A Respite and Giving Thanks: A Summary in Sound Bites

The week I spend in Raleigh notwithstanding, these last few days have been the most time off I've taken off in many, many years, very rejuvenating and productive.

So after a very long Wednesday work day that extended into my regularly scheduled bedtime before I was finished, here's how I spent the past few days:

Thanksgiving Day: Divine Liturgy, fiction writing, power walk, traditional dinner (poor boys, kettle chips,pumpkin pie), Monopoly marathon with my family

Black Friday: Power walk, lunch with a friend, fiction writing, practicing my open mic piece for Thursday, working on a marketing plan, finished the Monopoly marathon with my family

Small Business Saturday: Power walk, picked out new glasses, fiction writing, work (just a couple hours in the evening, didn't quite get it all done on Wednesday)

Sunday: Divine Liturgy, work, dinner with friends, power walk, work that was interrupted by someone needing to talk

And back to work today. I'm ready to tackle the week and eager to return to the job I love so much.

Still, I long for one more day...

Surprise! Some Fiction Accomplished, After All

We missed church yesterday due to lack of transportion, which opened up the day in a way that was not wholly pleasant to me, as Divine Liturgy, the reception of the sacraments, standing in a holy place, and fellowship with people with hearts of gold feed me in a way that is impossible to adequately describe.

Still, I used that time to (somewhat) catch up on editing features briefs, finish chapter seven with the exception of two scenes, and outline chapter eight so I can spend my walk time this week mentally working out scenes - as opposed to waiting for my muse to get with the program come Friday night.

Oh, yeah, and I even took a two-hour nap.

During this time, Sarah kept texting me with page numbers. I could only assume she was working on Staked! formatting, although any pointed questions only had the response of either another number or "taking notes." Eventually, she quit responding.

I'm behind an entire week of posting story links for The Herald-News (the writing and editing I do when I'm not hanging around nineteenth century vampires), which I'm hoping to add Wednesday.

I hear a set of headphones and a walk calling my name. Have a great day, vampire fans! :)