I know it's been some time since I've come on and blogged. The book is almost finished. I have two chapters left. I am supposed to have the book finished by the end of the month, but it may be close to my July 15th deadline. If I could do three pages a day for 3 days on both this health care and education, I think I would almost call it good. I've been looking at this Health Care and I'm trying to decide how I want to organize it. Going to go and see what I can figure out.
I will be writing more once this is finished. I'm going to start doing some publicity and get a presence on the Internet for all my books.
Later~

Hello All! Jeepers Creepers!!! Two months! Yikes! I continue to plod along on the Insider's Guide book. It has been to say at the least an eye-opening experience. I have been trying to contact businesses in the Oklahoma City area to get information to include them in this book, but alas, many have hung up on me, told me they weren't interested, or were down right rude. I am not charging them, nor will they be charged in the future for inclusion in this book. All they have to do is answer a few questions.
While doing all this, I did get the trucker's book finished. It is to be released tomorrow, as a matter of fact. The next time, I write I will add the URL. I need to add the URL to my webpage as well, but first I need to finish the OKC book.
Currently, it looks like it could be finished by the end of June. My editor is probably ready to kill me although when we talk on the phone, she always sounds nice and calm. I am ready to put my head or fist through the wall or commit some other act of violence to myself. I can't sleep at night. I wake up in a cold sweat, feel like I'm drowning when I have days like today.
Today, I had big plans, was going to get a lot of holes filled in these chapters, but decided to call places to work on the other chapters before I worked on my words. Well, here it is, nearing 5 and all I've done is phone work. AND I got to my desk at 8:30 AM. Something is wrong with this entire picture. Yesterday I got to my desk at FIVE AM. Still nothing accomplished.
I have learned some interesting information about people and their businesses, none of which I can really use, but interesting none the less. And then there are the businesses I have called, emailed, called again, and again, and still haven't heard from them, so I will have to CALL AGAIN if I in fact want them in the book.
This is truly making me NUTS. I DO NOT MISS DEADLINES and not only is this deadline not going to be hit, I don't know how to schedule it. IF and that is a BIG IF, IF the places I have been calling would get back to me, respond to my emails, or my snail mail letters, I could move along. What's slwoing me down is I have to call, and call, and call. On the third call, I typically ask if I can just go to their website and would they send me an email to that affect. Never receive the email. Argh!
So I continue to struggle. One of the reasons I haven't been writing here is by the time the end of the day comes, I'm exhausted--if I have any time at the end of the day. I have been giving every second of my life to this book, sooo.... Don't be surprised if you don't hear from me again here until the end of June. I will definitely write and let you know when I finish it. There shall be shouts of joy from all quarters of the house.
Til Then~
Keep Writing

Yikes! I thought I'd written before now. I am pressing on this book. I sat down at this computer at 9 this morning and it's past 9 now. I'm trying to do interviews, gather information and write about 3000 words a day. I am continually amazed at how much lack of cooperation I am receiving. I make phone calls. No one calls me back. I called one restaurant five times. Each time the owner promised me an interview. When I finally pinned her down and asked the first question, she said I would have to talk to the owner. I asked for the owner the very first time I called. I feel like hitting my head on the desk. I'm still behind on word count and these people are not helping at all. If I didn't need them in this book, I would so axe their tails out of it.
Now, there are some people who are nice, get right back to me, but then there are others... Argh!
I'm tired, so I'm closing. Be thankful you are not me right now.
Until next time, keep writing.

Happy Valentine's Day everybody!!! I'm working today. It seems as if no one else is. Then Monday there is the holiday. Blah! I hit the 35,000 word mark today on the book. I'm getting ready to work on the trucker book here in a bit. It's snowing outside. My husband is supposed to watch our grandbaby tonight while my son and his wife go out. I'll be here. No doubt working. Argh! Well, this is the life I always wanted. It could be worse. I could have no work at all. SO....
Got to run and get to work.
Til Next Time, Keep Writing~

The past few days have been crazy. I got behind on the book, so today I had to try to catch up. Yesterday, I worked on galleys for my book coming out in the Spring. I've been trying to work on the trucker book. Haven't made much head-way, but plan on moving some mountains tonight. Must run. Still have work to do.
Later~

I've had a disasterous week as far as writing and the book is concerned. Wednesday, my little laptop died. I worked for a few days trying to get it fixed and then just decided to go ahead and get a new one. The other screen was too small anyway. Buuuttttt, all that messing around put me behind several days on the book. I'm not happy. Now it's time to catch up. Today, I'm trying to do those things I put off while dealing with the 'puter. Anyway, I'm hoping to get in a rhythm and get back on it. Now, I have to work every day for the rest of the month to get to where I need to be page wise. Ah, the life of a writer. Right now, it's blah. Heading out to get busy, so....
Until next time,
Keep Writing.

I can't believe ten days has passed since last I wrote. I kept my grandson for about five days. He was so precious. Wanted to read. We did that, played and watched movies. Every day he hasn't been here I've been working on the book. I'm 114 pages in, 18, 500 words. Whew! My goal is to do 5 pages for 20 days in February and 20 in March. Over the weekend I'm going to print off what I have so far. Yesterday, I started to work on the trucker book too. So far, so good. I'm not feeling too confident. I know on in to this thing, it becomes a nightmare. Yikes! I got two months to get it whipped into shape.
Some great news on another front. Today, I got a couple books on book prices. For years, I've collected some old books here and there. One of the books I got is a Charles Dickens first Edition. I paid $250 dollars for it a year ago and have beat myself up over spending that much money for a book I wasn't sure about. Well, today I found out it's worth between $500 and $1200. Even if I'm on the load end of the spectrum, I still doubled my money. So, yippeee for me. I want to start collecting more books, but I was determined to buy quality stuff. Hopefully now I can learn what the books I want are worth before I buy them.
Tomorrow is another day at the keyboard. Hopefully another productive one.
Until Next Time, Keep Writing~