Changing Gears
Well, it's done. Yesterday I put a bow on the manuscript and sent it on its way. It always feels good to reach that stage, but I've been working on that book so long there's suddenly a gap in my life.
It's only momentary though. I must be very wicked, because I don't seem to be catching much rest. Tomorrow is the launch for my new Zach & Zoe book -- 10:30 at Still Water Books and Art in Campbell River. If you're in the area, please drop in.
But I digress. I shall probably spend the better part of today preparing for tomorrow. That includes planning my reading and hemming something to wear. The launch should be fun, followed by lunch with some friends, and then it will be time to come home and get busy on all the other things I've pushed to the side for the last few months.
Things such as: constructing the props for my Quebec Book Tour (fake Pharaoh, death mask, brain scraper, canopic jars, overhead transparencies, etc.); read and review a book for CM Magazine (Sorry, Rosa Jordan -- I know you are waiting); make antipasto; help my mother make a crafty Christmas tree; write the chapter outline for book #3 in the Zach & Zoe series; CLEAN MY HOUSE; do some touch up painting; etc., etc.
That should take me to the middle of November and my book tour. When I get back, it will be time to make Christmas and attack the revisions for my three 2010 books.
And then?
Oh, I'm sure there will be something.