Limbo...
Yes, I'm in limbo. Halfway between realities. Our contractor brought in all the flooring and cut a large piece out of the rug on the second floor loft to store it on the plywood flooring. We have a lot of the things you accumulate over the years from upstairs down in the living room, dining room, bedroom and garage, getting the rooms ready for the contractors to lay the flooring and only having to move large pieces of furniture. That means that my iMac is now sitting down on the dining room table and my writing pattern is a bit ragged.
My wife, Carolyn has left to go to CA to visit her sister which leaves me by myself in the shifted house. I just published the third book in The Falls small town mystery series at CreateSpace and am waiting for it to be out on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. I'm well on the way to setting up the fourth novel in the series on CreateSpace, and have just published the 16th in the series, The Falls: Boneyard, on Kindle. I'm writing the 17th in the series, The Falls: Coldblooded, and working on covers for both Kindle and CreateSpace (covers for Kindle I make through myecovermaker.com and CreateSpace has it's own cover creator that I use). Oh, did I mention that I woke up at four this morning, have already been to the gym, exercised using about 10 of the machines at LA Fitness, used the treadmill and the stationary bike?
Anyway, at the heart of it all, I'm in limbo. Good thing I have a strong work ethic, and am a pretty patterned guy. Through it all, I get done the things I need to do. Hmmm...I wonder if that "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" quote pertains to me? Nah, my name is George William. That's what my mom called me when I was in trouble anyway. I had a few kids use the "Georgie Porgie" thing, but that quickly stopped when I decked a kid much bigger than me when he smiled when he sing-songed it. The dragons reached out and bit the lad.
So, thus limbo. Have you ever been in limbo? Is there a door or a window...or did you just finally ooze on out of it? Ah, well. Contractors had a job ahead of us and the rain had put them back a few days. They should be working on the floors next week. Once they are done, I should be at the stand-up, sit-down desk and be working my way into a new rhythm. That should be interesting all in itself. I'll let you know. That will establish a new pattern. Like I said, I'm a patterned guy.
I'm getting better at the CreateSpace thing. I find that one proof, and both my wife and I going carefully through it with high liter and pencil, plus checking the second proof for the basics: format, cover, chapter headings, etc. is enough now. I think that varies from author to author. I edit the text several times before I get to the proof, so it should be relatively simple to finish it off from there.
So for now, take care...enjoy the summer...and may the dragons watch over you...
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