Well, the book didn’t get to the editor today. I ended up working thirteen hours and then it started snowing. I just didn’t want to do anything after that. So, it looks like it is going to be tomorrow or the next day depending on the weather. All of the schools are closed tomorrow and we’re supposed to get several more inches overnight. It’s also supposed to be minus ten degrees tonight and including the wind chill, it’ll be like minus thirty. Yeah, I get to work in it. (That was sarcasm by the way. It’s going to be a miserable night.)
Well, our heater blew out today. Yep, it planned it for the weather. So, it was freezing upstairs all day. When my wife got home, she took the girls out to buy a new one. It’s much nicer than the one we had. She didn’t tell me how much it was, but she got it on the target card, so it was five percent off.
My granddaughter didn’t get to come over today. There was too much snow and we didn’t want to have to worry about getting her home and it was too cold up there for her without the heater. But, I think I’m going to get a new picture of her with me to put on the book when it gets finished. I had two different ones when I started so that her as a baby with me was on two or three of the books. Then, her as a one or two year old was on about four or five of them. Then, the one I have on my Facebook page as the rest. But, I had to redo the covers to add a price to them so a local store would carry them and when I redid them, I had to upload a new author picture. I didn’t have the others with me at the time, so I put the Facebook one on all of them. But, I think it’s time for a new picture.
I’m anxious to get started on the next one, but I need to make a synopsis, a cover letter, a query letter, and look up SCI/FI mystery agents and a whole bunch of other stuff. So, this week I’m going to be busy doing that. I’ll let you know when I start the next one. I hope I can get this other stuff done quickly so I can get started.
I think I’m going with an all girl playlist tonight. I heard a Til Tuesday song and it just got me in the mood. So, I’m putting in some Cindy Lauper, Patty Smyth, Janis Joplin, the Go Gos, Bananarama, and Heart.
-Thom
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Jan 27
American Idol messed me up today. I was sitting on the sofa watching and my wife was on the computer on the other side of the room. The last contestant of the day came on and she was accepted to Hollywood. The judges told her to bring her family out and had her sing a song with them there watching. So, she has to say that she was going to sing her parents song. My wife heard that and immediately said that our kids could never do something like that because we don’t have a song. I didn’t say anything, because I didn’t want to get in the doghouse. Then, later on, as I was getting ready for work, Two and a half men came on. Their song that goes men men men manly men came on. Well, either we watch that show too much or my granddaughter just likes the words because they’re easy. But, she always sings it. She even does the wooo hooo hooos at the end. So, my wife informs me that even out granddaughter who is only three has her own song and we don’t. I don’t know what I’m going to do, but I have to come up with a song now or I might never hear the end of it.
Cutie Pie, Baby Pie is officially done and I am starting the re-read today. I don’t think there should be any major changes I have to make. There will undoubtedly be some spelling issues. And, there are two places that I know I have to add something. But, by Monday it should be ready to go to the editor. It’s a sci/fi mystery. It’s not what I usually do, but it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. Like I said yesterday, I’ll put up a link and a picture of it on Facebook when it is ready.
My job decided to have a mandatory meeting on Sunday the 14th. In the memo they passed down, it said that everyone must show up in business casual dress. It also said that there would be disciplinary action against everyone that didn’t show up or didn’t dress appropriately. I don’t know what that’s about. I wonder what they’re going to do when I show up in shorts and a t-shirt. Sunday is my day off (If we stop working 7 days a week) and I like to be comfortable on my day off.
I’m putting some Men at Work, Pretenders, Genesis, and the Monkeys in the playlist tonight for background music and it’s time to get started.
-Thom
Cutie Pie, Baby Pie is officially done and I am starting the re-read today. I don’t think there should be any major changes I have to make. There will undoubtedly be some spelling issues. And, there are two places that I know I have to add something. But, by Monday it should be ready to go to the editor. It’s a sci/fi mystery. It’s not what I usually do, but it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. Like I said yesterday, I’ll put up a link and a picture of it on Facebook when it is ready.
