm working on... :drumroll: The next book in the Shroudlands series. It's up to 32240 words now, so yay. I'm not laying out a whole shit-ton of words each day, but it's enough. No clue when it'll be finished. The point here is that I am writing again. And once I get comfortable with being a writer again, I might finally get back to editing Duke Noble #3.
Marketing occurred. Not a lot of it, but it happened. I moved 29 copies of Early Grave and someone bought a copy of Fertile Ground, so yay me. May wasn't the best month this year, but it was better than nothing.
Reading... don't ask. Despite my reading slump, I bought 8 new-to-me books last week, because I am a book-buying addict. I picked up some NF books we didn't have and a Ken Follett I haven't read before. Woot.
On the activity front, I wasn't too awfully active, but I did get some stuff done. I vacuumed and dusted the whole house - 1700 sq ft worth - so go me. I also did some gardening stuff. And yesterday, we took a walk. Weight: 178.6 - which isn't as low as I'd like, but better than I feared it would be when I stepped on the scale.
As for gardening, we planted two of my redbud trees in the ground - Randy and Rudy. By the next morning, Randy was gone. I haven't checked Rudy today but I am not holding out hope for his continued survival. (Yes, I could surround him with wire, but if a critter REALLY wants to eat him, they'll get to him no matter what I do.) Inside the greenhouse, everything seems to be thriving. I need to repot some green peppers, now that I have two vacant bigger pots. I still only have two tomatoes, but there's hope. The potatoes have taken over.
In exciting news, we've seen the first fawns of the year! Brand new, still wet off the factory floor, baby deer. New deer are so tiny! (Of course. They have a small door to go through when they first enter the world, so that have to be tiny.) They grow fast, though, so we've already seen one that's less tiny. Some of the deer were still pregnant as of last night, so there's more to come.
I think that's it for me today. Other things happened, but nothing of note. Have a great day out there and a wonderful week. :hugs:
May is usually our rain and storm month. This year, not so much.
ReplyDeleteYay for new words and for the next Shroud book! My writing is still pretty much in the dumpster but I'm trying to do a little...not really editing or revising...it's... Well, a puzzle. I have all these scenes and I'm working my way from the start, adding in some scenes to previously wrtten chapters, and then getting a better idea of what should come next and thereafter. It's a process.
Yay for downloads and a purchase. I hope you get lots of page reads@ I sold 3 whole books--all BLOOD MOON. I've made $1.04 at the 'Zon. *sigh*
Woot for new books. I went with a relisten of some favorite books I'd not listened to in a couple of years. Now I'm listening to a series by the same authors that I haven't listened to in like 5 years. Yay for the library.
Good luck with the gardening!
Yay for baby deer! I saw a video the other day of a cop moving two fawns off the middle of a road. Wearing gloves (like that really makes a difference 🙄), he very carefully picked up one and moved it to the high weeds away from the pavement. Then he did the same with the other. He nodded to the treeline and went back to his squad car. He sat there, with lights going until mom came out of the trees, gathered them up and moved them away from civilization. Good cop!
I have nothing to add. Jake's surgery is tomorrow. I'm trying not to be anxious but it's tough. I probably won't get much done for the next few days.
Have a great week!