Not to Use a Cliche

But, time does fly. I've been very busy with our daughter and her difficult pregnancy. And a few days of substitute teaching. 

Baby came last week, so I've been busy helping her recover from her C-section. We're having a quiet moment, so I thought I'd update you.

I did some research, but still haven't done anything toward my New Year's Resolutions. I'm still psyched about doing them, but I do see they are on a back burner rather than up front.

We had our first show for our WoodnStuff Workshop last month and I spent a couple of weeks getting our products finished, inventoried, and priced. We did okay at the show. So much better than the flea market we were attending November and December.

This surprised me as, pre-covid, I did very well at this flea market. When they reopened, they had moved it to the back and there were a lot less regulars than previously. I sold less than $20 worth of product in those two months and I spent $40 a week. Since our daughter's pregnancy was getting more difficult and the fact we did poorly, we decided to leave the market and work on finding craft/art shows to attend.

I'll be updating some of the wood working products in our WoodnStuff Workshop blog. I'll put a link to the blog when it's finished.

Continuing my quest to finish the edit of my science fiction book, Destiny Revealed (maybe The Blue Rose), I am once again making sure all the i's are dotted and the t's crossed. My team and I are almost done with chapter 2 of 38.

What brought this about was the desire to enter the first chapter in a First Chapter contest. After making sure it was the way I wanted, I went to the site and read the rules. Turns out it didn't qualify because it won 3rd place in a previous contest years ago. And, even though it was different from the first version, they clearly stated if previous editions of the same chapter had won any contests, it could not be entered even if this one was different from the original. I decided to continue with the editing and get this book published. 

I've also reread and am working on the second book. It's outline is complete and many parts are fleshed out. I believe it's ready to go from the handwritten state to the writing program. I hope this one doesn't take me 12 plus years to publish.

I believe this updates the author portion of my life. Keep writing, dreaming, and moving forward.