I had a really informative session with my infectious disease specialist yesterday and I wanted to write everything down before I forgot it all. If you know of someone who has suffered from Lyme's, please pass this blog post on to them because I learned some things that I have so far not read anywhere else.1) Lyme's is a bacteria, which is common knowledge, but it is unique in that this bacteria cannot

I posted prematurely on Facebook that I was signing with my agent yesterday.  Turns out our nephew, Eric, opted to stay one more day so I changed my epic lunch plans. (If that's not love, I don't know what is!)  I'll now meet with Kristin Lindstrom, of Lindstrom Literary Management, on Monday to sign a contract with her in person. To explain how excited I am would be like trying to explain

What do you do when an agent who requested your full manuscript calls you a few days before you thought she'd even be finished reading it?  Does your mind go blank for a moment as you stare at the name on the caller I.D. and you seriously wonder if you should pick it up or call her back?  Do all of the carefully crafted questions you have for an agent (in a word doc) leave your head and you

The day and the week got much better from my last post.  Thank you to all the people who poured out understanding and compassion on Facebook after reading it (and you too, Kerri, on the blogger site!). As you know, I use this blog as a way to share some of myself with my friends and growing reader base, and while I may filter the worst of what goes through my mind, that doesn't always guarantee

I am so ready for this freakin illness to pass.  I sit here at the computer with tears in my eyes and an emotional wreck.  I just read the heartbreaking story of the Canadian ice skater whose mother died right after her arrival to watch her daughter skate in the Olympics.  Just heartbreaking!And how did I start my day with my daughter?  Yelling at her. TV shouldn't be on before

Yesterday Pete and I made a simple decision.  Both of us have been in sales and marketing now for a combination of 25 years. What can a small press do for me that I can't do on my own? Nothing that I can see so far. The only press that can do more for me than I can would be a New York based one and so far I haven't had much luck attracting an agent to get one to read my work. For the next few

Yes, I'm doing a reflection in February.  "Why?" you may ask.  Because this week marks exactly one year since I typed "Chapter One" on Vampire Vacation.What has that year held for me?  I'm not going to count the doctor visits, the procedures done to me, or the amount of drugs they've pumped through my system - it's too depressing and best left un-counted at the end of the year.So I'll

Ah... here I am... snowed in.  Our street has still not been fully plowed and we can't leave our driveway unless my husband digs out a twelve foot long trench from the bottom of our driveway to the single plow-width pathway in the road on the other side of the street. Something I'm trying to discourage him to do.We've had a four-hour brown-out, which was scary because the house temp dropped significantly

It's been a long week for me. I'm sure most of us feel that way by the time Friday rolls around, eh? Unfortunately, shortly after the doctor cut my new antibiotics the Lyme's symptoms came roaring back (which is what happens when it's not been a long enough time on antibiotics).By Wednesday I was trying to nap in the afternoon and ready to cry at the drop of a hat. I became increasingly forgetful and

I've been on a mission to lose weight and get healthy this year.  The first goal has been given a jump start by me cutting down severely on my love of gluten free beer and a mixed drink of cranberry, seltzer with a shot of vodka (does that have a bar name? I'm pretty dumb on that stuff.)The second goal I started with lining up more doctor visits.  Those are never fun - but finding out the