Welcome!

Well, this is my first time trying this for real.  By "real", I mean I've set a blog up in college for a computer class, but I've never created one with the full intent of using it.  But I thought maybe if I started this, it would be a new way to reach interested reads and supply updates on the company and the writing and just life in general.  And it'll be an easier way to keep a journal of everything that is going on.  It feels a little silly right now because I don't really know what to type, but I guess I'll do what I do best and let my fingers do the talking.

So today we are picking up our new all-in-one, colour laser printer.  It'll be by far the fanciest printer I have ever used.  I'm pretty excited.  The company has been sitting dormant for awhile without a working printer, so I can't wait to get that going.  Plus, right now it is waiting for pick up out where my horse, Lily, is so that means seeing my girl while I'm there.  And anyone who knows me knows that a visit with Lily is always a good thing!

I've been working on a few story ideas outside of the Sarah and London series.  I am hoping maybe they will lead to their own series.  But those books won't be a continuation of each other, just individuals within a set.  Some will be for younger readers while others will be for a more mature audience.  We will see how far I get with those, although I have one character who is quite insistant that her story be told.  She's a little like Sarah in that aspect.

Meanwhile, I have been trying to get some editing done on Saving London to take that back for a reprint.  I can't believe we sold all the copies we had!  Now to get the others moving so we have room for the fourth when it is ready.

The fourth is at a standstill until the first is reprinted.  And Sarah seems to have slipped back, perhaps feeling too crowded from the character I mentioned earlier, so I need to wait until she comes back to finish telling me her story.  Even though I know how it will end, right down to the last scene which is clear and vivid in my head, I need her to fill in all the parts between or it will be forced and just won't feel or read right.

I am also hoping to talk to my father (my publisher!) about creating a website.  I want to build it myself and am wishing I had created it right after finishing my web design course.  Now I need to see if I can locate my modules and try to refresh my memory.  But it really is time to get one up and going.  Hopefully in the next few weeks I can sit down for a few days and get things started.

I'll also work on the layout of this blog.  I can't wait to get some pictures on it and really personalize it, but I have to save that for when I am on my own computer and have access to all my files.

There is so much to do!  Sometimes I wish I could just do this full time, but for right now, I'll make the best with the time I do have.  Even just looking at my schedule for the rest of this week, tonight we get the printer and see Lily, then home to hopefully add pictures to this blog, and then sleep.  There is work tomorrow and then my parents and brother will be out.  I won't have time for company things then as quality time face-to-face with my brother is rare (come back to Alberta, please!) and I plan to take full advantage.  He will stay at our house over the weekend.  Monday nights are a write off for now with helping direct drama.  I don't get home until six at night and by then it's dinner, dishes, and catching up on everything else.  But after that, hopefully Tuesday will be free to get going again.

For now, take care!  I'll post again as soon as I can.