THE JOYS OF JUNE!
June
was a mega-fun month, mainly because I got to visit California, go to my
daughter’s wedding, and then house- and dog-sit for her and her new hubby while
they went on their honeymoon. Not only that, but I got to see all my old
California buddies. Well, not quite all of them, but as many as I could fit in during
the daylight hours, since I can’t drive at night, thanks to the huge honking
cataract in my left eye, the result of detached-retina surgery. I’m hoping like
heck the cataract will be gone by the end of July or early August. It’ll be
really nice to be able to see again. Here are some pictures of the bride and
groom, Robin and Gilbert:
I
also decided to Kindle-ize (and Nook-ize and Sony-ize) a book I’d totally
forgotten about when I was putting my back list in digital format. HEAVEN SENT
is a sugary-sweet historical romance novel set in the late 1800s in Northern
California. It even has my mother’s old cat, Monster, in it. Neither Mom nor
Monster are with us anymore, but the book’s still around. A very dear friend,
Norah Wilson, in New Brunswick, Canada, scanned it for me. She’s a total
sweetheart. She scanned a whole bunch of my old books for which I no longer had
usable disks or whatever. Now all I have to do is go through the manuscript and
put back in the formatting, paragraphs, etc., since scanning removes
EVERYTHING. Boring, but I’ll get it done. Then I went to Melissa Alvarez’s
cover design site (bookcoversgalore.com) and found a beautiful cover for the
book:
ANGELS
OF MERCY, Mercy Allcutt’s fourth adventure tackling crime in the big city of
Los Angeles in 1926, will be released in July. It’ll be available in trade
paperback, Kindle, Nook and all other e-book formats. I’ll post a special
announcement when the book is available.
And
I got a new foster dachshunds a few days ago. She’s an adorable five-year-old
beauty named Freckles (because she’s dappled). Here’s Freckles. Please send
good wishes that we can find her a wonderful Forever Home!
During
July, all I have to do is work and go to doctor appointments in Albuquerque.
Wheee! Life is so darned fun sometimes, I can hardly stand it.
14 comments:
Alice,
Your daughter is beautiful! Congrats to all of you. The book cover is gorgeous. You've always written wonderful books. I know this one will be as well. Great that you're getting your backlist out totally.
Thanks, Jacquie! I think so too :-)
Yeah, I'm happy to be getting my backlist out, too. It's really cool to be making money on books that have been out of print for years and years!
Robin looks so happy. Bet you had fun in California. Did you hit all your favorite eating places? And did you miss green chilies?
SO glad to see your old books coming out for more people to read.
Thanks, Monica! Yes, Robin is very happy, and so is Gilbert. In fact, I think he's still on Cloud Nine. Actually, I didn't miss the green chiles, 'cause I got to eat everything I love and can't get here: East Indian, Middle Eastern, Japanese. All that good stuff. I love food :-) Speaking of that, I'm going to be in Albuquerque three days next week (doctor appts.). Maybe we can do lunch or dinner or something. I'll call you.
Congrats on the back list. Congrats to Robin and Gilbert. And Freckles is a wonderful dog; she deserves a great home.
Thanks, Ann! Yes, Freckles does deserve a great home. She's a great little doglet :-)
Freckles is beautiful! Lots of hopes and prayers taht she finds a wonderful forever home.
Thanks, Diane! I'm pretty sure we'll be able to find her a great home. She's a total charmer :-)
Alice,
THANKS for sharing the wedding picture!!! The bride is beautiful! Also, I love that cover and that your mom's cat makes an appearance.
I bet Freckles will find a new home right away. That is wonderful that you are helping her.
--Brenda
I think she's beautiful too, Brenda :-) So does Gilbert. I love the cover and Freckles, too. I hope we'll find a really wonderful home for her soon.
Aw, Freckles is gorgeous. So is your daughter! What a wonderful month.
I've just started trying to kindlize some of my books too.
Thanks, Sheila. It was truly a wonderful month!
inow what you mean about the ey girl i still hav my and t hen i had eye surgery and the tape i had on it irradiated it but the daughter pic are great and the cover is great for the book your new dog want you
Thanks, Desi. I'm so sorry about the problem you had with your eye surgery. Hope that doesn't happen to me!
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