Some Time Off (And Still Busy as a Bee)

 

        Hello, gentle readers! Hope you are all well and staying safe!

        So, what’s been happening here? A lot!

        I have not received my edits as yet though I am expecting them any time now. My poor editor…I feel so bad for her (she’s a very lovely woman who continues to teach me things I didn’t know I didn’t know). After all the work she did editing The Marshal & Mrs. Morgan, the file ended up being corrupted so she had to start all over. I’ve had that happen (not to mention losing two entire manuscripts) so I know how devastating it is. The good news though is that she told me what she thought I was missing from the story so I got a jump on that and in the last three days, managed to write over 5400 words. For those of you who know me, this amount of words is unheard of! I usually write between 300 and 600 hundred during my morning session before the day job (I did take some well-earned PTO, which I will start paying for in terms of catching up on Tuesday and probably the rest of the week—come on Retirement! Only two years, seven months and one week to go)!

        It’s funny, since my editor mentioned what I was missing (several scenes) all those words just started…cramming my brain. I couldn’t write fast enough to get them all out, even jumping from one scene to another with the swiftness of a gazelle (granted, a relatively old, arthritic gazelle). It was crazy! Absolutely crazy! And I’m still not sure how I did it. Hahahahaha! Not even sure if the words are good or not, but for better or worse, they are written and now need to be woven(? Weaved?) into the story. The other thing that amazed me was how quickly I was able to get back into the story. As you know, I have already started book three in the Matchmaker Mischief series (The Madam and Mr. MacLean – and rewrote the opening scene twice! Yikes!) so that’s where my head has been.

        I was able to sit back and relax a little, too, and watched a movie. It’s called “Nonnas”. It's on Netflix (which I'm still not sure is a blessing or a curse for me...so many movies and series, so little time!) I loved it! Sentimental? Yes. Did it get me all misty-eyed and verklempt? Oh, definitely! It was based on true life events and just as lovely as it could be. I highly recommend it.

        And that’s all for me…got to get back to that writing thing (as well as my Sunday chores). Stay well! Stay safe! And remember to spread kindness wherever you go!

Marie