A New Year
Do you make New Year's resolutions? I read the other day that one should call them "intentions"--the theory being that relabeling them might make them less intimidating and help us feel less of a failure when we inevitably stumble.
I usually do make them, and they're typically the same ones every year: eat healthily, exercise more, get more sleep, stop wasting time. I actually do eat healthily most days (the result of some twenty years of making the same resolution), and I exercise when my aching joints allow. The sleep and time-wasting are still a work in progress.
Another of my resolutions this year is to be better at keeping this blog. I do like to be upbeat on it because nobody needs a Debbie Downer, and last year was such a rolling series of disasters that I found it increasingly hard to strike the necessary note. Maybe this year . . .
I can tell you that having my girls home for Christmas was beyond wonderful (and Maddie and Zydeco! I've really missed those two. Look how big and fat Maddie is!). My little Peanut is now just fine. One thing I learned from our vet is that runts of the litter, when they hit 7-8, usually start having health problems. So another of my resolutions is to spoil her. She's not complaining.
I'm back at work on my next Sebastian book (tentatively entitled Why Kill the Innocent), and the end is finally, finally within sight. I've reached the point where I'm more than anxious to move on to #14 (Who Slays the Wicked--love that title). I'm also looking forward to the release of WHERE THE DEAD LIE, coming in April. It has already received a nice Publishers Weekly review, which I should be able to share soon. This is undoubtedly my darkest book, by far. I wonder why?
I will be going over to San Antonio again in few weeks to be with my daughter while her husband undergoes major surgery. Another of my resolutions this year is to try to stay calm and meditate more.
We'll see how I do.
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Barbara
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Jan 15, 2017 10:01AM
I love your Sebastian books and can hardly wait for each one to come out!!! I particularly like to get them from Amazon with Whispersync (yes, it does cost more) because I can then easily switch between written and audio and it always stays sync'd up!
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I do New Year's Resolutions with two friends, and we get together for dinner every 2 months or so to check up on them. And it's great because the periodic getting together with friends who I would see less if not for this is great even if the resolutions are not always on track. But some are! and you celebrate the wins.
Thanks for keeping us posted. I love the Sebastian books and can't wait for the next one. Don't let the problems get you down, I know it's hard, but we readers rely on you to get our fix :-) When you are down, just think about those people all over the world (I'm in Bulgaria, btw) counting the days until they can read the next book. and the next. Just thinking about it makes my day. I love to read, but there are only a handful of authors that make me count the days. You are one. Hope that brightens your day a little bit.
I don't really do New Year's resolutions, except to resolve myself to do the 100 book challenge at the library. I was all set to go to the party, but last Saturday I had to euthanize one of our cats, Rudy Valentino. I was already in the dumps over another event that will remain nameless, just to learn that my poor sweet boy was suffering. He had renal disease. By the time we figured out what was wrong, it was too late. Oh, my goodness, it was such a bad week! I'm hoping things will turn around soon.
