Winter Days

In figuring out why time seems to pass by quickly, I reviewed my days and realized it’s the season. In the summer, I need to be up at 4:30am so I can get to the barn early. Too late, and the temps are already over a hundred degrees. In the winter, I wait until the sun comes up. No reason to get to the barn in the dark or ride before the sun rises. Two hours difference between summer and winter when I leave the house is felt in the afternoon.

Like all days, the domino effect happens. Fifteen minutes late means I’m in rush hour traffic. It takes longer to get to the barn, which means I leave later. Which means being annoyed that 4pm comes sooner than I want is silly. And when I have a few less hours to write, I know why.

I’ve typed most of the words in my spiral for the second part of the anthology. I didn’t finish writing the first draft of this part because I was beta reading/editing stories from the other writers. It’s a balance between making suggestions on how to improve their writing and letting their writer voice shine. But I completed the beta reads and will be able to give feedback tomorrow. My story? I’ll return to the page late tomorrow. Perhaps by next week I’ll have it done.

I’m excited that the audiobook for The Bookie, Waldman Investigations Book 2 is done! It should be available everywhere, including my website, before the end of the year.

After a year of taking classes, struggling with the platform upload, an expired email (yeah, I didn’t know there was such a thing), and three days on hold for an each day has finally paid off. My certification renewal is done! Whew! Now I can focus on other things, like getting writing projects published. How do you handle the time change between seasons, if you have one?