Happy Friday!

We’re wrapping up the second week of August. It’s been a heck of a couple weeks with hot temps, lots of rain, first drafting, copy edits and a preview of fall temps. A little bit of everything this week.

The copy edits of the next Food Blogger mystery wasn’t bad so I got through them quickly and returned the manuscript to my editor on Tuesday. It’s such a good feeling to have that off my desk. Now, I’m waiting for the cover design and the proof pages. I can’t wait to see the cover since it’s a mystery set at Christmas. At the beginning of this month a course I enrolled in started and week two has wrapped up. Four more weeks to go and there’s so much information within the modules and could easily be overwhelming but I’m taking it slow and I expect to have to go through the course again to fully absorb all the info. I did have to set aside working on my first draft of another novel to work on the copy edits and this week I was able to get back my writing. I eased into the words slowly on Tuesday and I’m so happy to be back into the story. I missed it. I also missed my early morning writing sprints that I started when I began the book. At this point, I’m not sharing any details of the story. Hopefully, soon.

Since the beginning of the month, I made time for reading. I just finished reading BONE OF CONTENTION by Kristi Rose. I really enjoyed the story and I’ll definitely pick up the second book in that series. My current read is another book by Kristi Rose, CAMPUS MURDER CLUB.

There has also been time for working on my cross-stitch project. It’s been slow but every stitch counts, right? Connie has been taking it easy during the hot summer days. When she’s outside on the patio, she hops up onto the lounge chair. What a life! Now with the cooler temps (fingers crossed it lasts!) she’s been wanting to go outside more. And she’s been more eager to play tug of war. She’s so cute, she brings the toy to me (usually when I’m working at my desk) and it’s very clear what she wants to do. Of course, I always play with her. She’s a very distracting co-worker.

I think that’s all I have to share for today. Thanks for shopping by and spending a few minutes with me. I’m going to get a refill and get back to work. Before you get your refill, please share what you’re up to today or this weekend in the comments. I’d love to know.