It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like New Years....

I say that because suddenly everybody is realizing that the holidays are over and are either (a) heaving a sigh of relief; (b) staring in horror at their credit card statements; (c) down in the dumps because they're not going to get another day off as a holiday until WHEN?; or (d) down in the dumps because they're Christmassy types and now will have to wait a whole 'nother YEAR.

I'm not really all that big on holidays, so I'm just keepin' on keepin' on. It is scary how fast the time is going by though! The publishing industry grinds on like the wheels of God (slowly, but incredibly fine). But because time is flying by so fast I don't even mind.

The RT is out with our nomination. Cathy keeps thanking me for having the last name Adams, because it puts us right at the top of the list. We've also apparently had some impact on the sales because our rankings at B&N and Amazon are both doing well and we actually moved UP on the bookscan list. WHOO HOO! It's kind of hard to gather all of the sales information, it's so scattered to different sites, but we're doing well. Oh yeah!

Writing is going well. Reorganizing the office paid off. I just need to keep writing. When I don't, I lose my "edge" and have to get back in practice. There may be people who "you can do that any time" actually applies to. I'm not one of them. Consistency is a big thing for me. Also, writing is one of my big ways to de-stress. One of the reasons I've been feeling so out of control is that I haven't had access to that outlet.

This week the Agent is going to be chatting with the Editor about things like (a) sales, (b) future books, etc. Happy happy joy joy! Seriously, our agent is the absolute best! Thank you LKH, THANK YOU LKH. (Laurell introduced us to her agent, now OUR agent. It was one of the NICEST things, and an absolutely cool thing for her to do! And boy are we grateful!)

Anyway, things are moving forward. The personal life is taking a little longer to straighten out than I would like, but one thing at a time.

Good news -- I'm feeling a bit better too. My physical health is a little iffy a lot of the time (some ongoing bs that is not dangerous but seriously nuisancy) and right now I'm doing better again! Whoo hoo!

Well, I'd better get back to work. Lot's to do. No rest for the wicked, and all that jazz.

Cie