Five weeks and two days left in this year.  Where did it all go?

I find it hard to believe that another year is almost over. Did you get done what you want to do this year?  I sure didn't.

I did publish some eBooks and have one more to go out, hopefully, before Christmas. But, I didn't get the novel re-written like I wanted to do.

It seems that there is less and less time to do any writing. I know, you must make time, but even that is hard to do.

Writing is hard even when you are sitting there typing or hand writing on that story.

It is just you and that blank sheet of paper or white screen. No one is pushing you, unless you have an agent or publisher that is hounding you to get that novel done because the deadline is coming.

Barrie Davenport said it best in the article Write to Serve: Giving Deeper Purpose to Your Craft. "Writing can be a lonely business. When it's just you and your fingers tapping away at your keyboard, it's hard to visualize your readers out there and how your words will impact them. Writers spend a lot of time worrying about deadlines and content and sources of inspiration. It can be a very self-focused activity where the rewards often appear long after the work is finished."

But, if you want to get it finished, you just have to sit your butt in the chair and type/write.

With Thanksgiving over and only these five weeks left, if you want to finish this year, you need to get it in gear. I know I do.

How was your Thanksgiving?  We had the whole family here.

Did you go Black Friday shopping?

We would love to hear how you did and what your plans are for the holidays.

Just leave a message below and tell us.  For some reason, the message system must seem hard, but it isn't really. As no one wants to leave a message.

So, come on!  Leave a message and tell us what is going on in your world.

Until next time, I wish you well.

John

Hello and how it is going with you?

I was able to get some writing done the other day. I am now on page 99 and ready to start chapter 15.

Hopefully, I will get back to it before long.

How are you doing in this current cold spell? I, for one, am hoping that it will warm back up.

Sure don't want any of the white stuff falling.

A few lines from the new work:

She responded as if she hadn't been kissed in a long time, with a long, hard kiss.

They moved from the whirlpool to the bedroom and just as they got into bed, the phone rang.

Later on:

"If it's our relationship that you're worried about, it'll work. I love you damn it," she said with a hurt look in her eyes.

Even later:

He rolled over to get some sleep and quickly learned that sleep was the last thing on her mind.

What are you writing on? Leave us a message and let us all know how you are doing.

It would be nice to hear from some of you. The comment system down below is easy to use.

I must get back to work, so until next time stay warm.

John

It sure has gotten cold fast.  We have had temps down to 25 at night.

Have been doing a lot of thinking about the next steps in the novel. Now I need to find the time to sit down and write for awhile.

Are you ready for winter?  Leave a message letting us know your plans for wintertime.

This week I would really love to see some comments from you the readers letting us all know what you are up to. Whether it is your own writing or just something that you are doing we might be interested in.

Keeping this short as life is in the way, but please do take over and leave some comments for us to read.

Believe me we will read them and someone might even respond.

Have a great week and I will see you again, hopefully, soon.

John

Hello everyone, hope your week is going great.

With all the paperwork for the new evaluation process at work and the new DX Club paperwork, I have not had time to write any at all.

It seems like I might have to go lock myself away from the world and just type, being sure that the wireless is turned off so I can't surf the web.

What do you do to get motivated to write?  Let us all know by leaving a message below.

The season is changing fast, as it was down to 40 degrees the other morning.  I am not ready for winter.  A nice 50 plus all year round would be just fine with me.

Haven't held the new granddaughter since Labor day. Hope she visits soon.

Did find out that last quarter a 164 copies of She Rises at Dawn were bought just on the Kobo reader, not to mention the ones for all the other readers.

Sure did like that royalty check.  Still haven't cashed it yet.

Hey why don't you tell us what you are up to, even it isn't about writing. 

Leave a message down below and tell us about your world.

Until next time,

John

Sorry, but this is going to be short this week.

No new news on the book front. But, Monday night was the arrival of our new granddaughter Natalie Kate.

Our youngest son Patrick and his wife Ashley had their lovely daughter. She weighed 6.6 and 19 inches long.

Everyone is very pleased with our new arrival.  Very beautiful, I must say.

You can bet she will be spoiled just as much as the older two grandchildren.

I am still trying to recuperate, but it is not coming along to well.  By the time I get home from work, I am dead to the world.  Just glad my job is not a physical type of work. Of course mental work is just as hard at times.

This is your week to leave all the news in your world down in the comment area. It is not hard to leave one.

So tell us what you have been up to or what you will be up to.  We would really like to know.

Until next week

John