My Thoughts...

These days I have a lot on my mind. Sadly most of it has nothing to do with writing. My home life has taken over control and won't give me peace until they're damn well ready.

While the husbands been home I've been getting all the jobs done that needs doing. we are building a fence, (mind you, I've left that one mainly up to my husband). But we have also been working on the renovations in my home office... plus my hubs built me a rolling pin hanger, (I have one with skulls on it and two with bats) for me they are merely decorations as I neither cook nor eat sweets.

I also had to buy a new TV and a new washing machine. Why is it all the appliances seem to go at once? and my husband built me a box to sit the bar fridge on so that it stands as high as my normal fridge and freezer. We're trying to get everything set up before my husband goes back to New Zealand to work as he could be gone for six months.

Tomorrow night I have to be at the high school for my son to choose his electives for next year... he's going from grade 9 into grade 10. I think he's going to pick the more hands on electives like automotive, engineering, and HPE. I guess I'll find out for sure tomorrow night.

Emily is studying like a trooper as she has to sit uni exams in 2 weeks. mind you she is changing her Bachelor after the exams have been sat... she will be going from business to nursing (mainly because she struggles with the accounting parts of business). With the amount of times she has been in hospital she should be pretty good at it.

It's been stinking hot here and it's only spring. If this is a portent for what summer is going to be like then I don't want it... Mother Gaea please take it back. Another job we've accomplished is adding another tank to our place. Hopefully we get enough rain to fill them as I hate switching over to town water as it always smells and tastes like chloride.

I have been taking it easy for the last two days (besides edits of course) working my way through the Harry Potter movies. The amount of times I've watched these things there are parts I swear I've never seen before. Mind you it's good to see how the characters grew up. Mind you I think of the Slytherin people changed completely in different scenes. I'm enjoying them non-the-less.

EDITS & Other Things

I've spent most of the morning doing 1st round edits for Fireborn Publishing on my series HIDDEN HEARTS 1: Harder & Harder To Breathe. I've done and sent them back to the Amazing Jamie D Rose.

Also I've applied to attend a convention here in Australia on the Gold Coast, so only about 2 hours away from where I live. the convention is Readers & Writers Down Under. I'm just waiting to hear back from them to see if I got in or not.

I'm still waiting on MLRPress to send me galley proofing on THE LINES OF MARSDEN 3: You Make Me Die In Pieces. The book is due for Release on November 6th. I'm hoping to receive them over the next couple of days.

BAS Is Done & Other Things

I have one major lot of BAS still to do in the beginning of 2016 for: October-December 2015. and then that will be the last of it until EOY tax time in July... I can't wait. I feel like I have been doing taxes non-stop since 2007.

The hubs is getting gear together to take back to New Zealand with him when he goes. Big job, but it has to be done. At least we got some of the renovations done around the house and about a third of our fencing put up. Mind you he's here for another 2 weeks.

I have a major arse-kicking headache today, which I'm assuming is basically from spending all day doing Taxes yesterday... Except for the two hours where I had to go to Officeworks in Toowoomba and buy a flatbed Canon: CanoScan Lide 120 just to be able to scan all dockets and crap for my book keeper to deal with.

Today I'm still working on sorting out the files on my computer so I can make a fresh start in 2016. Some stories I've just deleted while others I've made notes on and filed them away in my BACK BURNER file. These are the stories that I'll eventually get back to one day... I don't have a set plan for 2016... but I'm hoping to at least get 12 books out to you all.

For the rest of 2015, I'll be concentrating on NaNoWriMo (Somebody Told Me: 30K, & Day Walkers 1: The Real You 20K) and finishing off The Connelly Chronicles 2: Beautiful Goodbyes. Hopefully I will be able to get it all done and completed on time... WISH ME LUCK.

Em's Turn...

For Mum because I skip over them

 whenever they play in the car.

ENJOY!!!

Cover Reveal

Fricken Hell & Then Some...

Why is it when one appliance goes in the house the others seem to drop like dominoes?

My TV has been dying for about a year... the voice box is going on it... so when Harvey Norman was having it's VIP sale we went to get one... plus we had to buy a new washing machine... the control panel is going in mine... but now I notice the toaster is playing up as is the jug... I just can't bloody win.

WRITING NEWS:

I have seen the covers for the Hidden Hearts series so I can't wait for them to be approved so I can show them off to you all... Tracey Soxie Weston has done a fantastic job on them.

Also I've been hooked into writing a mystery/crime series with some other wonderful authors... John Wiltshire, JP Bowie,  & Liz Strange. we are doing A season each... I have Summer... I'm still trying to figure out what I'll write about, all I know for sure is there will be a photograph in it... I have some questions to ask and hopefully someone will have the answers as I've never written a mystery/crime story before.

Is there a love story thread in mystery/crime stories?

What should I write about... murder, theft, or something else?

Are these good character names: Odin James, & John Gibson?

Just Letting You Know

Okay, so if you don't here from me for the next couple of days it just means I'm going to be having a busy week. Tomorrow I have to drive to Toowoomba to help my niece move house and then come home and swap cars so we can drive into Brisbane and pick up my sister around 1ish as she has come to visit for 10 days... then on Sunday I have to get up  at 5:30 am and drive back into Brisbane to pick up my hubs from the international airport as he is flying in from New Zealand... so my family is going to be pretty full on for the next little bit. I'm not sure how long the hubs is staying, I'm going to guess about 3 weeks give or take a few days.

On that note I will away and catch you all as soon as I can and give you updates on what's happening in my life... both family and writing wise. Now make sure you all behave until we talk again.