Stranger than Fiction

Took out some time to watch that movie today while I took a nap. I love it so much. But you know with an imagination like mine I kept thinking...what if Dancy, (the character in my current WIP) hears all the narrative? I mean, I don't want to embarass her by having her need her legs shaved or something.

Lordy I'm odd.

Can I just say how sick of spam I am? I mean on my guestbook! I'm trying to decide whether or not to just delete my guestbook. But I so love to read notes from people who read my books and it just irks me that these jerks can get away with spamming. I mean one of them even had the audacity to cuss on my guestbook! Little old ladies come here folks! Show some respect.

Anyway, I'm reading Quaker Summer by Lisa Samson. Again I'm floored and awed by the message and the writing. The only problem is that I can't read for very long at a time these days as I'm on deadline and must write during my brain functional hours. So I get a few minutes while trying to wind down enough to sleep. Then I can't sleep because it's so good. I wish there was a pill to take to write that good. I'd definitely take it. Even if it were illegal. Blackmarket Lisa pills. Yep. If you're a dealer get back to me. :)

Peace out

Good days/bad days

So, it's been awhile since I blogged. Been working like mad on a manuscript. Kids have been sick, ice has kept us bound at home, different reasons. We're all better now, the ice is melted, but I'm still working like mad on my ms.
Last night God got my attention as I was reading Ecclesiastes. 7:14 Message bible translation:
On a good day, enjoy yourself. On a bad day, examine your conscience. God arranges for both kids of days so that we won't take anything for granted.

I was floored. I'm a woman of faith, raised up in the faith movement. Are you telling me GOD gives bad days???? No way. I wanted to yell, I wanted to scream, I wanted to kick a cabinet (Brandilyn style), I wanted to confess something quickly so I didn't curse myself with the faithless thoughts crossing my mind.

I stopped and read it to my husband and I said, "You know, I always want to do something to make myself feel better when i have those days. Usually it involves spending money or whining until he takes me to dinner and a movie (blush). But what if God just wants me to think about what's going on in my heart? What if I don't always have to be happy to have the joy of the Lord working in me? Weighty stuff for someone who hasn't blogged in awhile, eh?

I love what karen Ball said at the ACFW conference a couple of years ago. She said, what if marriage isn't about making me happy, what if it's about making me holy?"

So, ladies and gentleman, maybe our day to day walk isn't necessarily about happiness, but holiness. Maybe we need crappy days to make us run to the cross and find out if our hearts have strayed.

:)

I just found out one of my friends has written 65K words since Feb 1. Shall we all just kill her? Or maybe congratulate her. :) Yeah, and you know who you are... You go girl!!!

I'm a jogger!!

So, I've been on this fitness kick lately. Well, not so much with food. I like my junk. But I've been religious about my supplements, vitamins etc plus exercise. Well, today I was going for ten consecutive minutes at a jog and lo and behold I went 15!!! Over a mile. It was a slow jog. But we all gotta start somewhere and I haven't jogged a mile in over 15 years. Yay Me!!!

I had a heart failure few hours today. I lost my jump drive. For those of you who don't know, a jump drive is a handy dandy little gadget that plugs into a USB drive and saves files. On mine I have my entire new book I'm writing for Faithwords. Book two in the drama queens series. A funny book that I'm totally loving as I write day by day. Which is unusual for me, as you know, at this phase of storytelling. Anyway, I found it in a bag I had stored under my bed right before my trip to Indiana. I had planned to take the bag and changed my mind and then when I unpacked it, I guess I forgot about the jumpdrive. Talk about thanking God and the ministering angels for help! So I'm ready to finish up the new book. Exciting. Anyway, note to me: Don't forget to save the manuscript to more than one storage device!

Off to soak away my aches in a nice milk bubble bath. (This stuff is fabulous, I buy it at Walmart in the bath and body section.)

Peace.

GO BEARS!!!!!!!

I made it!!

Okay, South Bend, Indiana is COLD and SNOWY!! But what a fabulous town. The people were awesome from the shuttle drivers, hotel personel, cabbie, Just everyone. And the Harvest Show people went straight into my heart. The hosts treated me so wonderfully, and then I got a grand tour of the studio. It's huge!

So I got to the hotel and found out that Notre Dame...THE Notre Dame, with the fighting Irish, is across the street from my hotel. I didn't even know the college was THERE. I'm so dumb sometimes. I was so excited. I thought I'd go take a little tour, then I got to the room and lo and behold....there was a jacuzzi tub. So, I went no farther than the gym for 50 minutes on the treadmill so I wouldn't feel guilty for spending the rest of the evening vegging in my room with the tub.

Got my galleys for Westward Hearts #1 last week and I have to say it's a great book. I'm looking forward to getting feedback on this one. When I first turned it in I was disappointed, but then I always am. I'm just too close to it at that point. SO everyone look forward to Defiant Heart, book one of Westward Hearts. It comes in May!! And anyone who loves historical romance will love it!

In other news, Freedom of the Soul is out now! I got my copies today. How great that it coincides with Black History month. I didn't even realize that until yesterday on the show they were talking about it. Isn't that cool? It's like God just led the way for me to be on for that specific reason, to talk about the book and how God hates bigotry.

Tonight is family night. Rusty has been out of town all week and I've been gone a couple of days, so we're looking forward to laughing, hugging, and EATING!!!

Peace