So, just what have I been up to anyway?
That’s a very good question. What have I been up to? I’ve being essentially holding radio silence (which is such a dated reference, but hey…I’m old) here on my blog. That’s not to say that I haven’t been busy. A lot of days I don’t know where the time goes (okay, let’s be honest…EVERY day is like that).
Max, who is now seven (SEVEN!!!!), takes up a goodly chunk of my time, and rightly so. He’ll only be the him that he is now, right now.
Don’t think about that sentence too much. I think you know what I mean.
I’ve also been working on a book for adults. Crime Fiction. Female Hit Man. Hit Woman? Snarky. Bloody. Etc. It’s coming along. Slower than I’d like, but I’ve also thrown more words out on this book than I have on any other book. Ever. Hopefully that means it’ll also be the best one so far. Crossing my fingers on that.
Have also been creating. Like magical Harry Potter-style wands. Funky Steampunk guns and stuff. Things to decorate your hair. I’ve even opened an Ìý³¦²¹±ô±ô±ð»å (well, I’m trying it out…no sales yet, but giving it a shot because a) I love to create things and b) I need money to buy more paint. Ahem.) Also jewellery, though I’m not quite ready to share pictures of that yet (but they are cool!).
I hadn’t realised how much I’ve missed painting. I used to paint quite a bit. There’s a story in that, actually…growing up, my parents traveled around to arts & craft shows. My mom painted and my dad did wood work. As a teenager, more than anything I wanted a “normal� job with steady income and stability. And I had that for a number of years after university…and realised that it didn’t make me happy. Not at all. In fact, quite the opposite. And so I quit to write and kissed a steady income goodbye but became a lot happier. I don’t make even a fraction of what I used to make before but I am loads happier. And now I find myself picking up old hobbies (i.e. more things I enjoy but that don’t actually earn any income) again. I suppose I’ve come full circle. I’m happiest when I am making things. Though I would like to sell enough to support the habit, I suppose (that goes with books too). Please do check out my Etsy shop or follow me on . It makes me happy when people like the stuff I make (Max and I are SO going to have awesome costumes for this year’s Comic Con!).
Back to the writing stuff…I have also been thinking about the future of the Sucks to Be Me series…specifically of book three. Have nearly reached a decision on that, so stay tuned. And thank you to everyone who keeps asking about what’s going on with Mina. I  really appreciate that you guys love her so much and want to know how her story ends up.
And…now Summer is about to start (it’s year-round school over here in the UK, but Max gets out tomorrow and won’t be going back until September), so there will soon be lots of craziness going around. Epic craziness, as I’m sure Max would say.
I will try to be better about posting here. There’s been reasons and all that, but no excuses, I will make more of an effort to keep this site up to date. Promise. Pinky promise.
