The goings-on lately:
- We had family in town for two days including a brand new, very tiny niece. I am proud to say she nearly fell asleep in my arms and was (overwhelmingly) adored by all of my kids.
- A nephew was also born very recently, premature, but he is doing very well and I can’t wait to meet him too!
- Yet another nephew is set to make his debut several months from now!
- In case you were wondering, yes, I do have a big family.
- I got a real live advanced review on goodreads. And it was such a good and thoughtful one! From someone who doesn’t know me at all!!!!! I think it’s possible I would have been nearly (but not completely) as happy if it were a less glowing review, because just having a review is so, so cool!
- All but one of they physical Advanced Reader Copies I sent out have reached their destined reader, so that too is very exciting.
- We are about to head into a long, slog of a month due to work schedule, and I am NOT excited about that. But it must be endured, hopefully with a modicum of grace and maybe even a little patience.
- I am still mucking about with the first 10,000 words of Book 3, The Great Re-Write, because I am trying to examine the tone and purpose of those beginning chapters.
- I got the feedback for book 2 from my dear friend who has read essentially all versions of all my manuscripts and has never failed to do far better by me than I deserve. I have one other person reading it, and once they give me the feedback, I’ll pause on book 3 re-write and set right to getting book 2 into publishing shape. I am very excited. It’s got all my favorite things in it.
- I nearly halved the mountain of clean laundry between yesterday and today. I must go forth and make a few more dents in the pile.
That’s all for today!
J. L. Odom 