My job decided to have a mandatory meeting on Sunday the 14th. In the memo they passed down, it said that everyone must show up in business casual dress. It also said that there would be disciplinary action against everyone that didn’t show up or didn’t dress appropriately. I don’t know what that’s about. I wonder what they’re going to do when I show up in shorts and a t-shirt. Sunday is my day off (If we stop working 7 days a week) and I like to be comfortable on my day off.
I’m putting some Men at Work, Pretenders, Genesis, and the Monkeys in the playlist tonight for background music and it’s time to get started.
-Thom
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Jan 26
Today’s the day. I’m finishing Cutie Pie, Baby Pie today. I’ll re-read it to make sure there aren’t any problems over the rest of the week and send it off to the Editor on Monday. Then, I’ll send it out for rejection after that. It shouldn’t take more than about two months to be rejected. But, my New Year’s resolution was to try harder to get it sold. So, I might have to send it off to more than the usual two or three places. So, it might take longer than the end of March before I put it up on Createspace and Smashwords. That’ll give me plenty of time to get the cover picture done. When it’s ready, I’ll post a picture of it on Facebook.
After I get all through with all of the boring stuff involved with sending my book out, I’m going to start the next one. It’s called My Private Dance. It’s totally not what I usually write and I have no idea what it’s going to look like. But, it’s itching to come out and I just want to get it over with. After that everything goes back to normal and I’ll begin the River of Magic. In fact, I might even start doing a little of each just so I can have some sanity. After the River of Magic comes Sabertooth and then I’ve been playing around with the idea of putting out a sequel to the Great Detective. I don’t know if that’s going to fit in there or if I’ll start South Tegner, the third book in the K-bar series. That’s a long way off, so we’ll see how it goes and what’s pushing its way out of my head at the time.
The kids are doing ok. My daughter cracked the screen of her new laptop she got for Christmas and her phone was stolen at school. The phone we couldn’t do anything about, because it was stolen. But, we couldn’t get insurance on it from the phone company so we can’t replace it. I’ve been wondering about the laptop, however. Usually you can return things in thirty days. Christmas was only thirty one days ago. Tomorrow it will be thirty two. I wonder if they would still return it. I could tell them that she didn’t open it until a few days after Christmas. I could say she was out of town. But, they would probably go by the purchase date. Oh, well, I guess I’ll have to take it in to a shop. Or, I could just buy the glass and take it apart myself. We’ll see how that goes too.
Well, I’m kind of anxious to finish that last chapter, so I’m going to put some Chicago, Styx, Boston, and REO in the playlist for background listening and get started.
-Thom
After I get all through with all of the boring stuff involved with sending my book out, I’m going to start the next one. It’s called My Private Dance. It’s totally not what I usually write and I have no idea what it’s going to look like. But, it’s itching to come out and I just want to get it over with. After that everything goes back to normal and I’ll begin the River of Magic. In fact, I might even start doing a little of each just so I can have some sanity. After the River of Magic comes Sabertooth and then I’ve been playing around with the idea of putting out a sequel to the Great Detective. I don’t know if that’s going to fit in there or if I’ll start South Tegner, the third book in the K-bar series. That’s a long way off, so we’ll see how it goes and what’s pushing its way out of my head at the time.
The kids are doing ok. My daughter cracked the screen of her new laptop she got for Christmas and her phone was stolen at school. The phone we couldn’t do anything about, because it was stolen. But, we couldn’t get insurance on it from the phone company so we can’t replace it. I’ve been wondering about the laptop, however. Usually you can return things in thirty days. Christmas was only thirty one days ago. Tomorrow it will be thirty two. I wonder if they would still return it. I could tell them that she didn’t open it until a few days after Christmas. I could say she was out of town. But, they would probably go by the purchase date. Oh, well, I guess I’ll have to take it in to a shop. Or, I could just buy the glass and take it apart myself. We’ll see how that goes too.
