January drawing to a close

I wish it looked like this but alas it is pouring rain outside and I have yet to finish taking out the garbage.  Yay me for procrastinating.

So in the past week both the big blue recycle bin and a gray one for trash.  I was pretty stunned that they haven't done much in the way of catching up to the year 2016 for basic trash services here.  I am pretty sure we started recycling curbside in California in the mid eighties.

I didn't bother to watch the debates.  I am pretty much sick of the whole dark side of  politics but that's not new for me.  I think after a certain city councilman later mayor hit on me after meeting me shoved the slimy factor of pols into my circle of awareness.  The dude was married!! I guess he didn't think I'd ever figure that out.  I did.  The nasty taste still remains to this day.

Writing front my latest story is hitting Piker Press next week.  The past three weeks led into this novel with the short backstory that I fast forwarded to present day.  www.pikerpress.com will have the fun!

Middle of December really????

Doing my best to keep the reason for the season in my thoughts.  Been rough lately.  Enough about that.

Haven't done much writing other than Christmas cards since November.  But I liked my NaNo and have more to go.  Two four day weekends starting next week so I will do my best.

Happy Holidays to all and know that you are all loved.  Seriously.  That is the reason for the season.

December thoughts

So if you look closely you can see some white bits in the shot with palm trees and kids.  The local mall did this big event last Saturday unbeknownst to me when I went to grab some cards.  There were events all over with kids running and crying.  But mostly they were having fun once you culled out the whiny spoiled ones from the mass.  Given it was raining at the time the soap fake snow didn't last long.

I have twenty eps rocking to go but I think they will roll in February and hopefully have another dozen to add to the mix.  The tale is my NaNo take away.  Night Job - fun.  Make sure to check out www.pikerpress.com because there are some great authors rolling out some great tales.  January there should be some fun recipes and if I get my stuff together a few from me.

I did some more work on my tree and a few of my favorites are up now.

Enjoy yourselves and know you are loved!

December finally here

Jasmine is getting older but still a crafty cat.  She was perching over my head when I was in the bed watching TV.  I grab the shot and she turned tale and meowed her way out of the room until I let her coax me into to petting her.

Stressful year.  I did finish NaNo but I thought the last 10K was rubbish that will go into my 'one day' file.  I already pulled most of it out of my tale Night Job and have a solid 40K to polish and such.  I think at least another 60K will complete this story but will check with Sand Pilarski if she wants to wait or will take my offering for now.

My landlady passed last month and Thursday will be the service.  Found out today that half the remaining siblings are thinking of selling the place in the future.  Razzle Dazzle time or let this slice of paradise go away?  That truly is the question.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all five of my readers :)

Still working on NaNo.  I actually like it and over 40K.  The next 10K will be junk mostly.  Random what if scenarios to complete NaNo but at least this much I feel works and flows.  
Unlike my year.  There are years when I just go...come on now really????  And this was one of those.  Every time I brush myself off from the latest character building happenstance something more horrific tends to rear its ugly head.  Sort of like well my monsters in my stories.  Anyone wonder where I get the fuel?

Back to writing.  

Day 12 NaNo

Cloudy sky here but nothing like all the rest of the nation.  Promises of "cooler" weather like down to the 70s!

NaNo has been skittering off a bit at times given the lousy work condition and various interrupting junk I cleared 15K at lunch.  Way short but the story isn't falling but my exhaustion has been pretty severe.  A bit of OT and tons of stress at work has cut out my hour plus of free writing time down to 15 or 20 minutes a day during break.  After dinner and all that I get hour or so in thus only a bit over a thousand words a day.  I still am pleased with the tale.  Night Job is roughly ten years later from Lindy Dough of the Dead Zombie romp I did back in 2007.  Yep.  Since then Hollywood has gone nuts for Zombies!  Go figure huh?

Well back to the words.

NaNo over 10K

Life tends to plan while I try to live.  That said I brought home some nummy See's candies from my visit home last month.  Stuffed the box above in the produce keeper drawer where I would nibble a piece after long days.  I have been pretty good because my writing time has been slashed to minutes and dreams some days but still I like what I am doing. That means my treats are lasting longer!

I started with an idea for Piker Press http://www.pikerpress.com for the Day of the Dead and stuffed it into my NaNo box instead.  Basically my short stories for previous Piker Press work netted a zombie tale years ago.  I mean like nearly ten.  During this time Zombies became the rage.  Hell, I'd already done it.  Smug I figured I'd toss together a bit of a creepy tale and suddenly my brain was being devoured. Thus I started 'Night Job' on November first for NaNo.  Up to 11K right now and aiming for another thousand before I sleep.  Not on schedule for the NaNo numbers but a good weekend can catch me up if the world lets me do it.

Fun story and it's clearing cobwebs from this past year and creating more fun!

Hope you are all well.