Happy New Year Darling Readers, I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year's. The Averie Household continues to be busy. I'm still working on getting Immortal Love ready to turn into my publisher (although, getting closer--thank goodness!) Christmas was nice. We went to Church for the vigil on Christmas Eve, and enjoyed the rest of the evening as a family. The next day presents were opened and we headed for my parents' house for more presents and Christmas dinner. My father made gluten free chocolate chip cookies and a gluten free apple pie (thank you, dad!) which were both really good. The ham was awesome, too (I can't eat turkey, I'm allergic to it, so Dad had turkey and ham--yes, he loves me!) We hung out with some friends of my folks and family members. The next day (Friday), one of my brothers made it into town and we saw them Saturday for dinner. Sunday we relaxed at home. This week has been mostly hanging out at home, but bu...

Happy 2013 Everyone! Welcome back! New year, fresh start, and all that fun jazz.  Kleenex for all the runny/ sniffly noses!  I hope that so far 2013 is treating you right, although I understand a few folks out there have been fighting off icky illness stuff, and my thoughts and prayers are with them. Offspring has sinus infection, so I feel your pain. I've had allergies (again), but I'm doing all right otherwise (thank you, God!) My Holidays are not over, yet. The Christmas Season ends on Epiphany, so my decorations are staying up through January 6th. I know some folks go back to work or have their teen aged able-bodied children help them take stuff down while they're at home, but in general , I beg of you, please leave those decorations up through January 6th, if you possibly can! We rush through things at such a great rate these days, taking time to be grateful and to count our blessings is important. As a Christian, it's a good reminder to me that ...

Happy New Year & Happy Monday Everyone! Hope everyone has a safe, wonderful, and blessed new year! 2012 has started off pretty well for me so far. I'm feeling much better (thank you to everyone for the well wishes and support). I finished reading a couple of books that I plan on talking about on here this week. As I'm entering the 3rd year of working on this blog, I'd like your feedback. Not counting giveaways (because I think we all look forward to those), what posts on here do you like the best?  Please let me know in the comment section of this post. Have A Marvelous Monday!

Happy Friday All, My counter in the margins says it's 12 hours and less than 30 minutes until the new year. Wow, hard to believe 2011 is already just hours away. It seems like once I hit adulthood time started going faster, when in reality it was the same amount of time, just felt differently. I can remember approaching the 2000 finding it totally mind blowing that we were entering the 21st century. Now I'm sitting her going "I never even contemplated 2011." (Anyone else feel this way?) I hope all of you have a blessed, safe, and wonderful New Year's. Every year has brought different good  (and sometimes not-so-good) things. Here's to finding out what 2011 brings (hopefully more good than bad). What's your plans for the new year? Happy New Year one and all :-) Have A Fantastic Friday!

Happy Thursday All, I didn't post on Wednesday. We had stormy weather and I had other things to do, so I had to skip Wednesday. New Year's is just around the corner and a lot of people make Resolutions. I don't. However, I do know there are a few things I can keep doing in the new year. Keep writing and growing as an author. Keep working on my manuscripts and story ideas. Keep working at putting myself out there. So, what about you? Do you make New Year's Resolutions? If so, do you mind sharing them? Have A Thoughtful Thursday!

Happy Tuesday All, The week before Christmas and all through the house, there isn't any stirring, fortunately not even a mouse. The stockings aren't hung because we have no hooks, but it doesn't matter, Santa is not one for whom we look (we celebrate St. Nicholas Day instead), the presents are bought and almost all ready, the days are progressing at a rate that is steady. The writing keeps going, it's something that must. I'm taking this time to wish you a Christmas with the fun kind of fuss. The New Year will come on the week after, filled with joy, prayers, and lots of laughter. I hope you have a wonderful Holiday, and may God bring you blessings, books, and happily-ever-afters. (Disclaimer:  Even if you don't believe in God, I still wish you blessings, books and happily-ever-afters). Have A Tinsel-Filled Tuesday!

Happy Monday All, Just 5 more days until Christmas. Can you believe it? If you're in denial about how close it is, I'd recommend not looking at the countdown in the margin of this blog. LOL This time of year, with New Year's the week after Christmas, it's been a "look back on the year" season for a lot of things--everything from the Internet to television.   For me, the previous year had it's bright spots, but it also had its rough spots.   Two of my uncles died, as well as two friends. One of the friends that died was someone I graduated high school with and I'm still in shock about it. It's hard to imagine such a thing happening.   On the bright side, I managed to finish editing (and start the query process on) a manuscript. As well as go into a pitch session for the first time, which is even more further along than I was a year ago. I like the idea of progressing forward--learning and growing and improving.   There was also a birth o...

Happy Monday All, I just looked my calendar and realized counting this week, 3 weeks left of 2010. Weird, huh? I think this year went by faster than I expected. I'm plotting some of the things for the blog for next year. Already have one author in mind to ask for an email interview, and 3 others I'd love to ask. (One I already have asked, but I think either my email got lost or she was very busy and didn't get to it). (By the way, don't hesitate to comment or email me if there's some author you're really hoping I'd look into asking for an interview!) I'm also planning to get query letters for a manuscript started out very soon (hopefully THIS week--gotta do a couple of things first). So positive thoughts/prayers/crossing fingers all of that is much appreciated. I haven't made any New Year's Resolutions for 2011, but I think some of them are a lot of the same of what I'd say for this year. Work on writing, work on improving the craft ...