This morning I am taking a little bit of time to sit back and relax. The last week has been busy, to say the least. My mother in-law had a medical issue last Tuesday and has since been in the hospital. My husband has been working 10 hour days, going to his father’s and picking him up, taking him to visit mother, taking him home, making him dinner and then coming home around 8pm. He’s been doing this every day and it looks like it will be weeks before mother might be going home. I won’t get into bashing his 3 siblings too much except to say they have been as much help as they always are: which is none at all. But I suppose that is somehow our fault…. Anyway… enough about that. Back to my relaxing morning…….

I’m sitting in my rocking chair, hot cup of coffee by my side, laptop on the stand in front of me, watching the birds come to the feeders and bird bath on the back deck. Ahh…. And on a weekday! I’m also watching my old-ass barn cat BC lying in the sun on the deck while the birds laugh at him because he’s too darn old to be a real threat to them anymore:-)

I’ve had a little seed of a story steadily growing in my head over the last week or so and sitting here watching birds, drinking coffee, perusing twitter and listening to my favorite music is like fertilizer for that seed. It helps my mind wander and helps the seed grow into something I can put to paper….err…C-drive…. Some authors will say their favorite part of writing a book is the part where that first draft is DONE. Some will say it is when the final edit is done and they put THE END to it. Some will say when they publish and release. I love all those parts too and have my own little celebrations for each of them. But for me,  my absolute favorite part is where I am now. Bits and pieces of the story have been whirling around in my head for a while now, buzzing and buzzing. Scenes have been playing out at random (sometimes at awkward and inopportune moments). But now… now I am ready to plant the little story seed and put all those scenes together and see where it takes all of my characters! Matter of fact, I think I’ll get to it!

Live! Love! Read!