Honestly? Some days.  Today, a little, since I am breaking in my new laptop.  A few days ago when I found out my hard drive was six feet under?  Not so much.  When I heard how much it would cost? Definitely not.

I did back up a few things recently, within a few days, but the whole my documents folder was two weeks at least.  Not fun.  I’m still in the process of learning what I lost. I’ll be quiet for a bit as I catch up. 

Today, I’ve been featured at Lisa’s blog.  :)  She’s a wonderful friend and so very prolific.  She has six books coming out this year!  As I struggle to finish book 2, it’s just amazing.

After all this time, I have two prime pieces of news!  My release month is January and my new cover is:

 I’d love to hear what you think! 

Jamie

is late.  This is totally my fault because while I wrote a lot of notes about Geoffrey’s first couple of centuries of life, I haven’t written story 2.  Why?  Precisely the question I keep asking myself.  My mind was so full and busy that my dh actually *told* me to make a list.

Silly man.  Didn’t he know how dangerous that would be?

I am a born list maker.  But, I learned something totally awesome about my list this time.  I am so happy.  See, when most people make a list, they forget things because they are so focused on one area of their lives and the other ones don’t make the list, let alone get done.  But me, being the freak I am, if I want the house clean, I itemize room by room what needs to be done for me to feel “good” about my surroundings.  My kids think I’m a perfectionist.  They are right.  But, the good news is, they *like* lists.  They are able to look at them, divide them up AND limit me to them.

Sneaky brats.  They let me know if it wasn’t on the list, well, that’s my fault.

So, I made a To Do list for myself.  First, I divided it, a column for each role in my life. (Am I the only one who uses a spreadsheet to make my To Do lists?) And they weren’t in a specific order, like importance.  So, I put a column for writing, a column for promotion, a column for RWA (Since I’m VP of www.IECRWA.com and love to volunteer.) a column for Faith and one for Family.

There are my roles.  Wow.  Do you have *any* idea how many years it has taken me to narrow my roles down and keep those specific ones at the top?  It has taken a major amount of dedication and a lot of saying no.

I think that is what I did the last few weeks. I’ve just about finished Copyedits on Betrayed, and sent out the advanced bound manuscripts of Betrayed for reads.  And I’m just about finished with the rough draft of Cinderella’s Shoe.  Of course, then it will need an amazing amount of revisions.  LOL

So, here’s what I plan to do.  In a few days, I will have story #2 and I will share the cover for Betrayed!  I am so excited.

So, until I post the next newsletter, anyone can join my newsletter and be eligible to win April’s prize.  Good luck!  And feel free to write me an email or leave a comment. 

Gorgeous purse embroidered with metallic silver, lavender and gold threads.
Aromatherapy Foam Bath Set – Kiwi Delight, Bountiful Berry and Heavenly Lavendar
Kiwi-Melon Body Wash
Kiwi-Melon Body Lotion
Kiwi-Melon candle
Wooden handled Mirror
Metallic Green Fingernail file
Foot shaped Pumice Stone
Small Loofah 

**TOR books not included** LOL