Hi, friends! Happy Monday.
Wow, what a weekend it has been. To be honest, I’m kind of relieved it’s the week. Of course, this week is going to be hectic as well. But backtracking…
On Saturday morning, I attended the Melissa Public Library writer’s group again, only this time, I went as a guest to support my friend, Paula. I’m so thrilled for all that she’s accomplished in the few short months since she published her children’s book, Jack Learns to Grill. The next book in the Jack Learns series, Jack Learns About Bullies, should be out next month!
https://paulawalkerbaker.wordpress.com
Later that evening, I had the honor of being a guest author at the Colony Library’s annual meeting. There, I won a $15 gift card to Bath and Body Works (which has already been spent). I also learned that Jeopardy is more a test of speed and reflex than actual knowledge.
But hey, I totally got to answer The Hunger Games question.
This weekend, my sunflowers also started to grow! I realize I haven’t been very good at keeping y’all updated on my gardening adventures. The sunflower, tomato, and bell pepper seedlings are all strong and healthy, but I’m a tad bit concerned about my butterfly weed. We’ve had a lot of strong storms and they seem to be struggling a little. If they don’t make it, however, I’ll try again in the fall in time for the monarch migration.
In other news, my dad is well on his way to getting that hole in his retina repaired. We spent the morning with the surgeon who will be operating tomorrow.
The good news is that other than that hole, his eyes are in pretty good shape (granted, “pretty good” for his eyes is probably still “godawful” for a normal-sighted person, but what are you gonna do).
Since sitting around in a waiting room can get rather boring, I took some work with me…
The Lurking in the Deep anthology will be available May 7 and I could not be more excited about it! I’m finally getting the chance to read everyone else’s stories and they are AMAZING! I am so proud to be a part of this collection! You can find LITD on Goodreads here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25396970-lurking-in-the-deep
Finally, before I go, I just have to share this. Boy Band has been in the top 5,000 Kindle Bestsellers for the past three days and is currently in the top 2,700! I am so, so touched and amazed and I simply cannot thank you all enough! It is Young Adult, written for a pre-teen/teenage audience, so I understand that it’s not a book for everyone, but to everyone who has given it a chance, words cannot express my gratitude. Thank you, thank you, thank you all and please continue to spread the word!
Love to all.
A Platform of Sorts 
Oh I wonder what you spent it on. I’m only half sure they sell candles being a guy 😛
Hoping the best for your dad and the milkweed! I really want to see butterfly pictures. But also, it’s surprising how many people with quick reflexes instinctively hit the button without knowing on the show and lose a bunch of points.
I bought an apple-flower scented candle!
Oh yum! Have you lit it yet or just smelled and admired? I like looking at candles 🙂
Oh it has been lit! I’m addicted to candles.
I bought Boy Band on my Nook over the weekend. It was very cute and fun! I didn’t realize it was going to be a series, though! I’ll be looking forward to the next one.
Thank you so much, Stephanie! I so appreciate it! Yes, it will be a series! PS I hope the Nook was formatted correctly! I had a bit of trouble with it! 😀
The formatting was fine for awhile, but then it went to one paragraph a page, which was sometimes only a sentence, and that was a little hard to get through.
Thank you so much for letting me know, Stephanie. I had a LOT of trouble uploading it to Nook for some reason. Like you said, at first it was all ONE paragraph, one blob of words. I went through the entire manuscript, sentence by sentence, trying to format it. I will go back through and see what I can do to fix it.
See, when I go through it on the “Manuscript Editor,” it looks fine! So don’t know what’s wrong with it. Maybe there’s someone at NookPress whom I can contact. 😦
Okay, I sent them an email. Hopefully we can get this fixed. Thanks again! 🙂
You’re welcome! I hope they get it fixed for you. It’s frustrating that such a tiny thing can hinder the reading experience and it must be super frustrating for you as an author!
It really is, especially since I’m really not that good with computers. I can write and I can manage my blog… But that’s about it!