Web Site Going Live

I've got my website done! Well, mostly done. You can click on the post title to see it. But be warned, there are some kinks I still have to work out--like getting my name in the right spot on top of the page, lol. I've spent the past few days trying to work on the blurb for HEARTSTONE and it's starting to take shape. I've also joined the Triskelion author and reader loops. Talk about incredible information! Those authors and editors at Trisk are right on the spot when it comes to offering help. I'm still working at understanding the protocol's for the reader loops but it's coming along.

Mmm, there's Wookie again. She must have some sort of feline sixth sense when it comes to me working on my blog. Strange little cat!

Whoa! Lots of catching up to do!

Man, it's been a busy two months! We celebrated my daughter's birthday, had a great Christmas...then decided we needed a new front door and a new entertainment center. The front door part was easy--pick the one you want and order it. The entertainment center part was a bit more difficult. The one we wanted is a huge wall-eating beastie that meant we had to rearrange the furniture in the room. Now, that probably isn't a problem for most people but we are the King and Queen of Don't-Throw-It-Away-It-May-Come-In-Handy. Nevermind that if the item ever was needed, we wouldn't be able to find it. Certainly we wouldn't have been able to find it in our basement--the repository for all that DTIAIMCIH. We had wall-to-wall STUFF. And we needed to put the old entertainment center in the basement rec room.

So okay. Imagine a whirlwind of cleaning/sorting/ruthless decluttering (I've mentioned that I follow the FlyLady tenets, haven't I?) Well, we now have the rec room pretty well cleared out and organized. We've got a load to stuff waiting for the Salvation Army pick up -- maybe someone else will find it handy :-) -- we put a load of stuff on the curb for trash pick up and then moved the old entertainment center downstairs. Cool!

During that whirlwind activity, I entered a slogan contest for FF&P. Imagine my surprise when I discovered my slogan was selected by the members to represent our chapter! I won a t-shirt with the FF&P logo on the front and my slogan -- Where Imagination Rules! -- on the back. I also received a coffee cup with the logo and slogan. Very nice. Both items came from Cafe Press which the FF&P chapter is using to offer chapter items to members. I'm impressed with the shirt and cup. Very good quality on both.

During the whirlwind, I had to start working longer hours at the day job since it was the beginning of the semester and whenever I tried logging on from home, my dial up ISP would stall, making it almost impossible to do more than read a few emails. I get a lot of email and having to use Task Manager to quit the program, log on a second time, read a few more, use Task Manager again, log on again, etc was time consuming and annoying. So...I've now gone to a cable modem. This is slick, speed wise, and it beats having to go through the hassle of logging on to dial up every few minutes. I still have a few set up problems but I'm sure they'll be worked out before long.

I also sent Triskelion Publishing a query regarding my manuscript HEARTSTONE. Triskelion has offered to publish HEARTSTONE! I'm waiting for contracts and all that good stuff but my book now has a home and I'm delighted!

Well, Wookie, my writing-muse-cat is telling me I need to pay attention to her so I'd better run.

Oh, and the new entertainment center is here and looks spectacular!