Shiny

I looked at the tree in the back and saw that the branches were shining in the sunlight. Evidently the ice from yesterday didn't melt off like I thought it had. I tried taking a picture but it didn't turn out. Then I noticed that the tree across the street was shining too so I tried that one. It worked a little better. You can see the ice on the tips of the branches and twigs. My writing friend, JB, got better pictures of the trees on her street and posted them on Facebook.

 

How come all the birds fly away when I pick up the camera? There were six birds in the yard--two House Finches, two Goldfinches, a Mourning Dove, and a Sparrow. I picked up the camera, looked, and they were gone. Then this lone Sparrow showed up and crouched in the shade of the feeder so I had to adjust the brightness to get it to show up even this much.

 

The flower today was Prunus Kanzan, a flowering cherry tree. It's okay, not great. I don't mind the open flowers too much and the buds are okay, but the leaves, meh. Can you tell I just wasn't in the mood?

 

I finally found out today how much royalties I earned from the Freebie Friday promo. I'm not telling the amount, let's just say it's a lot more than I thought it'd be. Now if only they had a similar promo for eBooks I'd be all over it in a heartbeat.

On Facebook this morning I saw an ad for the Lakefly Book Fair in Oshkosh in May and suggested to GBB that we think about doing it. She thought about it for a few hours and said yes. When I read her email, I went on the site and registered right away because there were only 8 slots left. Whew. Just made it. They provide tables, chairs, and table coverings so we don't have to haul any of that stuff along which is a blessing. That way we can car pool because Oshkosh is about an hour south of Green Bay so it doesn't make sense for us both to drive.

I spent a lot of today working my way through The Seaview, chapter by chapter, letting ProWritingAid point out the typos and missing commas, and then copying and pasting it over to Atticus until my eyes got tired. I'm almost halfway through. 

This evening I watched a webinar about character emotions. It was pretty interesting and gave me some things to think about when I'm writing.

--Barbara