My Eyes Hurt

I spent so many hours making corrections to chapters I narrated in my new John Lee Quarrels book the last two days that my eyes hurt. But I got most of the chapters done and gave them to Terry to edit and proofread. Once she was done with that, I made her corrections and then sent them to Judy to go over. I got them back from her late last night. I will make her corrections this morning and send them on to Roberta, proofreader number three.

Somebody said that I had four new books out by this time last year and this will only be my second for 2022, and wanted to know why I was being so slow. I had to laugh because I know authors who work two or three years to get one book out. And while I put out six books in one year when we were staying home so much due to Covid, and normally do four books a year, I won’t apologize for slowing down a bit.

That takes a lot of work and time. We enjoyed taking an extended trip out west this year to see family and promote my books. We may even make a shorter trip before the year ends. I’ll be 70 in a few weeks, and Terry hit that magic number in June. While I love what I do and still have a lot of books I want to write, I want to get some living in, too, while we are still healthy enough to do so.

But I promise to get the next Big Lake book out this fall and maybe even another Tinder Street book by Christmas. If not, it will be out sometime after the holidays.

And finally, here’s a chuckle to start your day from the collection of funny signs we see in our travels and that our readers share with us.

Be sure to enter our latest Free Drawing. This week’s prize is an audiobook of Crazy Days In Big Lake, the third book in my Big Lake mystery series. Everybody seems to have gone crazy in the little mountain community. Neighbors are threatening violence, eco-protestors are on the march, flower children are camping in the nearby forest, two of Sheriff Jim Weber’s deputies have gotten into a fistfight in the ButterCup Café, the grocery store manager has locked himself in his office and won’t come out, bears are chasing dogs into houses, and somebody has stolen the town’s mascot. As if that isn’t enough to deal with, a mild-mannered retired couple have shot an intruder during a home invasion. By the time this wild tale is finished, more blood will be shed and the good people of Big Lake will be left wondering just how well they really know their neighbors.

To enter, click on this Free Drawing link or the tab at the top of this page and enter your name (first and last) in the comments section at the bottom of that page (not this one). Only one entry per person per drawing please, and you must enter with your real name. To prevent spam or multiple entries, the names of cartoon or movie characters are not allowed. The winner will be drawn Sunday evening. Note: Due to the high shipping cost of printed books and Amazon restrictions on e-books and audiobooks to foreign countries, only entries with US addresses and e-mail addresses are allowed.

Thought For The Day – If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.