Busy Summer

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I haven’t been blogging much because we’ve been so crazy busy this past month and a half. I was really stressed out (and not sleeping well) in June thinking about all that we had to do, but now many of our trips and projects are done, and the quiet of August will soon be upon us. Summer plans and projects:

1. Finish book – check
2. Weekend at RR with Martin’s family – check
3. Write query letter – check
4. Camping trip to Butano – check
5. Court case – check
6. Moms’ group Fourth of July camping trip – check
7. Send query letter to three agents – check
8. Convert office to baby room – check
9. Book review – almost done
10. Get Martin’s Barracuda out of the garage and running – check
11. Start conversion of garage to office – working on it
12. Gardening – not going to happen
13. Get Shea’s 18-month photo taken – check
14. Finally print Shea’s one-year photos – check
15. Make Shea’s first year and our wedding photo albums – working on them
16. Redesign website – working on it
17. Start new blog – almost ready
18. Camping trip to Tahoe – coming up at the end of the month
19. Start next book – not ready for that yet

I finally erased most of my To-Do list and put everything on little project cards because it was making me crazy to constantly look at this never-ending list. Now I can just go pick a card when I finish one project and am ready to start another (although, really I’m working on several at once.) I’m totally exhausted and have caught two colds in the past three weeks – the first all year – but I’m also really happy to get this stuff done before the baby is born. And in August I plan to take a few days to rest before the sleepless nights begin.

The pregnancy has been fine. We hiked a bunch over the Fourth, and I felt fine. I need naps many days, but otherwise all is going as planned. Today I’m 33 weeks, so just seven left! (More likely eight since Shea was 10 days late, but who knows.)

The agent search is a bit nerve wracking. I’ve had people in my writers’ group send me critiques on my query letter after I already sent it out – marking it up full of red ink – so now I’m doubting whether it was ready to go, but I do have one agent who wants to read it and to whom I’m mailing a copy today. If I don’t hear from the others within a few weeks, I’ll probably revise my query before sending it out again.

I’ve begun working on my “author platform,” and what a lot of work! I am setting up my new blog, set up a new Twitter account, joining websites, etc. More on all that in time.

All I want to do is sleep today, but I have a book review due Friday and today is my last work day, so I need to get it in gear. Hope everyone is having a more relaxing summer than I am!

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