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Lost in the mail
Can you believe it! My proof was lost in the mail! I wonder if it was delivered to the wrong address, and the recipient has not even looked at the package yet. After all, I'm sure there are many people who only open their mail once a month or so. -or- It may have fallen off a conveyor belt in the post office, and it is gathering dust behind all the noisy machines. But since my book is a friendly book, so I'm sure it will be making friends with all the other lost packages that have fallen behind the machinery throughout the years. -or- Aliens from Jupiter had read the first book, and just couldn't wait to read the next one! Naughty aliens! Labels: Behold the Eye, Cerulea, publishing
Impatience
I should have known! Today is Sunday, and the proof copy of Cerulea isn't here yet. Doesn't it seem that the more something is anticipated, the longer it takes to arrive? Like...like...Christmas, or a loved one who has been away, or maybe a vacation. You wait, and wait, and wait and it seems that you have to keep waiting FOREVER. Things that are dreaded, well, there is no slowing down how fast they come! A test, morning after a long night, and Monday appear magically. Blink your eyes, and there it is! Labels: Behold the Eye, Cerulea, life, publishing
Five days
Five days! That is all I have to wait until I have the Cerulea in my hands! The proof has been printed and is on the way. The feelings I am experiencing are just like those I had with the "birth" of Braumaru. Anxiety, excitement, fear, joy, etc. Yes, yes, yes. I know that publishing a book is not the same as giving birth to a baby. I do have 4 children after all! I have experienced the joys and pains of childbirth. But still, there are some similarities.... Labels: Behold the Eye, Cerulea, publishing
Schnoodle
After years of listening to begging, pleading, and cajoling, my husband and I have caved. We now have a Schnoodle. Not that it was particularly a Schnoodle that our kids were asking for, a Schnoodle is just the particular breed we chose. What is a Schnoodle, you may ask? It is the cutest puppy in the world. Part Schnauzer, and part Poodle. She is 9 weeks old, soft, friendly, and cute. We have had her 3 1/2 hours, and we have already taken her outside 3 times. So far, so good! I hope we're not in over our heads! Labels: family, life
Plastic monster, myth or reality
Plastic. Everywhere I look there is plastic. Plastic bottles, plastic table cloths, plastic plates, plastic chairs, plastic spoons, plastic forks, plastic tables, plastic shoes, and on and on and on. I wonder if the inventor of plastic ever imagined what a monster he/she was creating. Plastic seems harmless enough. It's easy to clean, resists breaking, is light-weight, and can be make into any shape desired. And oh, it can last virtually forever. Which is the biggest problem of plastic. It seems that creating things out of material that lasts forever may not be such a good idea after all. But when it comes to environmental lore, how do we separate fact from fiction? Which stories are true, and which have been constructed to push an agenda forward. Take for example the following story about the world's dependence on plastic: Somewhere out there, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, there is a place where the water swirling clockwise meets water swirling counterclockwise, and a vortex is formed. This vortex has acted as a natural vacuum cleaner for the ocean, pulling in bits and pieces of plastic to this one location. The accumulation is said to cover an area the size of Texas. My first thought is: Texas! Couldn't it at least be a smaller state, like Rhode Island, or maybe Connecticut? And who, pray tell, is going to take on the gargantuan task of emptying the trash out of the vacuum? I can just hear the echoes across the world of "It's not my mess". But then I begin to analyze. Who says this plastic Texas exists? Do they have an agenda they are trying to push? Has any reasonably unbiased group studied this? So now I am reserving judgement. The report comes from a group that is not known for being unbiased. This doesn't necessarily mean that the story is untrue, it just means that I cannot yet accept it as fact. Labels: life, myth or reality, world
Image of second book
 Cerulea only needs a few finishing touches and it will go to the printers. I am so excited. I can't wait to get the proof in my hands! Here is a preview of what the front cover will look like. Labels: Behold the Eye, book cover, Cerulea, publishing
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