Thoroughly enjoyed the Conference in Orlando!

I had a blast in Orlando. The ultimate highlight was meeting Emily, my publisher, and Jane, my editor, for the first time. What special, special people. I'm blessed to be in their company. Phyllis and I also had fun meeting authors and readers and making new friends. I signed my first books. Kinda cool. lol One thing I was very careful about was the spelling of names. I even asked twice sometimes. Met Megan Magill who writes with Regal Crest. She introduced herself to me. She recognized my name from a forum and she remembered I was born in Oxfordshire, England. Banbury to be exact. She's from Oxfordshire, too. We had several wonderful chats in the time we were there. I also met Rachel Spangler who publishes with Bold Strokes Books. She won two Goldies, one for debut author and one for best romance. OMG. I haven't laughed that much in years. She's a hoot. There were others there I loved meeting: Lori Lake, Brenda Adcock, Kate Sweeney, Georgia Beers, KG MacGregor.... It was a magical time, which it should have been really. After all, we were at the "Magic Kingdom." :-) I've been working on my latest these past couple of days and feel good about the first 100 pages. I'm still reworking the rest. I hope it'll all meld together. Okay. It's late and I'm pooped. See ya!

I'm such a klutz

How do you spell "klutz"? I think that's right...ANYway.... At work work (the one that pays the bills) on Thursday, I stood up from my office chair, turned and felt a pop in my foot/ankle. Pain shot through it. I thought, "Umm, that's not good." So, then I took a couple of steps and it still hurt, but I was able to walk. I walked a little farther--sharp pain. Walked a little farther--no problem. Then sharp pain. I'm thinking. Crap. I sincerely hope I don't have a stress fracture or something. Yesterday, there was bruising that got worse as the day went along. Swelling. Phyllis insisted I stay off of it and sit with my foot propped up. Which I did. It's the outer part of the foot and ankle, and it doesn't hurt continuously. We think it's a sprain and because of where it's at, I don't feel it every time I take a step. But WHAM! Then I do. Phyllis told me a need to go to the doctor. Nope. Nope. Nope. Not with the Conference coming up this week. Ain't gonna do it...wouldn't be prudent (spoken with my best George H.W. Bush imitation--you know the first dude?). I'm sitting here now in my Lazy-Girl chair with it propped up on a pillow. I plan on taking it easy these next few days. I think it'll get better. I'll probably forgo the pool thing down in Orlando. Heck, if I can't even get up from my chair and make a turn to walk, how do you think I'd be poolside on wet tile?? Klutz=Chris

changed my layout

I thought the black was a little ummm...dark. lol So, I'm going with this template for a while. I believe I might be the only one reading this anyway. :-) Oh well...it's like a diary. Only lots of people can read it and you can't hide it under your bed.

I'm excited about the Golden Crown Literary Society Conference coming up next week in Orlando. First, it'll be sooooo nice to get away. Second, it'll be soooooooo nice to meet authors I've corresponded with and whose work I love. But the best thing is I'll finally meet my editor and publisher! Yay!

Not saying much tonight, but I'm gonna attempt to leave an image in this post. We'll see how it goes. There's Buddy on the side there. Ain't he cute?

My job is driving me CRAZY!

The one that pays the bills...just finished working on an article for the night, and I'm not even done with it (if that tells you anything).

I'm going to try and relax by reading a book, I think. My brain cells aren't functioning enough to attempt writing.