It’s All Coming Back To Me

Slowly, but most assuredly, the writing bug is creeping back into my life. I’ve been on hiatus (of sorts) for the last six months, though not entirely by choice. I’m going to take it slow. I’m not forcing the stories out or the edits to get done. Slow and steady. I fear getting burnt out, which could have been part of the problem this time–though I believe poor health to be the biggest cause of my forced break.

I currently have two projects going, though one gets priority over the other. Many hugs and thanks and kudos to my wonderful editor for being so understanding while I’ve struggled these last few months. There truly are no words for the gratitude I feel for that. Also many thanks to friends, fellow authors, and wonderful readers for their words of encouragement. But I’m getting off topic here. As I was saying, I have two projects in my mind at the moment. Only the two, but I’m more than okay with that. The first, I have to get done because I owe it to that wonderful editor I previously mentioned, and the other is a paranormal. Both are strong in my mind at the moment, and I’ve made remarkable progress on the one project over the last few days. Yes, it was only a few pages, but when you aren’t writing anything at all, a few pages is like reaching the moon.

What’s after those two are done? I honestly don’t know and I’m not going to worry about it until I get there. One day at a time, one (okay no more than two) book(s) at a time. I have to come to terms with the way my life is and cut back on the amount of things I attempt to do.

What does this mean for the Hunters for Hire series? Not a thing. I have been and will continue to send out the series bible upon request. I answer any question I am capable of answering and ask others if it’s something I don’t know. I spent a year of my life on that project and I don’t intend to walk away from it just because my immune system is so blasted wonky all the time. (and yes, wonky is my new word of choice lately, LOL).

Anyhow, as soon as I get it, I’ll make an announcement about the release of Dagger’s Blade, my (hopefully first) Hunters for Hire book. I’m working as fast as I can and still do the story justice.

Take care, happy writing and reading,

Heather

PS, it’s 3am and I didn’t reread this before hitting publish, so if there are any errors present, please excuse.

It Broke!

Okay, anyone who’s paid any attention to the things I ramble about knows that I love me some good video games. I’m a total World of WarCraft addict (finally up to level 68 with my main character), and we own nearly every system ever created–even if some no longer work. I have 2 original Nintendos, a Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, 2 Nintendo Game Cubes, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, 2 Gameboy Advance, the retro Nintendo (new release of the original Nintendo), Sega, Sega GameGear, Sega 32X, Sega CD, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Atari (original, not one of these new release ones), PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable (PSP), Xbox, Xbox 360 (that we’ve only had a few weeks). We tried the Nintendo Wii, but I wasn’t impressed with it and we sold it to my ex for my son. *snicker* That whole have to use two controllers (one per hand) at the same time, made me motion sick, drove me crazy, and made it difficult for my youngest to play.

So, hubby surprised me with a PlayStation 3 to replace the sold Wii. We had it less than a week when it DIED!!!!! Thank goodness it didn’t have one of the $60 games stuck in it when it kicked the bucket. Hubby called Sony yesterday, they are shipping us a box and shipping instructions so we can send it back to them, and in return they will send us a BRAND NEW ONE.

During the few days that it worked, all I can say is WOW! The graphics on this baby are totally awesome, and the DVD abilities are rather impressive as well. I have a list of games that I want for it, after we downloaded free demos to play and check them out with (my only complaint was the demos were far, far, far too short to get a really good feel for the games). All in all, other than the premature death, it appears to be one fantastic system.

As for the Xbox 360, I’m thoroughly impressed with it as well. Hubby rented Devil May Cry 4 for me. OMG, Nero and Dante totally rocked. In case no ones knows, Devil May Cry is often a game I forget to mention, and yet total love. Dante is an awesome hero. He can be rude and crude, but he’s also noble, loyal, and always does what’s right. He’s a half demon/half human hero, that loves to rock and kick ass. Now, what could really be better than that? Anyhow, back to the renting of the game. I have 5 days to beat this game…a game I’ve never before played or seen. I tinkered with it some the first few days, just to get a feel for it, plus we have the new Lego Star Wars Complete Saga that I have to let the kids play some as well (at least they could play it until the PlayStation died–oh dang, I just realized, there went my game saves when the thing killed over, damn it!!!!!!!) Anyhow, I sat down on Monday, it was due back Tuesday, and played ALL DAMNED DAY, but I beat it. Played through 20 levels that day, and loved every minute of it. Dante and Nero are also very inspiring hero material for a book, I must say.

And with that, my rambling for the day is over. Take from it what you will. See ya on the flip side.

Heather