Well, I’m kind of anxious to finish that last chapter, so I’m going to put some Chicago, Styx, Boston, and REO in the playlist for background listening and get started.
-Thom
Monday, January 24, 2011
Jan 24
You know it’s going to be a bad day when you wake up and you are already in trouble. I still don’t know what I did while I was sleeping, but I’m going to have to kiss a lot of you know what to get out of the doghouse.
I usually take my granddaughter home as I’m going to work. Tonight, she didn’t want to go. She was having too much fun playing with her cousins. So, when I got downstairs, she didn’t have her shoes or jacket on. My eldest daughter had the rest of her things together, but she wouldn’t let her put on the rest of her clothes. So, I took hold of her foot and tried to put her shoe on. I didn’t do it meanly or roughly, but she started crying. She knew she was going to have to go home. So, as soon as I got her dressed, she didn’t want to talk to me. I was being the mean grandpa that was making her go. So, she latched on to my daughter and would only go if she took her. Tricking her, my daughter brought her out to the car and strapped her in. After she got out of the car, my granddaughter started crying. I tried to calm her down for three songs on the radio, but she just wouldn’t forgive us. So, I implemented the old grandpa standby. I told her if she stopped crying I would stop at the store and get her some chocolate. It was amazing how quickly she stopped crying. (I’m such a bad grandpa) But, while I was at the store, I picked up some M&Ms for me so it all worked out.
I didn’t play as much Farmville as I thought yesterday and I got a lot of work done. I’m starting chapter 80 today. I’m still positive that it will be done by the end of the week. So, to meet my deadline, I better get busy. I’m putting Pink Floyd, Ozzy, and Dio in the playlist tonight for background music.
-Thom
I usually take my granddaughter home as I’m going to work. Tonight, she didn’t want to go. She was having too much fun playing with her cousins. So, when I got downstairs, she didn’t have her shoes or jacket on. My eldest daughter had the rest of her things together, but she wouldn’t let her put on the rest of her clothes. So, I took hold of her foot and tried to put her shoe on. I didn’t do it meanly or roughly, but she started crying. She knew she was going to have to go home. So, as soon as I got her dressed, she didn’t want to talk to me. I was being the mean grandpa that was making her go. So, she latched on to my daughter and would only go if she took her. Tricking her, my daughter brought her out to the car and strapped her in. After she got out of the car, my granddaughter started crying. I tried to calm her down for three songs on the radio, but she just wouldn’t forgive us. So, I implemented the old grandpa standby. I told her if she stopped crying I would stop at the store and get her some chocolate. It was amazing how quickly she stopped crying. (I’m such a bad grandpa) But, while I was at the store, I picked up some M&Ms for me so it all worked out.
I didn’t play as much Farmville as I thought yesterday and I got a lot of work done. I’m starting chapter 80 today. I’m still positive that it will be done by the end of the week. So, to meet my deadline, I better get busy. I’m putting Pink Floyd, Ozzy, and Dio in the playlist tonight for background music.
-Thom
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Jan 23
Well, I’m one for one today in football. And, since I picked the Jets to win the Super Bowl, I’m zero for one on Super Bowl Sunday and it’s still a couple weeks away. The Green Bay Chicago game was relay good. I was voting for Green Bay, but I liked the third string quarterback they put in. He did throw a couple of picks, but he did much better than I expected. The Bears were being blown out until he came in and he brought them back making it a close game. The Jets game was a big disappointment. They also didn’t do much in the first half. But, they came back and made a game of it. If they would have stopped the Steelers on that last play, they would have had a shot. So, now I’m going to have to vote for the Packers in the Super Bowl, because I don’t like the Steelers.
I’m working seven days a week indefinitely again. They fired the new guy for sleeping on the job and they don’t have any prospects yet to fill his position.
My wife made a family get together on Saturday for her side of the family. She made roast, potatoes, green bean casserole, the works… It was incredibly good. I even ate some leftovers for breakfast after I got off work. In fact, I could eat some more right now if I had some. There wasn’t a special occasion or anything. I think we’re going to have to have more of those days.
