I Eated Lots of Cookies
Yesterday was one of those days. I was stressed, I was a little sad, catching a cold (the same one I’ve been catching for like…three weeks), and trying hard to get to the end of The Frenchman. So what did I do? What any sane person would do. I ate chocolate chip cookies (provided by my mother) and drank coffee until I was sick. Real mature.
Then I wrote an obscene amount of words and fell into bed when my brain was officially mush.
Yesterday was one of those days that had me confronting some of the uncertainty in the industry (more on this later, don’t worry, it’s not a catastrophe or anything). It’s been a week like that. Good stuff, and bad stuff. The good news is, I know I’m getting another contract after The Frenchman, so that’s a big sigh of relief all around, and really, it’s the most important thing at this point. And the bad stuff isn’t truly bad, it’s just change, and I have to admit to being a goober about change.
I really don’t want to sound all emo, because honestly, there have been a lot of great things over the past few days (contracts! impending endings!) and then there’s The Cold That Will Not Go Away. >:( Bleah!
But what I really liked, was that with all the upheaval, good and bad, there was something I could do: Write. (and eat, apparently, but that’s not constructive…) But that’s so cool, because even when things were shifting feeling skeery and my nose was stuffy, I could work on my book. It’s the thing I can control.
Oh, and one more thing, not huge, but I have a much better quality image of my April US release, An Accidental Birthright! (Formerly, A Mistake, A Prince and A Pregnancy) (I think she looks like Kendra from the Girls Next Door…and he’s…*drools*…I love him)
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Oh, the cookie days will happen.
Congrats on the new contract and good luck with the changes ahead (not my fav thing either).
I think someone needs a doctor… 😉 Off you go missy! Colds aren’t supposed to last for three weeks!
I’m so excited that you’re under contract again I hope the bubbly came out for that!
I’m a sook when it comes to change too so if you need a whining partner…
Julia, cookie days do indeed happen. And yeah, I resist change, wah!
Lacey, it’s like…the beginning of a cold…but it never quite hits…blech. I don’t have the contract yet, but expect to discuss it after Christmas. I shall accept a partner in sooking. 🙂
Yay for new contract!! You didn’t tell us that! Sniff. 🙂 Change can be a good thing too hmmm?
Eep! I’ve amended! :C
Change can be a good thing…*sighs*
Get well soon to enjoy the holidays!
Season’s greetings.
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Thanks, Nas! I most definitely am enjoying the holidays!
I’m sure liking the sound of a ‘cookie day’. Personally doona (or duvet) days are my preference. And luckily laptops are such portable little treasures that they can be taken to bed and voila the boudoir instantly becomes an office! But crumbs in the bed are yuckky so I always take my handy vac too (envisage me with bed hair, cookie in mouth, one hand typing while other hand vacuums the sheet next to me – ahhh bliss)!
Be kind to yourself Miss M. Lacey is right, colds aren’t meant to last so long so methinks you’re pushing you a little too hard.
Elissa, I like the way you think! And assuming my editor likes the newly shiny Frenchman…I will be on break till the first of the year.