It was another busy week around here! My husband was away all week in London, which meant I was on my own with the kids. Normally, this doesn't bother me too much. My kids are bigger now and pretty self-sufficient. They have lots of things they like to do to keep themselves busy including school, homework, YouTube, outside play, and games. But handling everything every day was hard. Usually I get a little break in the evening once my husband is home, to sit and many have a glass of wine while he gets the kids in the shower and off to bed. When he's gone I do all of that and more, so by the time Friday rolled around and he was back home, I was DONE.
I thought I would get a lot of writing done this week but I was wrong. I wanted to work on a novella that will come after Daydreamer 2 (it'll be Daydreamer 3 but shorter than the rest, as my goal for the series is to do: novel, novel, novella, novel, novel, novella…) but I always struggle with the beginning of a story until I hit my stride so I only got about 5k written. Plus, I struggled a lot with Dragon Dictate. Sigh. Always something with Dragon! I decided to instead concentrate on updating old blog posts on my website which took up a lot of time every day. I plan to use all the old content on my website to help promote myself, so making sure it's in tip-top shape is a priority. I've gone back and updated titles, updated images, and links in old posts all week long. It's been a lot of work but it'll be worth it in the long run.
What else happened this week?
New floors went in in the kitchen! Yes, we're having hardwood floors in the kitchen. I'm so looking forward to that. No more tile!
I enjoyed the outdoor weather by eating lunch outside.
My husband brought back this fancy spiced gin from the UK. Mmmm, tastes great in a G&T!
I have another busy week ahead of me. I have a blog post going up tomorrow about compiling from Scrivener to Createspace PDF, I'm participating in the New Adult Scavenger Hunt this week, I have tons of packages to send out, and I have a post on my Top 5 Favorite Traditional Japanese Foods coming up! Stay Tuned!
Sorry to hear this was a bit of a hard and busy week with your husband away and you had to care for your kids alone. It does sound like you got a lot done with updating your old blog posts, I always dislike doing that, but I do agree that it will be worth it in the long run. I probably should do that once too.
We have laminate (I hope I translated that correctly) in our kitchen and while it might take a bit more effort to keep clean as tiles, I do like it. I hope your kitchen renovation is going well!
And that’s an interesting set-up to write two novels and then one novella in your daydreamer detective story. I am looking forward to read the rest of the series! I hope you’ll have a great week!
All in all it wasn’t a horrible week. When my husband goes away, I get a lot more done! I’m just really exhausted from it! And he’s leaving again in another week for Miami, so this is something I just have to get used to.
I think the novel-novel-novella cycle will be good for this series and will help me sleep it alive and always on the verge of new material. If I had to do a novel every 3 months, I would probably die. Lol.
Yes, laminate! That is also a popular low-cost choice in the States. I’m looking forward to the hardwood floors. They’re so nice and warm. A lot less harsh than tile. You have a great week too!
Oh! I forgot to say that yeah updating all the old blog posts is a real pain. It will probably take me a few weeks to get through them all. But I want to go through and advertise a bunch of the old posts on FB so they had to be in tip-top shape!
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