It’s hot and humid outside. I had all these plans for summer, but it’s hard to do anything when sweat drips down your face in your own house. The air conditioning only cools the living area. When I’ve got the AC on, you’d have to pry me from my chair to get me to tackle the jobs I need to in the other rooms. 
The flip side is I’ve spent a lot of time focused on writing. It feels really great. I finished Out of the Shadows and it’s off to an editor. Crossing my fingers, but the feedback from my cps was fantastic. They loved it from start to finish. My bones say this story will find a home.
My cps are a wonderful group of ladies. Although, we’ve only recently gotten together, everyone is extremely supportive and brings helpful advice to each critique session. Two of the ladies have gotten manuscript requests from agents and I’m super excited for them.
I’m also taking another Laurie Schnebly workshop called, His Personality Ladder. This has been really useful since my I’m going to start my next project and need to work out the strengths and weaknesses of the characters. The homework assignments are forcing me to dig deep, which is painful, but likely to produce better results for the reader–I hope.
Amazon has been getting a workout from me. As soon as a book arrives I dig in. This came last night and I already finished it. If you like cozy mysteries and enjoy one with a touch of paranormal–the heroine can find lost objects by touching the hand of the person who lost the item–I can recommend A Timely Vision by Joyce and Jim Lavene. I enjoyed the characters and the town of Duck and the mystery keeps you guessing until the end. I’ll be looking for the next book in the series.
