Six Weeks on the Rollercoaster
I swear, all I did was blink and six weeks have passed. I still don’t know how that managed to happen.
I got Dragons of Pemberley up for preorder and right about that time everything started going into a mad spin, rather like on of those amusement park rides that I assiduously avoid.
I’ve felt rather like this image for at least six weeks.
I’ve sat with two family members through two different major surgeries, spent a week in another state for one of those surgeries, pulled the book launch in by nearly a week to be able to manage that trip, pulled off our big family Easter celebration, enjoyed Mother’s Day, my birthday, and have been slogging my way back to mostly-human status after contracting a nasty summer cold, probably thanks to air travel.
The positive thing about all the distruption in routine is the opportunity to sit down a bit (lots of time spent in waiting rooms of one form or fashion) and think through things.
With all the flurry and frenzy, thinking and planning was a luxury that I’d missed. Quite a bit actually.
I’m grateful for that time to sort out what I’ve been doing from what I’d like to be doing in the future. Identify priorities and sort them from those things I’ve been doing out of habit. Pull a few actually important things up from the bottom of the priority list and actually get them done. It was invigorating.
Now don’t worry, I’m not about to announce that I’m going to give up writing and move to a small tropcial island (although the island does sound really nice). Nor am I about to give up dragons. So everyone take a deep breath and relax. 🙂
What I am going to do though is pull back a little on the blogging. I’d been keeping up a 3 times a week schedule, which is pretty ambitious all told. What I really want to do is write more books, so I’ll be focussing my writing time on that more, rather than on blogging. I’m not giving it up though! I love Random Bits too much for that. So my plan is to publish once a week here.
I’ve got more dragon stories to tell, as well as a couple of new adventures that I’ll tell you more about as they start coming together. I’m excited for new creative ventures and the opportunity to share them with you.
Definitely a rollercoaster! You really should slow down and relax (perhaps not as far as a tropical island!)
I know how you must feel, I’ve just started to take hormone blockers to try and prevent more cancers and they have really knocked me for six! Im too exhausted to move and feel dizzy with a constant headache. They say these side effects should settle down after a few weeks, I certainly hope so as I’m on them for ten years. On top of that the Care Home where my Mum lives is closing so she’ll have to move to a new one. She’s 93 and registered blind so this is really upsetting for her. I could really have done without this just now but hey, that’s life.
Good luck with your new resolution.
I think once a week is fine for a blog. No need to burn the candle at both ends and burn out completely. You need to rest and take care of yourself now. You have taken care of others and now it is your turn to rest. Happy belated Mother’s Day and Happy belated Birthday. I appreciate you on all levels of work you do dragons and Austenesque. Blessings on all your hard work. Take care.
Wow, that’s a LOT of rollercoaster! Hope your Mother’s Day & birthday were good. Take care of yourself so you’re in good writing trim and we, your loyal readers will be happy for whatever you share with us.
As for my next 6 months, I have a strong possibility that I’m excited about but I don’t want to jinx it by saying anything until it’s official. I’m also designing hair & makeup for a community theater production of John Philip Sousa’s “El Capitan” (and yes, the El Capitan march is part of the score). That’ll be fun.