Here in the US, this is one of those weeks. Some of the schools around here are taking an extended Thanksgiving break so those folks aren’t too worried that today is Monday. Those that are working today, Tuesday, and Wednesday, this is sort of like a Wednesday, followed by a four-day weekend. That means next Monday will be a doozie. Or is that a doozy? I can never remember how to spell that. It’s like eenie-meenie-miney-mo. Which says a great deal about nothing. Except it’s my explanation why this is a mostly Monday, but not entirely.
As per my routine, I’m off to Wallyworld. I’m making hot yeast rolls for 25 for Thanksgiving day and I’m pretty sure I’m gonna need more flour after making two batches of snickerdoodle cookies last week. I’m tempted to buy a small turkey breast because I do love me some turkey sandwiches after the fact and with 25, there’s usually not any leftovers. Thing is, my freezer and fridge are (or will be) full so no room. Maybe I’ll snag one after “Turkey Day.” We’ll see. At least the weather is supposed to be seasonable. We’ve had Thanksgiving where we wore shorts and ran the AC and others where the heater ran full blast, the logs in the fireplace crackled, and furry boots, hats, and winter coats were de rigueur. That kind of weather is supposed to blow in this coming weekend. 🥶
In sports news, Stormy’s team won their last outdoor soccer match. Yay! They’ll be moving indoors soon. That’s another yay. Easier to park and walk to the field. It’s not that we’re lazy, just old and rickety. LOL In other sports news, my OSU Cowboys came from beind and pulled out a victory. Yay! I couldn’t watch and every time I switched channels to check the score, the opposing team made a big play. Why yes, I do think I’m a jinx, why do you ask? OU also won. The Big 12 championship is shaping up to be weird. So far, Texas is the #1 team. OSU, OU, and Kansas State in a three-way tie for #2. Thing is, OSU beat BOTH OU and KSU, which means we’d play Texas for the championship. Still have one more game to play and if any of the three get beat, that changes things. It’s nail-biting season!
Speaking of Stormy, his school put on their Thanksgiving program on Friday afternoon. It was too cute. Each class sang a song or two or presented a skit. Stormy’s class did a skit about a school trip to a turkey farm. Stormy got the one speaking part–that of the farmer. He wore jeans, a flannel shirt over an undershirt, suspenders, and a Tractor Supply baseball cap. The funniest part was his boots. They were his mother’s Ariat cowboy boots. Yes, they wear the same size shoes/boots now. She may not get them back until he outgrows them! 🤣 Anyway, it was a cute program and we enjoyed it.
In reading news, I’m finishing off the newest release in Dannika Dark’s Black Arrowhead series. All the various series set in her Breed world are interesting, but I relate more to the two that involve shifters–the Seven series and the Black Arrowhead, which is set in the same area (around Austin, TX) as the Seven books and they share characters. The current book, THE CHOSEN, introduces a whole new cast of characters as Tac (secondary in THE VOW and lead in THE ALPHA) begins creating his own pack. Not sure what I’ll pick up next. I’ve got a hold on STARLING HOUSE at the library and it should pop back up ready for loan soon. Not sure I’m in the mood for it, though. It’s one of those “buzzy” books but it is a bit Gothic so we’ll see.
Writing. I’ve done some. I found another continuity BIG OOPS! and fixed it. I’m always happy when I find those problems well before the editing/revision stage because a big one like that can affect the rest of the book. Ouch. Anyway, all fixed, all better, and moving on. I’ve added a couple of more chapters and I’m over 90K words on the book. Still hoping it’ll be live in time for Christmas. 🤞🏼
That’s pretty much all the news fit to print or in anyway slightly interesting to y’all. Once Jake and I get home from Wallyworld and Starbucks, I’m back to work. At this stage of the game, I often spend more time fitting the puzzle pieces (previously written snippets/scenes) together and writing bridges to those scenes than just sitting down and pounding out words on the keyboard. It’s all part of my very weird process but since y’all seem to enjoy reading my books, I must be doing okay with my crazy ways. What’s up in your neck of the woods?
Silver James 
Happy almost Thanksgiving!
I’m cleaning today. There will be 6 of us for dinner. Still using TV trays because I haven’t been able to make room for the table and chairs. LOL No one cares either. At least this year I now have counter space to put the food buffet style. WOOT!!
This is going to be a coffee week!
Speaking of the continuity issues- as an author, if someone finds a big error, do you appreciate them letting you know? I’ve been reading a series by an indie author, that are really decent story lines, but I find errors from book to book- dates, character relationships, just stuff that brings me out of the story. And yeah, I’m not discussing the prevalent grammar and punction errors I am finding all the time.
Have a good Monday!!!
Happy Almost Thanksgiving! You know us, we’d rather eat turkey sandwiches on trays watching football than sit at a table and have to people. LOLOL
Personally speaking, if I make a BIG OOPS!, I want to know. I might not be able to go back and fix it but I can at least “fix” things in the next one. Sadly, too many indies don’t bother with editors and/or proofreaders. That’s a mistake to my thinking. I’m a professional. I want to put out a professional product. I will admit that after several series and 50 books, I lose track sometimes but I try very hard to make a note of character/timeline/previous plot stuff that I can’t remember. I’ll then take the time to go back and research it. For instance, in this book, I have minor cameos from two characters in the Hard Target series. In this book, I had them as brothers. They aren’t. They’re cousins. I fixed that and it led me to another “cousin” tie-in that was just a bit of fun to add in. Typos are always a bugaboo and no matter how many times a book is searched, I can gaurantee that at least one will sneak in. I catch in the NYT best seller books so it happens to all of us.
All that said, I’m likely in the minority of authors. As a reader, I’ve mentioned continuity and large amounts of typos/grammar mistakes in reviews that I leave. The author might or might not see it, but other readers will and they can decide how much that bugs them before diving in. If I enjoyed the story despite getting “jerked” around (because, like you, I ALWAYS fall out of the story when there’s lots of typos/big continuity FU), I’m sure to mention that too. It also might be a generational thing. Us older folks are used to proper usage. The kids? I’m not sure they care so much. 🤷🏼♀️ Aaand…I’m getting off my soapbox now. LOL Enjoy your gathering! Hopefully, the table will be in place by Christmas. 😉