I have made the conscious decision to come off-line from all social media for a few months.
My time is far too limited now that we have Ned, our 14 week old Border Collie and he is much more demanding than me and The Husband realised he would be. I work full time - my writing does not yet bring in enough money for me to give up working in travel - and with the demands of running a household added into the equation, I feel as though I am teetering on the edge at the moment. This will be my last (therapeutic) blog entry for a couple of months also.
Having to keep up an on-line profile just doesn’t seem important at the moment and my time is better used elsewhere as I desperately cling to sanity. I am too highly strung and to be stressing about when I am going to find the time to update my author page or my blog, or that I haven’t tweeted for a few days isn't helping. I do hope that in a few months, when things have calmed down, I won’t have to start all over again. I trust I will keep my followers and friends just where they are and be able to pick up where I left off, especially my true and ‘real’ friends. Work chums – well, you still get to see me everyday, like it or not.
Just a quick update before I sign off – Malavita is still far too highly overpriced by Author House, so please continue to boycott this. I am hoping to either find a new publisher or self-publish via e-book and then you can all buy it if you haven’t done so already. I’m not sure what the legal implications are but, again, given time, I will find out and go from there.
Too Close to The Sun is still with a potential publisher which I am hoping to hear from soon. Otherwise, it will be self-publish e-book as well. I will make a decision in September and hope to have a Christmas best-seller with it!
Somewhere a Place is still a work in progress and I am lucky to be able to write 1000 words a week, a far cry from the 1000 words a day most writers aspire to.
My much-loved short stories have taken a back row in everything, I’m afraid. No more competition entries for the moment.
So there you have it. My sign off until at least September from all things on-line. I hope to see you all then.
