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Mid-August Musings

I’ve got a birthday coming up in a couple of weeks, so I thought I’d share with you the big gift from the husband. The pictures have been sitting in my office for too long and I need to hang them, but I’ll get there eventually. For now, they’re resting comfortably next to the giant versions of the chibis I ordered on canvases which are also waiting to be tacked up somewhere. The chibis kind of stare at me while I write which is fun, but I also know Dra’Kaedan is up to no good and it’s distracting. 😜

I just ordered what I think is the last of the stuff I want to bring with me to GRL so that’s one thing I can check off my to-do list. We’ve made our hotel arrangements to spend a night in Arizona on our drive out but no final decision yet on whether we’ll stop anywhere on our way home. We may do something completely foreign to us both and wait until we get there to figure it out.

I’m still working on the same book. It’s 150k! I can however see a dim light at the end of the tunnel and while I had some struggles, I’ve gotten back on a decent track towards finishing it. My goal is to complete it before I leave for Minnesota and so far, I believe I will get there. Things are not going well there. As you may know from my previous post my best friend’s mother has end stage cancer and has only been healthy enough to have a single chemotherapy treatment. She’s refusing to budge from her house despite hallucinations and falling down a couple of times. There’s no getting her to eat and it’s becoming increasingly clear that we won’t have her long. It’s happening at a rate that I can honestly say I didn't expect but unfortunately life is often full of ugly surprises. Her family is doing an incredible job of being there for every appointment and dropping everything to run over to her house (she lives about an hour from all of her children) to attend to her. I’m incredibly proud of them and doing whatever I can to project positivity to bolster Patrick's spirits.

For myself my saving grace has always been my characters and I've started to look ahead to what’s next for D’Vaire. I skipped the short story that chronologically takes place before this novel so that’s my next project. It’s a good one for me since I’ve already got notes on it from when the idea came to me and if it’s anything like the holiday story you’ll get in December will come together quickly. The book that should come next is a complex one that will take a great deal of outlining and thought as it’s really unique to the series. Right now, with the epic one I’m working on and the stress in my life I’m finding that prospect rather daunting. And I did have an idea floating around that I might do before I dive into the next novel.

I’m also going to clue you in on who is in this monster of a novel I’m hoping to finish in about ten days when I'm done with it so wish me luck!

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