Hi Everyone!

I always feel so bad when I look back and see that I’ve only been writing once a month! IF THAT! I started a blog because it was extremely important for me to not only share about my writing but also the path I was on… that long and winding road that is sometimes the divide between real life and and writing. What I wish life would be like as a full-time writer and what it actually looks like.

When I look back over all these years it’s amazing that I’ve written what I have. Sixteen novels have gone out and three non-fiction books now. I’ve only sold hundreds of books but it still feels great when someone tells you how much they loved reading one of my novels. And I’ve had a few people tell me they like how I write and tell the story. THAT makes me the happiest!

I love telling stories but, as any of you who are writers know, it’s life that gets in the way of that happening!

And life has certainly been going back at a pace I’ve never experienced before! Many people I talk to have been feeling the same way… we’re already at the middle of July!

Aside from the book coming out a month ago there is, of course, other news! So at the end of May the docs announced that they are retiring. All three of them! At the same time… July 31st. They found two doctors to take over the three practices. The new doctors are installing computers which will be an added bonus but I’m skeptical because, as we all know, I’ve been down this path before! How did that end?

As always, I’m looking… and I continue to look.

Additionally, my parents are moving. The house is for sale and they have bought a brand new home… in our beloved town of Goderich! They are taking a plunge and getting out of what used to be home but just doesn’t feel so much like that anymore with constant applications to the cities for more and more and more high-rise buildings when we don’t have the infrastructure because they’ve narrowed all the streets to allow for bike lanes. The world is a far cry from when I was a kid and everyone had respect for each other. I know I’m preaching to the choir for anyone older than I am. As much as I hate the idea of them moving away, I’m thrilled for them. They deserve it. I’m also a LOT jealous because I had my moment almost a year ago and had I reversed my wording in emails, I would already be living here (it’s the weekend, of course I’m at the trailer!).

I think, lastly, I just have to write an update on my hand… it’s still swollen every day. My rheumatologist appointment Monday was interesting. They rarely go by blood work because it takes so long for the markers to actually appear. Now, I knew that for the actual Rheumatoid marker but I wasn’t aware of that with the inflammation markers. Anyway, he said I don’t have Rheumatoid arthritis which was a relief because, lets face it, don’t I already have enough going on? But at the same time, he doesn’t know what is causing my hand to be swollen constantly. So he wants a series of pictures from the bad days when I have no knuckles and he’s going to see me again in nine months. He said if nothing Rheumatoid pops by then I’m not likely going to face that in my future! So a lot of good news but I still don’t know now!

Anyway, my friends and readers, it’s time for me to finally wrap this up! I will say that I don’t want it to go this long again and I hope to actually stick to that! I don’t want to keep carrying the guilty feeling of not writing on my writing blog! This is the most writing I’ve done since the Tales Out of Nursing came out which has now been a month! Too much going on and I think I’m also stuck. Maybe making my idea binder was as bad as I thought it was a good idea at the time. I don’t know. But I feel stuck!

I might just force myself to do a daily entry for two weeks like I’ve done before to see if I can maintain that just to get back into some writing again so stay tuned!