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I’m Starting to Fill My Guest Blogger Calendar for the First Quarter of 2016 (and some other stuff)

November 16, 2015 By: Patricia

Guest Bloggers

Every week I plan to feature a guest author on Thursday/Friday. I have plenty of Thursdays open January through March, so if you’re interested in being one of my featured guests, just let me know. If you don’t already have my email address, you can leave your contact information below in the comments or send me a private message on Facebook. At that time, I’ll also give you my submission guidelines for length, photos, etc.

Guest posting can be especially helpful if you have a book release scheduled or some special event to promote, so don’t hesitate to contact me for future months as well. My guest this Thursday is Tracee Sioux whose October 2014 book release (The Year of YES!: What if you said YES! to everything your Soul told you to do for one year?) has a title eerily similar to Shonda Rhimes new book (Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person). I’m excited to read both of these books….I think I need a little boost to become more adventurous.

Snow?

We’re supposed to get snow starting sometime this afternoon. Predictions are iffy again, but the temperatures are already dropping and the wind has picked up, so maybe we’ll get at least a couple of inches. Maybe.

Rehabbing the Knee and Reading While I Ice a Sore Muscle

I guess I was a little over-enthusiastic with my exercises and physical therapy because I managed to pull a muscle in the front of my thigh. It’s not too serious because I can walk, climb stairs, and use the exercise bike, but most of the exercises that use the quads are pretty painful. And that’s why I’m about to head back to my easy chair and plant an ice pack right where it hurts the most.

The only thing that’s good about this development is that I gain an extra hour or so of reading time each day this week while I’m icing. I’m now reading This Side of Midnight First Light by Al Lamanda.

My most recent good reads include The Child Garden by Catriona McPherson, The Devil’s Lament by Kenneth W. Harmon, The White Gates by Bonnie Ramthun, Big Magic: Creative Living Without Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert, and The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo. I enjoyed all of these books, but ran into a mental block when Marie Kondo’s organizing strategies started to involve proper folding of shirts and socks. That’s not happening here. The organizing strategies she outlines, however, make good sense…..except I need to start with furniture and electronics and leave the clothing category until later.

The World Hurts and I Don’t Have Any Idea How to Fix It

Even though I’m able to read some fictional horror, I have a hard time dealing with horror in real life. The murder of innocent people in countries around the world is painful to watch. It reduces me to tears, makes me feel helpless and lost, and causes me to fear the unknown. I don’t know how people who’ve lived in a war zone environment for most of their lives cope. You won’t find me being philosophical on social media because I don’t have any answers for anything. And that’s all I have to say about that.

Category: Books and Authors, Guest Blogger, The Writing Life

Another Week Gone By…..Geesh, Where Does the Time Go?

October 16, 2015 By: Patricia

I can’t believe it’s already Friday again. I do know where the time has gone though. Physical therapy appointments, lots of exercise sessions at home, doctor appointments (I had the staples removed yesterday!!!!). Everything is moving along as it should, and I’m so happy I finally got this done. I have a stable knee and …Read More

Category: The Writing Life

Time Sure Flies!

October 9, 2015 By: Patricia

Wow! It’s Friday already. Everything is fine! I got home from the hospital on Wednesday and had my first physical therapy appointment this morning. I’m following those PT orders, doing my exercise sets a lot, and really looking forward to a very speedy recovery. And I’m taking naps! They don’t offer “rest and relaxation” as …Read More

Category: The Writing Life

I’m Taking a Short Break

October 5, 2015 By: Patricia

I’m finally heading for the hospital this afternoon to get this creaky, uncooperative left knee replaced with a joint that actually works. You can guess how miserable I’ve been when you hear the surgery was originally scheduled for January 19th. My surgeon ruptured a tendon in her wrist, so I rescheduled the surgery for April. …Read More

Category: Books and Authors, The Writing Life

Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read More…

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