I'm Driven

Once I start working on Atticus, I can't stop. This afternoon I sat down after I got home from the grocery and didn't get up until after suppertime. Today I learned that I can make pages that are the same in each book, like Books Also By and Author Bio, what they call Master Pages. Those are in a separate place so I can go get them and slot them into each book in turn instead of having to type them over and over. I think I have the 3 novels of the Seaview Series done, so I uploaded Horizon but it took me three times to get the right document file and still four chapters didn't transfer. Don't know why but it pays to look at every page. I'm really having fun learning new stuff.

 

There was this squirrel on the suet nuggets this morning and it was at such an angle that I could see it was holding onto the Slinky instead of the crook or the feeder. Saw another squirrel on the ground later but no birds.

 

Today's flower is Crab Apple. It turned out alright, I think. I like the way I colored the leaves. I wish I had a darker maroon colored pencil but had to make do with a purple-y pinkish one.

 

My Zoom critique session didn't go like it should have this morning. We were just getting into our stride when my internet went out, so fortunately we could talk on our phones and look at the manuscripts just on our computers, not needing the internet. I finally ended up calling Spectrum and having them send a reset command that got me back online. I have absolutely no idea what happened, but I hope it's a one-time deal.

It got up to 70 degrees yesterday and today. Wildly unusual for March. It's supposed to be 40 tomorrow and colder on Wednesday which is more like it. Tomorrow morning I get to go have my oil changed. It's only about 5 months overdue but I don't drive enough to get to the mileage needed. Oh, and my left turn signal light bulb must be burned out because I get that fast clicking sound instead of the regular clicks. They'll fix that too. I need to pull out the Owner's Manual and read how to change the time in the car too. Can't forget.

--Barbara