I Think I’m playing Farmville too much. I’m starting to see little pink upside down triangles when I close my eyes. But, I saw one of my friend’s farms and it is soooo much nicer than mine. He’s about thirty levels above me, but I’m still going to catch up. I just happened to be looking through my uncle’s Facebook friends and found some cousins or maybe wives of cousins or at least someone with the same last name. (I need to be more talkative to my family. I don’t think I’ve even met half of them) I friended them all and some of them play too. I got about a dozen baby trees from one of them which was pretty nice. When they all grow, I can fill up my orchard. Those of you that don’t know what I’m talking about need to play. It’s pretty fun as long as you don’t let it take over your life. My wife sometimes sits at the computer with it open while she’s doing other stuff and watches as her crops grow. But, she finds a lot of stuff and sends it to me, so I’m not complaining. In fact, I’m going to play sometime tonight.
I’m working on chapter 76 tonight. I finished chapter 75 yesterday and I would have started 76, but I was playing Farmville. But, I’ve put off finishing it for a few days. I should be done before the end of the week. Then, I’ll send it off to the editor and wait for the rejections to start rolling in. I’m putting some Who, AC/DC, Aerosmith, and Dokken into the playlist for background music. And, it looks like I found an old Krokus song. Does anyone remember them? I’m going to throw it in as well.
-Thom
I’m working seven days a week indefinitely again. They fired the new guy for sleeping on the job and they don’t have any prospects yet to fill his position.
My wife made a family get together on Saturday for her side of the family. She made roast, potatoes, green bean casserole, the works… It was incredibly good. I even ate some leftovers for breakfast after I got off work. In fact, I could eat some more right now if I had some. There wasn’t a special occasion or anything. I think we’re going to have to have more of those days.
I Think I’m playing Farmville too much. I’m starting to see little pink upside down triangles when I close my eyes. But, I saw one of my friend’s farms and it is soooo much nicer than mine. He’s about thirty levels above me, but I’m still going to catch up. I just happened to be looking through my uncle’s Facebook friends and found some cousins or maybe wives of cousins or at least someone with the same last name. (I need to be more talkative to my family. I don’t think I’ve even met half of them) I friended them all and some of them play too. I got about a dozen baby trees from one of them which was pretty nice. When they all grow, I can fill up my orchard. Those of you that don’t know what I’m talking about need to play. It’s pretty fun as long as you don’t let it take over your life. My wife sometimes sits at the computer with it open while she’s doing other stuff and watches as her crops grow. But, she finds a lot of stuff and sends it to me, so I’m not complaining. In fact, I’m going to play sometime tonight.
I’m working on chapter 76 tonight. I finished chapter 75 yesterday and I would have started 76, but I was playing Farmville. But, I’ve put off finishing it for a few days. I should be done before the end of the week. Then, I’ll send it off to the editor and wait for the rejections to start rolling in. I’m putting some Who, AC/DC, Aerosmith, and Dokken into the playlist for background music. And, it looks like I found an old Krokus song. Does anyone remember them? I’m going to throw it in as well.
-Thom
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Jan 20
Yesterday was a weird day. There was so much going on that I’m survived. It turned out the guy that they were going to fire didn’t get fired. So, I had to babysit him all night after they wrote him up. He was depressed and I felt sorry for him, but there wasn’t much I could do except re-train him on everything. Between doing that, I had to finish those stupid online training classes. There were twelve of them in total, and it took the whole night and the whole night the night before. But, I have them all finished. The only bad thing is that there are going to be two sets of them per month from now on. That’s really going to suck.
I successfully hooked my wife and youngest daughter on Farmville. They’ve been on it all night passing presents back and forth between each other. My daughter even took a page out of my book. She invented a daughter and set her up with a farm. (I’m so proud, I taught my daughter how to cheat) She sent out a bunch of friend request with her fake daughter and just like my fake friends, everyone accepted. I just started working on my real brother and sister. I’m going to get them hooked too.
