Not since December, when J was gone for 3 weeks for job training, have I had a Saturday all to myself.  He has to work a Saturday every so often now, in exchange for having the Friday before off.  So, he was off on Monday for President’s Day, called in on Thursday due to the bad weather (but his company closed down anyway), then he was off on Friday because he’s working today.  How lucky is that!?

A Saturday for us usually consists of chilling out at home.  J plays video games and watches TV.  I write, surf the web, and do laundry.  Today, so far I’ve managed to post to the blog, surf the web, chat, take a shower, finish a pot of coffee, start another pot of coffee, and here I am…

I should really be writing or editing right now.  As I said before, I started a new short story yesterday that I’m excited about, probably what I will work on once I finish this post.  It’s called Mississippi and it’s about a guy who’s drawn to the river for particular reasons, of which I won’t expose here now!

I spent a lot of time this week thinking about The Piano Maker and going back and reading what I’ve written so far. At 40,000 words, I’ve etched out a great historical novel.  I just need to go back and really develop those characters and give the reader some more background.  I need to show the reader why these characters became who they are.  And of course, I haven’t written the ending yet.  I’m torn between adding more romantic elements to it (not Harlequin) or more haunting ghost-like elements.  After all, it is on the verge of being a ghost story.  Maybe I’ll add both…

I’m also slowly working on what I hope will be the last edit of For the Most Part, at least for a while. It’s amazing to put your manuscript down for two or three weeks and then come back to it and discover things you missed before or things to change and add.  I went a whole week this week without submitting one single query, but that’s mainly because I need to polish the synopsis.

I think I just heard the buzzer on the dryer…laundry to fold…so many things, so little time….*sigh*