Editing...

Just made it through another edit last night! Woohoo! I'm nearly there! I can't believe how much work this can be. Writing Book Two has been very different than Book One. First of all, I was trying to be published traditionally, and so the time just started drawing out. But once I figured out that I was going to self-publish, I was pretty much finished with the manuscript. It only needed the fine tuning. That is why I was able to punch the volumes out one month right after the other. 

But this has been different. I'm still creating. And creating is different than just editing. And the research involved can be very time consuming. And if its interesting, forget about getting it done fast! :) I just keep reading and learning and think, whoops! I gotta finish!

But I'm nearly there. I can feel it...kind of like breathing down the back of my neck. There's only certain times I like that...

Off I go! Trying to finish homeschooling for the day so I can have at it! Bring it on!

It's June!

I can't believe its already June! Holy Cow! Where has the time flown? 

Kids are out of school, all except my homeschooler, which we are behind since Devin's heart attack, etc., etc. So, the both of us are still in school. Ugh. I feel his pain--deeply! 

However, the good news is that there are only 18 more days until Pirate Bride is scheduled to be released. (Tentative release date is scheduled for June 20th!) Not sure if that will come true, for I'm still working on it and have yet to send it off to beta-readers and get their comments back. The cover is finished, but there are always formatting issues at the last minute. I'm getting pretty excited about showing it off. :D

So...here's to Summer 2014!

Enjoy!

Ellise

Homeschooling...

...is not all its cracked up to be...at least, on some days.  Let me clarify--

Here I sit at 6:48 p.m. with my darling boy, still fighting over math problems.  Secretly, I want to strangle him.  Is that bad?  Okay...it was a bad joke.  Needless to say, we've had a rough day.  Math has been, by far, the worst today.  He has hemmed and hawed and whined and complained so continually that I've wanted to just run screaming into the nearby field.  

Am I crazy yet?!  Absolutely.  Far gone.  

But then, there are the days where he smiles at me and hugs me and tells me he's so lucky to have a mom who will spend this kind of time with him, and he learns so quickly and patiently that I'm wishing today were that day.  *sigh*

But its not.  So, we must press on until we're finished.  I don't think there's anything more worthwhile than raising good children unto the Lord.  But I still hope I'm doing that while secretly desiring to beat him.  How can that be?  I don't know.  I just know that today is hard and that we have both been helped to survive this day.  

Feeling sheepish...

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11:32 p.m....
Okay.  Hours have gone by since my pity party above, and I'm fine.  Thank heaven!  We all need a break from time to time.  I know I certainly did.  And my poor grumpy boy...he certainly deserved a break after our tough school day.  So we went to my daughter's Youth Symphony concert tonight, and it was awesome!  So proud of them all!  What a spectacular display of beautiful music!  I truly enjoyed it, and it got us away from the drudgeries of life.  Thank heaven for small miracles!

Here's to blessings! :)

Ellise