Whirlwind Thursday — 12 June 2025

I asked myself, “What’s a whirlwind?” and Populated came immediately to mind. So here you go. Populated‘s our book of the day. Although really, any book from the Trevolution would work, too, since Trevor is, himself, a whirlwind in ways Delia would never want to be.

Hoo boy, calling today a whirlwind is probably being kind. I’ve got my six-month ophthalmologist checkup (If you missed the story, go here, but there are a lot of posts about it that follow). Then I get to come home and pack up for the Block Northway farmer’s market, where Doug Solter and I will be hanging out, talking to shoppers, and selling lots of our books. And in between, the first box from my pre-Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival stock-up is due to arrive. I ordered 95 books, y’all, and I’m worried that, even added to what’s currently here, it won’t be enough. 80,000 people are supposed to be in attendance!

editing

I finished that amazing first in a new series yesterday, as planned, and got it back to the author. Hoo boy, it’s a good one.

Today, in between all this, I have to invoice the author who’s up next and hopefully start on that, but I’m also working on some cover copy for another client. And mind you, I have to leave the house a little before 1:30!

writing

Slowly clawing away at that deficit in my word count on Authentically Alyssa. I’m a bit worried something happens too fast, but that’s what revision is for. This draft is for getting it all down.

I woke up to royalties today! Lots of library loans, and you know I love those!

Legacy has been doing exceptionally well at Kobo. If you’re a reader who picked it up out of the series order, let me know how it works as a series intro, will you? I suspect it’ll work.

And yeah, my book order is starting to arrive. Whee!

Book of the Day

Flirty Dancing, by Jennifer Moffatt
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As always, I’m keeping this short, and not just because stuff’s piling up on me faster than you’d believe possible. In the time it’s taken me to write this post, I have three new tasks and issues to chase down.

So book my editing services, buy my books (thank you to those who do!) and stuff my Ko-fi to help me cover operational expenses here because right now, I feel like I’m drowning in this whirlwind of a day!