Marilyn's Musings

Besides the fact that it's Christmas time, I've been really, really busy. I have a new Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery done and I've just gone over some edits someone did for me. Still have a few last chapters to read to my critique group. In the meantime I'm writing a new Rocky Bluff P.D. which is almost done too. Only have a couple of chapters to finish. I have several things to do on my to-do list, as always, just haven't gotten to them yet. My eighteen grandchildren are all grown up now--the youngest graduated from high school in June. On the left is a very grown-up grandson, his sisters, Alyssa (the grad) and Erica. My oldest great-grandson also graduated this year. This Brandon before he got ready for his graduation. My granddaughter, Jessica, got married in January, and she and her husband moved to North Carolina a the beginning of December. (She's always lived either with me or right next door--I'm going to miss her.) My #12 great-grand...

Had a conversation with a friend last night about writing time. It's a question I get asked a lot, how often do you write, how many hours a day etc. He began to tell me what takes his time. He belongs to an active organization where he must participate weekly and often on weekends. And he has been elected an officer of a fine organization. When I thought about it, except for family, my social life mostly consists of whatever activity the church might plan and if I'm not gone somewhere and my when I go off to do something related to writing. Weekend after next, we're headed to San Luis Obispo for the Central Coast Book Festival. Of course the goal is to sell books, but the most fun is going to come from seeing friends. Already set up one dinner date with a good author friend and then the following night we'll spend with one of my publishers and probably other friends. We have lots of friends who live in the area that we only see when we go to the coast--and they are all ...