It snowed again this week. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I had to get that out of my system because, honestly, WTAF. It’s the middle of April and I feel like I’m stuck in a never-ending January loop. It’s hard to get excited about spring clothes when spring is missing in action. It’s hard to be excited about anything. I tried. This week, I played catch-up from being sick as a dog for over a week. My house is still half a disaster, but I’ve made some progress. I suppose that one upside of this weather is that I won’t have to worry about putting garden work on my chore list for a few more months. Sigh. *cries in Edmonton weather*
I am feeling very stressed on the writing front, and it’s all my own damn fault. My plan is to publish The Mysterious Affair at Gaunt Hall in June (to tie in with the Solstice-theme in the plot) but I’m realizing that’s only 1.5 months away and I have quite a lot of work still to do to prepare the book for pub. Meanwhile, I’m slogging through the first draft of a new book, which may or may not be my most ambitious project yet. That’s assuming I finish it, lol. I have a verrrrry extensive outline written out, but the actual writing is going sloooooowly. Maybe it’s because this is almost technically an edit/draft 2, which always take more time, and because I’m battling major writer’s doubt about the whole project.
And then there’s the 3rd Inspector Hawthorne mystery, due late fall, that I’m trying not to forget entirely …
All that to say: don’t bite more than you can chew, kids.
I’ve done very little reading lately, apart from finishing Lucia Berlin’s short story collection, A Manual for Cleaning Women. It’s excellent, highly recommend. On the other hand, my daughter and I are making steady progress with Midsomer Murders – it’s our nightly post-dinner, craft-and-chill ritual. I scrapbook, she does diamond dot paintings. We both agree that Charlie Nelson is the cutest DS, and never got nearly enough credit from Barnaby for his brains.
I’m very excited to finally go thrifting again this weekend. Thanks to my bout of flu, I haven’t been in two weeks, which is more like two months in Thrift Time, haha! I’m really hoping I can find some magazines because my scrapbooking supplies are starting to run low. Fingers crossed!
Have a great weekend!