Nothing beats knowing people are reading books and stories you have poured your heart into, fussed and polished with until the words are drummed into your head. The truth is writing is not magic, it is hard, sweaty, heartbreaking work. Words are not the easiest to manage and emotions can get twisted up with motivations. A good character is as complicated as any real person and has just as many…

It was exhausting editing that fast, reading that much, re-editing, revising, re-writing. And then we format. Formatting is a particular nightmare of mine. If you can’t tell, let me know because formatting is way harder than writing.in any case… 2 books are swimming.

I help my dad with his farm. It’s a cute hobby farm, his grief project, and it keeps him busy. Well today I cleaned out the passage from barn coop to orchard. This was for the 4 big girls. Tomorrow, the 4 ducklings will join them, hopefully going in their enclosure as the sun goes down. Then on Sunday we release the chicklettes, the group of 12 that will be…