June 25, 2025
So many of my books are about releasing… the past, preconceived notions, relationships that don’t work for them. Start the journey with Maybe the Bird Will Rise.
Lots of releasing happening here… the weather’s supposed to be releasing some of the extreme heat we’ve been dealing with since Sunday. Monday’s migraine has been teasing me with promises that it’ll do a total releasing thing… and mostly has. And of course, my friends are releasing so much, as they deal with the death of a family member.
I went and paid a shiva call last night, since I’d missed the funeral and shiva on Monday, and as I was leaving, I said to my friend, “Let me know if you need anything.”
Her response?
“Do you have a new book?”
She has read all of the Tales from the Sheep Farm novels while keeping vigil at her son’s bedside when he’s been hospitalized over the past two years. She calls my books perfect because they keep her mind occupied, don’t demand too much from her, and are perfectly silly — although she immediately paused and told me that wasn’t meant to give offense.
“I put Chad in a dumpster. I think of that as high praise,” I told her.
I’ll be sending over a draft version of Stray for her as soon as I can get it roughly formatted for her Kindle.
This migraine has been just problematic enough to slow my editing work done, but thankfully not problematic enough to stop it.
This is huge on two fronts. First is that I’m trying to get this done and back to its author.
But second? I have yet another client ready to send me manuscripts. Yep, plural.
I always say that when it rains, it pours around here. I’ll be working as many weekends as possible, in between all the bookselling I’ve got going on.
The good news is that hey! I’ll be able to pay my business insurance!
I did get words in before leaving for the evening shiva call, so that’s a win! I’m not sure how many, but I think the gap is widening rather than closing. With my evenings free the rest of the week, I should fix that.
Brewed with Love, by Shelly Page
Yes, this is an affiliate link but HEY! Bookshop.org is having a sale on romance right now, and this book qualifies for that sale code. Go check it. (If you are reading this after June 25, I can’t make promises that it’s still an ongoing sale!)
As always, your support through the Book of the Day links, stuffing my ko-fi, booking my editing skills (Uhh… September? Yeah, that sounds right.), and buying my books helps keep West of Mars open and running. And you know what else it goes? Goes toward releasing my anxiety that I can’t pay my bills, let alone start to save up for things I need (website redesign) and want, like branded shopping bags for in-person bookselling.
You releasing anything good? Let’s hear about it.
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