On vacation.

Back from Vacation

Fellow Author Roberta Worthington roasting a marshmallow.

I am back from vacation and re-entering the routine.

I kind of like it.

My latest novel, Blood of the Scarecrow was published. I pressed the release button just before vacation began.

I didn't do any writing while on vacation but I did do some story telling. I sent two kids to bed in tears with my ever so creepy stories. Mission accomplished.

Today I will shift to writing Proper Darkness. My next stand alone novel. I restrict myself to working on two projects at one time. One is writing, one is outlining. I am 20,000 words into the next book and the outline is already a draft 24 hand written pages. Fun Times.

-Off to work. More Coffee. Happy Monday.

Vacations

I have been on vacation for a week now. I love going on vacations. I enjoy the being lazy and relaxing and eating too much.

I miss writing.

I miss the flow of it from my mind to the page.

I miss the coffee from my home pot.

I miss my cat Bailey snuggled up next to me.

--I guess I will suffer through this vacation thing for one more day.

Travel

I usually write when I travel. I have extra time and usually not much else to do.

I go to conferences that are a lot of waiting around. It adds up. Next thing you know you have a whole chapter done during coffee breaks.

I talked my wife into going with me on this trip. We didn't add any extra days and it will still be work for me. but we will have evening off and she will be able to have fun in Orlando theme park and put some miles on her Fitbit.

I will still get up early as usual and make coffee and write (quietly) in the morning. I also take things I see while on travel for inspiration. I think we are going to see the Harry Potter theme park while there. There will be good photo opts and writing fodder for the lie machine.

--Drink Coffee, Make Stuff Up.