Summertime....

What is it about a summer cold that has you feeling worse than one you catch in the winter? Is it because in the winter everyone has one and you're just one more of the crowd? Or because you don't feel like doing anything and this is the prime time of the year to be out doing things?

I've been fighting a nasty bug for about a week now. Coughing, sore throat, tired, hoarse, snuffly, the whole gamut. I don't feel like doing anything although I've got a ton of work to be done. I don't feel like going anywhere although I've got to go take care of things.

So I slog through my days, getting done what absolutely has to be done knowing that I'll pay for it when I'm better because I've left some things go.

But on the upside... I finished my novella this week! Almost 100 pages. It needs a lot of work, but the bare bones of the story is there. But I'm not going to work on it until my brain has decided to come home.

A little backstory... Last year, I was asked by a friend to go in with her and another writer in a contemporary paranormal anthology. When I jumped at the chance, I was then told I had two weeks to write the story. And thus was born "Who's Your Alpha", part of the "The Shape of Love" book from Draumr Publishing. I guess they liked it enough that we were asked to do a second one for this year. At least I had more than a two week notice!

And yet, it took me only two weeks to write this one also. :) All I'll tell you is that it is, once again, a contemporary paranormal - though it does not involve shapeshifters this time.

And now it's time for some hot honey/lemon tea and a good story. Got any suggestions?

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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. - Mark Twain.