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An Ongoing Series of Fun Entries

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April Breezes

April has rolled into South Carolina this year with heavy warm breezes. After frequent clouds and rain it is welcome. Our new-built dream home has turned out to be not so dreamy. But we are working through that. I have been crocheting, puzzling, reading (beta reading and books), writing, making jewelry, and the usual household and family things. I am working on my second novel (slowly). I sent it out for beta reading -- it started as a short story and I am turning it into a novel, so I wanted some thoughts beforehand, Now I am doing the hard work. I am also trying to market Family Reborn. Why is inspirational romance such a hard sell?

I dedicate my blog this month to someone very special, my niece Stephanie. We lost this angel this week. We often hear the words "Gone too soon", but you don't understand the true meaning until you lose someone who truly is gone too young. Please pray for her family.

Changing Seasons

     It has been a time of changing seasons for me. We spent the majority of the summer in an apartment while our new house was completed. Finally on the first of September we were able to move into our new home. If I never have to pack or unpack another box in my life I will be very happy. But I really have nothing to complain about. We have a beautiful home and even with construction on all sides it is a very quiet neighborhood.

     I have been blessed to be able to complete my novel and my editor has been wonderful working so closely with me. My premier novel goes on sale the beginning of November. I can hardly believe it.

     I am enjoying time with my family and my cat and getting to crochet in the evenings while I watch television for a coup of hours.

     Many people ask me when do I write. My best writing time is early morning from seven am until about noon or one pm. Then I have brunch and do whatever I need to for the day. Some days I may come back to the computer, but I find I am not as productive in the afternoons and often have to rewrite what I have done. Now, I am good at reading and editing in the afternoons, just not writing. 

     I find myself writing in my mind as I do mindless household tasks like cleaning the bathrooms, sweeping and vacuuming. I can often write scenes I have been stuck on then. Not word for word, but I can see the entire scene play out in my head and the next time I sit down I can barely keep up with myself writing it down. Many of you probably know what I mean. You get these moments when your mind is free to just create and sometimes it is easier without the blank page.

     I almost hate to move on to a different project now after working on my novel for so long. I did not even work on my short stories for the past few months. It is going to feel strange at first writing about something different.

     Tell me friends, how do you handle this feeling?



 

 

May Meanderings

     Things have been hectic in the Sellman household the last couple of months. Lily helped us out in March, but I am back at the helm to bring you up to date. We sold our home in Lexington, South Carolina. (Yes, the one we just moved to in November of 2020.) We are building a new home in a new development called Carolina Acres (see pics below). While our home is being built, we are all living in a three-bedroom apartment in the Town of Lexington.

 

     As if selling my home, putting half my worldly goods into storage, and building a new home were not enough; I am working with an editor to try to get my novel ready to publish. I am terrified and excited.

 

     We are loving the weather down here. Everyone tells us if we don’t like it just wait, it will change. That is true. It might get cool and damp, but that afternoon or the next morning it will be sunny and warm again. So far, I don’t seem to mind the rain down here. But everyone tells me not to judge the weather until I have been through July and August. If I make it through those months, then I can say I like the weather down here. If I can go inside to the air conditioning, I think I will be fine; much better than cold, wet, snow.

 

     Another blessing, we both received our COVID shots. That takes a lot of the stress away. We try to follow the guidelines, but you still worry. Now we feel a little safer.

 

 

  House Slab

Lumber ready to go

Rafters On

Almost framed in

February Meowings

     This month I am turning the blog over to Lily.


     I was sitting in my window this morning licking my paws and enjoying the warm South Carolina sun coming in through the blinds. The fur of the cat stand was soft on my behind and I snuggled down and got read for a good nap when I saw a cap slowing coming into the yard on my left. It was that nasty cat Blackie that I hate so much. He is big and black and he comes right up to the door or window wherever I am sitting and hisses at me!


     Then I noticed he was not walking tall and straight as usual with his tail waving in the air. He was walking slow, and limping. When he walked across the yard I could see he was holding his back leg up. I called out to him but he would not look my way. My Mom came over when she heard me calling him. She called my Dad and said it looked like he got hit by a car. 


     Poor Blackie, maybe he was not so bad after all. Maybe I did not really hate him. Maybe I just did not like how he hissed at me.


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