Dear Friend,
It’s a 4 out of 7 red panel weather week here in Oklahoma. If you’re thinking, “again?”, you are right. It is spring and here in Oklahoma, red panel days are numerous. This is our spring tornado season, so through June there could be a number of days/weeks like this week.
How was your Easter week? I pretty much took it off for the most part. Although I did have to get Art of Deception formatted and ready for it to be released on April 30th. I don’t have the software to format eBooks, so I usually source that out to my good friend, Maria. The print version is ready to go, while I am waiting for the formatted ebook version it is available for pre-order.
Last night (Sunday) was the monthly meeting of Chickasha Makers at the Chickasha Area Arts Council. This is for crafters of all kinds, including writers (like me), get together and work on their individual projects. There is always tons of laughter and chatter, as well as yummy snacks. Even if you are only coloring in a coloring book, you are crafting and more than welcome to attend. It’s more about getting together with each other, than it is about crafting. Last night both Cassie and Laura were crocheting, Christy was working on a small diamond art project, Megan was sewing, Cathy was working on granny squares, Sue was creating some fabulous necklaces, Adam came in to work on the pottery wheel, and I was writing. It’s fun to see how their projects have advanced since the last meeting, and whether they are working on something new. I may just pick up my crochet hooks again since I have a ton of yarn in my sewing chest.
Miss M is spending the next few nights with me since dad is still training a new shift manager on closing the store. So, no sleeping in for the next couple of mornings as I have to take her to school. Only 5 ½ weeks before summer vacation for her.
I am currently reading Sidney Sheldon’s Tell Me Your Dreams. To be honest, I really thought about putting it down after about 3 or 4 chapters. I’ve not read him before and had no idea how dark this book was. But I continued to push through since Sheldon is this month’s Chapter Chat Book Club author to read. Now I’m invested in these characters, particularly the main character, and need to find out how it’ll end.
That’s about it for the past week. I can never thank you enough for continuing to read these snippets into my life as an author. I hope I have not bored you too much with them. 😊 After all, other people's lives are never as glamorous as we may think.
May your ereader or bookshelf overflow with delightful books to read!
Maxine
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