Santa spotted over Rio!
Watch the sleigh’s progress via Norad. He’s heading to North America!
Christmas Eve
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was quiet or still like a mouse
And I with my coffee and Pat with his mug
Wanted a minute to sit and be snug
But from one bedroom there arose such a clatter
I leaped up to see just what was the matter
A crayon was missing, it couldn’t be found
So we searched for it high and down on the ground
From the other bedroom the baby cried loud
With frustration as baby shoes wouldn’t be bowed
And we said to each other, “It’s noisy, it’s true
But not so long from now it’ll be just us two.”
So on with the screeches and fusses and noise
Of two very small people and all of their joys
(They’re as quick to cry as to giggle with mirth)
When they go off to bed there’ll be peace on earth
But until then it’s Christmas Eve, everyone here
May it be just exactly the same way next year.
Pre-holiday bits
1. Jordan Summer’s Bacchus has been nominated for an Ari (best cover art) from The Romance Studio! I hope it wins, it’s an amazing cover.
2. Windstorm expected to hit tomorrow. Hahahahaha. We’ll be prepped for it and I’m baking today so no matter what, Christmas dinner will not be in jeopardy.
3. I asked PBW for tips on writing through hurricanes. Our year in weather is one event after another and I wrote through all of them…until we got to the repeated power outages and gale force and hurricane force winds. At which point I slowed way, way down. Thanks to her tip, I will be using sound-muffling headphones because the noise of a high wind is just too distracting. (LOUD. I can’t shut it out to concentrate.)
4. NJ sent me The Return of Patrick O’Rourke, which I have been waiting and waiting and waiting to read, huzzah! It’ll be available Dec. 26.
‘Twas the Friday before Christmas
I hope everybody is off to enjoy a lovely holiday weekend with friends and family. Here at the Teglia Household, DSL is arriving (and there was much rejoicing) and the husband has been holding off for that blessed event before doing all the site updates. Much easier than trying to do it on dial-up. So I’ll be updated for Christmas.
I’m re-reading Lawrence Block (Writing the Novel) and it’s so full of good reminders. He’s full of very practical advice that I find myself coming back to again and again. If I ever meet Lawrence Block in person I will have to thank him for all the help he’s given me.
Writing The Novel and Telling Lies For Fun and Profit are two of the books on the top of my writer’s bookshelf because they are so useful. They were useful to me 12 years ago when I set out to write my first novel and they’re still useful to me now. It says a lot that these books are helpful across so many stages of the writing journey.
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