***NEWSFLASH***

BUSHFIRES are raging all around us at the moment. I just want to let everyone know I am safe for the moment. Though, yesterday the fires were across the street from my daughter Emily's house in Laidley. They are still on high alert. That one is still active, so they have enough stuff packed in case they have to evacuate in a hurry. I'm already babysitting the cat. One less worry for them if they have to leave in a hurry. She'll (Daisy) will stay with me until they are given the all-clear.

Just A Quickie...

Admetus Gaea 1: The Gaean Prophecy is definitely now at Formatting.

The Lines of Marsden 4: The Trail of Red Roses is about to be started 1st edits this week on my editor's end... Good luck Christie N.

The Connelly Chronicles 3: Because of You has left the track I was planning on and gone in a whole new direction. Hopefully, I can bring it back by the end of the book. Though, to be honest I'm liking this new direction a lot.

Hidden Hearts 1: Harder & Harder to Breathe, & 2: One Last Kiss Goodbye I'm still waiting to hear back from the publishing house about them.

House is quiet now that my granddaughter Grace has gone home. She had a sleepover here. We baked scones and cooked food. She had a ball and kept me on my toes. Thank god I can hand her back after one night. I'm too old to have little kids (yes, some days 50 feels too old).

Admetus Gaea & Other Things

Well, I've just finished the last of the edits on Admetus Gaea 1: The Gaean Prophecy... Now it off to Kris J at formatting I think. One step closer to being released.

I've also been helping my daughter and son-in-law house hunt. As they have to find a new place as their landlord is selling the house they are currently in. So, it's drama central here it's here at the moment.

Still working on The Connelly Chronicles 3: Because of You, I still have to write a bit more each day to catch up but it will be worth it in the end.

It was stinking hot here last night, I had a crap night sleep, so I definitely think today will be a slow stay at home kind of day. Which will mean my cats (Oliver & Robson) will probably be as annoying as they can be.

I've had some skin cancers burnt off, but in the upcoming weeks I have to have 3 cut out. 2 on my back and one on my throat. That's what I get for not wearing sunscreen and hats as a kid I suppose. It's coming back to bite me in the arse now. At least it's nothing too serious.

Quick Update.

Okay, after babysitting my granddaughter Grace for the morning I spent the arvo doing proofer edits on Admetus Gaea 1: The Gaean Prophecy, and sent them back to Christie N at MLRPress. I was pleased to see how few there were only 4.

I've hit a plateau in my weight loss. so I have to rethink the way I'm doing things. My goal is to lose another 17kg (37.47lbs) over the next year. Hopefully, this is doable. Last year I lost 14kg (30.86). If I can reach my goal over the next year it will be a total of 31kg (68.34lbs).

I've just joined a group on Facebook, which will hopefully be the kick in the pants I need to get me back on track with my writing and help me catch back up with The Connelly Chronicles 3: Because of You. So wish me luck.

Dang It...

Alas, Hidden Hearts 1: Harder and Harder to Breathe and Hidden Hearts 2: One Last Kiss Goodbye wasn't accepted by Pride Publishing, so I have to try and find a new home for them. Wish me luck. I don't look at it as a rejection, just as the stories weren't right for what Pride is currently looking for. 

I'm still working on The Connelly Chronicles 3: Because of You which will go to Pride as it is part of a series I currently have with them. I think the new track I have taken with it will suit them just fine. I have also planned out  Wardens of the Guild 3: Heart Stings and hope to get that finished by the end of the year as well.

NaNoWriMo is fast approaching and I'm still determined to get Sons of Evenmore 3: Fear the Scarlet Moon knocked out, and that's where I'll make the start on Heart Strings. I'm quite looking forward to it this year.

Other than that: I fell off the front garden bed this morning and hurt my back. It hurts like a bitch. Hopefully, It won't keep me down for long as I have too much stuff to do to be in pain. Luckily I have some pain killers to help me through the worst of it.

What's The Goss?

Well, Today I'm not feeling too crash hot so I decided to cook a steamed chicken. It would have to be one f my favourite eats. This time I have flavoured it with honey, soy & garlic... along with the rest of my usual herbs. It's going to be flipping amazing and so moist. I can't wait, because it smells so good.

I got woken up at the arse-crack of dawn by birds flying around. they have been noisy as f*@k lately, either they're migrating somewhere and just passing through, or it's currently mating season. Either way, they like to wake the whole damn neighbourhood up.

We have been spring cleaning around the house. At the moment, it's washing out all the window tracks. Pain in the arse, but it has to be done. It was the one job we forgot after we had the huge dust storm a couple o weeks back.

I found out Admetus Gaea 1: The Gaean Prophecy is at the proofer. So I'll hopefully get it back for the final run-through then it should be off to releasing. I still haven't heard about a cover yet. I'm hoping to any day now, but honestly, I'm not expecting it until after everyone is back from GRL, but hoping that I'm lucky and get it early.

I'm still working on The Connelly Chronicles 3: Because of You. Okay, I did go through and rework some of the stuff I swore I wasn't going to do. For some reason, I keep going off track with this one and I don't like that at all, so I have to keep redoing it until I get it back to where it should be.

Memories & Whatnot...

🔷Been thinking about all the people I've fallen out of touch with over the last couple of years and been wondering how they have all been doing. I mean I still see them on Facebook and wonder is it as easy as reaching out and saying hello. Will that start the friendship back up or have too many years come and gone? Though I wish them all well in what they are doing now.

🔷This photo was taken at GRL many years ago and we all had a ball this day. Especially, when we got the pics of Kelly lying under the bushells of dried chillies━which she was deathly allergic to. Though, I wasn't too fond when they all wanted to go and visit the tattoo shop with the spiders and I had to wait outside. I'm the one in the bottom row with the sunnies on. The amazing Z is beside me. Above me is my daughter Emily Kate, then the awesome Kelly, and lastly the talented Embry.

🔷This is me today. Older wiser (hopefully). Less hair. Less weight, and way more tattoos. I'm still writing even though I did take a couple of years off due to family problems and ill health. I'm sure I have already told you all about that crap somewhere along the line.

🔷Finally, for today I'm getting back into my writing, even if I have fallem behind on my schedule, though I will be back up to date within the next two weeks or so. I'm also getting organised for NaNoWriMo. I'm going to complete the book that I failed to get to a few years ago In NaNoWriMo 40K> Sons of Evenmore 3: Fear the Scarlet Moon & for the last 10K I will start on Wardens of the Guild 3: Hearts Strings.