It's a Monday

I did not get all the proofing and editing done over the weekend that I'd planned. But I made DH happy by taking him to Dietsch's, a hometown shop where the ice cream is made on the premises! It's amazing what a caramel cashew sundae do for a man's mood. I also made scallops and spaghetti in a lemon garlic cream sauce for Father's Day/Litha.

Today, I'm trying to finish the final proofing for the paperback version of A Barrel of Vintner. I thought I had a fairly clean manuscript when the ebook was published in April. Alas, I was wrong! But I'm trying to make things right!

Unfortunately, today was also the semi-annual dental exam. I'm always paranoid that the dentist will find something expensively wrong. But it was an observation that I had a LOT of caffeine staining on my teeth.

Hey, I admit I have addiction, but sometimes, I also need something to sip on when I'm going through a manuscript for the umpteenth time. Not even my own action-adventure stories can keep the eyelids open when the entire text is nearly memorized. And there in lies the reason for the caffeine. I need to be awake to smash the typos with my shoe!

(Not literally, but I view them as the spiders I do not want crawling into my mouth while I'm sound asleep.)

At least, I don't have to cook tonight since there's plenty of leftover scallops and spaghetti for dinner tonight.

Now, back to the proofing!

I'm Still Alive!

Hello, All You Glorious Readers!

Yes, I'm still alive! Since DH and I returned from our trip to Georgia to see Genius Kid's promotion ceremony, I've been essentially glued to my laptop. So, here are the updates!

1) My lovely formatter is currently back to work, and she delivered the proof copy of A Barrel of Vintner (Justice #11)! I'm slowly going through it, but hopefully, the trade paperback version will be available at the end of June.

2) Death Goddess Fighting (The Books of Apep #2) is finished and sitting in the proverbial drawer. After its cooling-off period, I plan to start edits a week from today.

3) I'm currently writing Death Goddess Redeeming (The  Books of Apep #3), and it's currently at the 20% mark.

4) As a palate cleanser, I work on A Sprout of Wild (Justice #12) in the evening. It is also closing in on the 20% mark.

I hope to give you more frequent updates as the summer rolls on!