Not long before Christmas, my steadfast little pink Acer netbook started having some problems.  It was taking too long to load programs and I wasn't entirely comfortable with its ability to save my work if I was writing.  Since I normally don't write during December, I wasn't thinking too much about it and figured after a little reformatting that the problems would cease.

However, about three weeks ago, my computer stopped taking a charge.  Thankfully I wasn't working on a novel when I discovered this and I still had half of my battery life left to shut it down and stop using it.  But that leaves me woefully sans computer to write.  I'm typing this blog entry on my husband's computer while he's at school.  If I could use one of his three desktops, I gladly would but they are not available to me.  Did I mention that my husband is in college for web development?  His computers are set up to do homework and run his business.  Writing is taking a back seat to that right now.

The good news is that this hiatus is soon coming to an end.  A new computer is on the horizon.  Once everything is set up and my novels are retrieved from Google Drive (I LOVE Google!), then I'll be back on schedule.  Legacy is due to come out in May!

Thank you for your patience while I'm technolgically stagnant and I'll have something new for you very soon!

1: My life is not as interesting as I thought it was. My Nano novel was based off of my own experience with my father's death and life following that tragedy. But as I started to write it down, I realized the details are very boring.

2: Coming off a very long hiatus is very hard. I wasn't disciplined anymore in my writing time or in my style and it's hard to get that groove back.

3: I miss my vampires. I honestly miss them very much. As I looked back over Awakening, I've been happy that I didn't publish it as it was because there's so much that needs to be changed.

4: Writing excites me again. I guess I was burning out. I haven't even read vampire books in about six months and I've been staying away from anything supernatural. Instead, I've been digging into general fiction and some mystery and fantasy. I've been knitting to relieve stress. I've been focusing on my pregnancy and the baby boy who's going to enter the world in March. But I've missed writing. I've missed being creative. It's time to get back to what I love doing.

I won't make my goal this year. It's simply too late for me to make up the numbers I need to make it happen. But I'm okay with that. You can't win every year right? Well, maybe you can...but I can't.

What better way to end this hiatus I've been stuck in than to jump into Nanowrimo?

This year's submission will be vampire-less again because I'm taking a break from Seven and the gang. I have to get my mojo back with them and I think I need more time apart. At least as far as writing about them full time is concerned.

I've been thinking about Nanowrimo this year and I'm doing a piece of fiction that's based on actual events. MY actual events. I've taken notes on this project for years and left them scattered haphazardly through my hard drive. Finally, I'm going to put them all together and write. Then I promised myself I would NOT have a Nano hangover like last year.

So, my question to you is this. Is this the year you finally do it? Is this the year you let yourself go and finally get those 50000 words? Or will you make excuses and wait till next year? The choice is up to you. Red pill or blue pill.

The Fang Marked Office has moved to Davenport, IA officially and now that I'm expecting a baby in March, I guess the exhaustion knocked me down far enough that I couldn't recover.

August should be much better for me. I'm planning on working on Prophecy and writing Resurrection. I just need to adjust to how tired I am lately and the new place I get to write in.