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My last day of school was a week ago and I still feel like I’m going full speed ahead.

Monday and Tuesday I worked on revisions for Wayback. Yesterday I did promo, then errands. Today, more errands. Tomorrow, hopefully, nothing. I’m still not finished with STTA, but I kind of knew yesterday would be a no-writing day because of the promo loop (which makes my shoulders absolutely tense). Still, I have 10 contest entries to read and critique group this weekend. I have 3 DVDs to watch and return. Everything seems to be on a time table. Plus, since I'm trying to save gas, I combine errands, and that stresses me out, trying to remember everything.

I have gotten a lot of the house clean. I threw out so much trash we could barely move the humongous trashcan to the curb. Today I’m cleaning the kitchen, so there should be more trash or stuff for Goodwill. Of course, I come home from taking the boy to a friend's, then going to the grocery and the kitchen counter is loaded with dishes no one bothered to do.....

Remember Fly Lady? She would tell you to throw out 15 things every time you cleaned a room. She would be so proud of me.

Oh, and yesterday I got our back door open. Why is this a big deal? Because we lost the key 6 years ago. We have another back door, but this one is right off the laundry room and being able to exit it is so convenient. It’s gross and dusty and there’s a mummified lizard stuck between the screen and the slats, but it’s open!

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I got an AWESOME review of Hot Shot yesterday from The Romance Studio. My best one yet! I also saw an advance preview of another from Romance Reviews Today, but it's not live yet. I'm really happy with the reviews I've gotten!

I sent my Wayback story in yesterday, then needed to do two more scene revisions, which I sent back this AM. Now I get to go back to STTA. Yesterday I had a very clear scene in my mind that may be an epilogue, I don't know, but it included a baby. I never write babies. I think it's just that I REALLY love these characters, and I can see myself exploring their lives further along.

The same thing happened with my first book, The Simple Life. Those characters became so real to me because I spent so much time with them. When I drive through the town where I based that story, I half expect to see them. The same with my married cop story, Second Chances. During 9-11, I could practically see Zach pacing, helpless, wanting to go DO something. I think I'll have the same reaction when I finally leave Noah and Ellie behind.

Today I'm doing promo on one of the loops for Wayback, then I'm blogging at Samhain. I also need to clean the laundry room and the mudroom, which shouldn't take me nearly as long as the hour and a half it took me to clean the bathrooms yesterday (I threw out two wastebaskets of stuff, can you believe it???)