Kitty, can I join you?

Occasionally I get to join my kitty in a sunbeam bath. Usually not because I'm working on something and a lot of times the work is to make money because as I constantly remind the kitty, cat food doesn't grow on trees. That's an old expression that my granny used to use and I love it. Work=money=food. Gotta work to eat. Unless you're a cat and can sweet-talk your human servant into providing for your every need. 

I AM working diligently on my cozy fantasy book. I wanted to be at 20,000 words by the end of March but will have to settle for 17,137. It's enjoyable but the writing's moving slower than I want. Why? Could it be because the Day Job has been balls-to-the-walls busy? Yep, that's the biggest reason and not like I'm complaining about being busy with the day job but it sure sucks away my energy that I'd like to put toward doing The Writing Thing. January and part of February were slow at the day job but then suddenly, whoosh! It's like someone left a barn door open. (another granny saying) It's been busy! 

There's also a wee bit of depression nibbling at my brain. After sending sooooo many queries I can't help being discouraged. I'm only sending out a few now and still haven't given up but whenever I work on querying, I feel like I'm wasting valuable writing time. 

But I'll get a burst of writer energy soon at the Florida Star Fiction Writers' event. It's always good to attend workshops and be around my booky peeps and this year I'm pitching to two agents. Live. *gulp* It's been a while since I've done that so fingers crossed that it goes well. At our Evening with the Stars event I'll be in charge of selling the Holiday Hijinks anthology we put together last year so that will be a fun way to meet readers and mingle and remember that I accomplished something and got it out in the world in 2025.

Mingling is fun! Until my social-butterfly/introvert self gets overwhelmed, and that's why I'm spending the big bucks for my own hotel room. My fellow introverts with a touch of social-butterfly - you get it. We love being around people and get a buzz off the happy energy but when it gets too much we desperately need a quiet corner to regroup. (I'm an expert at finding quiet corners ;-)

Anywho, it's been busy. That's no excuse for not doing The Writing Thing but a woman's got to know her limitations and I'm trying to respect my mental and physical health and not drive myself crazy. Speaking of which, it's hot Epsom salt bath time! Almost as good as curling up in a sunbeam with a cat. Almost.

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And also, I'm having fun doing stuff like being on the crew at a hot air balloon event. But this is book research, right?

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