Mid-month status

Just throwing out (or up) all the stuff I've been working on (in no particular oder):

1. Novel final edits: what I had hoped to have done by November 1st is still taking place. I'm around 60% done. If the family ever mends, I'll plow through the rest and upload to Lulu.
2. Map for novel: Starting to shape up. I've got a few more mountains to do, and then rivers, forests, cities, and roads.
3. The Nanomonkeys Podcast - I've done most of what I need to do for this. I've got a mid-month update sound file to edit and send to Chris Miller today. I had wanted to do interviews with the nano participants I interviewed at the beginning of the month, but it ain't gonna happen.
4. NaNoWriMo - behind in my word count, but happy with what I've done so far. While the novel is a murder mystery set in a fantasy world, this is a ghost story set in that same world.
5. Podcast short story - I have a short story that will be podcast soon on a popular podcast. I have a guest voice that will appear on the story that is going to make this even better! I can't wait to get it done and share what this is all about... soon.
6. Tag in the Seam - I did a promo for Leann Mabry with the Tag in the Seam podcast. I'll point a link to it once it starts getting played.
7. My T-minus podcasts - As soon as I'm done with #1, I'll be doing three or four "T-Minus" podcasts leading up to the start of the Murder at Avedon Hill podcast novel. More on this soon.

Once the crud leaves our family alone, I'll be very happy. BELIEVE me.

Halloween Halloween Trick or Treat...

I usually don't post too many family pics on my blog, but it's Halloween and it was a fun day.



Gosh I hate Dora. Halloween song is still stuck in my head.

Here are pics from the day. I have loverly children. I'm biased though.

This is Samantha, 4, Cinderella through and through.











This would be Alex, 9 1/2 months old. She was going to be a Virginia Cavalier cheerleader, but we opted for the bunny. Hopefully the cheerleader outfit will still fit her next year.







We met Riley while we were out. Riley is in Sam's pre-school class, and we had no idea she lived just a few blocks away from us. Happy times were had by the kiddies.







This is what makes life worth living, in case you didn't know...

Family not Spared...

Samantha finally got the bug. She's starting to feel better today (after two car seat incidents we don't have to go into here). Alexis has not gotten it; hopefully the drugs she's been taking for her first respiratory infection will keep this out of her.

Accordingly, I haven't been meeting my writing quotas this past week. I have been able to spend some time going through my hard copy, continuing my line edits. I'm up to page 200 (out of 310). The goal is to finish the first draft by the end of the week, and then go through my line edits (of course I've said this several times before). While I'm doing that I'll be adding the new scenes I've mentioned before.

Current word count 137,637

Stomach Viruses Suck!

I caught a 24 hour stomach bug that made me do something I haven't done in several years... something I'm sure you can figure out for yourselves without me having to describe it. Then the wife got it yesterday, and it still has her feeling less than 100% and it's been 48 hours for her.

We're just hoping the kids don't get it. It sucks.