Since I’ve been working on those stupid online classes, I haven’t been able to work on the book. In fact, I’m not sure which chapter I’m on. So, I’m going to check on my Farmville next (because I couldn’t get on at home because my wife was hogging the computer) and then I’ll get started on the book. I’m close to the end, so I am pretty sure I’m make the end of January deadline.
-Thom
I successfully hooked my wife and youngest daughter on Farmville. They’ve been on it all night passing presents back and forth between each other. My daughter even took a page out of my book. She invented a daughter and set her up with a farm. (I’m so proud, I taught my daughter how to cheat) She sent out a bunch of friend request with her fake daughter and just like my fake friends, everyone accepted. I just started working on my real brother and sister. I’m going to get them hooked too.
Since I’ve been working on those stupid online classes, I haven’t been able to work on the book. In fact, I’m not sure which chapter I’m on. So, I’m going to check on my Farmville next (because I couldn’t get on at home because my wife was hogging the computer) and then I’ll get started on the book. I’m close to the end, so I am pretty sure I’m make the end of January deadline.
-Thom
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Jan 18
Ok, I got my wife hooked on Farmville. It’s a Facebook game that doesn’t take too much time. I usually check on it once a day and I’ve got all kinds of stuff going on with it. She started last night, and today she was on the computer for hours. Of course she was looking up old friends too, but she kept checking the farm to see how her crops were doing. It’s pretty fun.
It looks like they’re going to layoff one of the new graveyard guys. So, it looks like I’m back to seven days a week until they hire a replacement for him. But, we have that new car, so maybe I can get an extra payment in or have that little extra to make sure I can balance the bills like before. I hate when I get a new bill and forget about it. Then, when payday comes around and I log on to pay everything it’s there and I’m bummed the rest of the day.
It turns out that I was two and six over the last two weeks of football. Can you believe the Patriots lost? I’m predicting a Packers/Jets Super Bowl, so we’ll see how good I do this Sunday. That would be a very good game, with the Jets winning of course.
My granddaughter came over today, but she didn’t want to play with me. Her cousins were also over and for some reason she wanted to play with the kids. But, sometimes it’s fun just to watch them running around.
I’m considering not writing anything tonight. We have to complete some online classes with the new company, and I haven’t done any yet. I should just knock them out and get it over with. I’ve been thinking about it for the last half hour. But, I’m so close to finishing the book, I kind of want to just get it done. But, I also don’t want to be late with the classes and then get a nasty gram. So, I think I just talked myself into doing them. If they get too boring, I’ll just do a few and then get a little writing in later on in the night. The worst thing is that we can’t have the music on at the same time as the class.
-Thom
It looks like they’re going to layoff one of the new graveyard guys. So, it looks like I’m back to seven days a week until they hire a replacement for him. But, we have that new car, so maybe I can get an extra payment in or have that little extra to make sure I can balance the bills like before. I hate when I get a new bill and forget about it. Then, when payday comes around and I log on to pay everything it’s there and I’m bummed the rest of the day.
It turns out that I was two and six over the last two weeks of football. Can you believe the Patriots lost? I’m predicting a Packers/Jets Super Bowl, so we’ll see how good I do this Sunday. That would be a very good game, with the Jets winning of course.
My granddaughter came over today, but she didn’t want to play with me. Her cousins were also over and for some reason she wanted to play with the kids. But, sometimes it’s fun just to watch them running around.
I’m considering not writing anything tonight. We have to complete some online classes with the new company, and I haven’t done any yet. I should just knock them out and get it over with. I’ve been thinking about it for the last half hour. But, I’m so close to finishing the book, I kind of want to just get it done. But, I also don’t want to be late with the classes and then get a nasty gram. So, I think I just talked myself into doing them. If they get too boring, I’ll just do a few and then get a little writing in later on in the night. The worst thing is that we can’t have the music on at the same time as the class.
-Thom
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