Thanks for being patient with the blog-schedule adjustment! This will be the new time: 9:00 CST on Tuesdays. Let’s make it a date.

So, I’m not going to lie. Marketing a first book, and a self-published first book at that, is hard. I think I’ve exhausted my friends & family audience, and now I’m working to get it out in front of other people. So, I’m thinking of creating a Wikipedia page for myself. Which seems completely and totally arrogant. So I’m working on getting over that.

I am also selling my triathlon bike. My last race was either in 2011, and that race was also the last time I rode the bike. I intended to do a race in 2012, but I sprained my ankle (surprise, surprise) and I actually had it serviced last year, fully intending to start racing again, and then we moved. I sprained my ankle again last week and realized, not only do I not have a desire to race anymore, but I physically can’t. You’d think it would be the running, but it’s actually the swimming that hurts my ankle the most. Swimming continues to hurt and cause swelling for months after each sprain for months after the injury, and I’ve finally decided to let someone else ride the bike. It’s so awesome. Plus, if I sell it, I have a better chance of talking Chris into letting me get a road bike 🙂

This week is week number two of my three weeks of nearly-full time writing. Lily and Austin are both in school until 2pm, so I have from 9:30-1:30 each day all to myself to write. I’m working diligently on the sequel to Stealing the Ruby Slippers and also creating a final draft of Home. It’s been awesome, and I can’t wait for the fall when they’re both in school and I can do this all the time.

Speaking of…time to go write. See you next week.