Especially during the summer, time seems to melt away. Too many projects need attention. Now there are more writing projects getting worked on.
Another dimension of summer is heat and humidity. It may not be raining much, but there is always humidity. Summer temperatures are creeping in and feel worse with the moist air.
My Normal Routine
I am a morning person. Mornings are when my writing is best so I work on it in the morning. But not during the summer.
Heat stroke is no joke. I’ve been very close several times. Gardening summer afternoons is not wise. So I work outside mornings during the summer and try to write in the afternoons.
Writing Projects
The draft is close to done for Life’s Rules. However, I put it aside for months to work on the Carduan Chronicles. So now I am reading through the part I have done. Then I can complete the draft.
Of course, it doesn’t end there. Several things included in the draft need checking by other eyes than mine. I am basing many events on memories from forty years ago. Things change.
Ship Eighteen is again being edited. My friend sent a list of suggestions and I am looking through the draft with those in mind. And I have found several other things needing changes as well.
Exploring the Ozark Hills
I thought this book was complete. It actually is. My problem is different as I consider getting more of these books printed.
Photographs are a major part of this book. To get good images in the book, all of them need to be at least 300 dpi. Unfortunately, because there are so many photographs, this makes the file huge.
Some time back I tried to shrink the size by lowering the dpi of the images. In all honesty, they weren’t as good as I wanted them to be at the lower dpi. So, I am going through the photographs and taking them back to 400 dpi. Then I will put them back in the book file so I can get more copies printed.
The Pumpkin Project needs the same treatment.
Too Many Projects
Between gardening, lawn work, house work, summer heat and writing projects, I am a bit overwhelmed. Then I added a couple of new online ventures.
There is Substack. And the picture book reviews have moved off my Goodreads blog and onto a new account set up just for them. That means transferring the hundreds of books still on the blog.
