Update

Through many welcomed interruptions, I have progressed in my own edit run to page 16 of the 1^st chapter.  It’s not far, I know, but let me explain some of what has been happening. My wonderful daughter and her family have uprooted themselves from their nearby home in Long Beach, and moved to Boise, Idaho. It is a big change and ongoing adjustment not having our grandson nearby.

My Pinterest interest has grown as a big player in my cyberspace social networking (http://pinterest.com/richardalanritr/). I have joined a few huge community boards; have several other pinners that I am currently following, and several that are following me. I have tried to design a page that represents my author’s persona, my diversity, and my quirks. But, it takes time which distracts from my writing. It’s hard returning to the writing focus when so many new things have come into my life since my 1^st book was published. As I said before, my second two books in the series are in their draft form. Since that was done, personally marketing my first book to afford publishing my other books took hold. Meanwhile, I necessarily took a break from the edit run. I’ve learned a lot about social networking during this time, and Pinterest has been a new addiction I am trying to check.

Up to page 16 most of the writing has been involved with weaving the second book with the first for readers new and old, brought in the interim period, and have tried during this contextualizing to advance the story. Now I am to a prophecy that will span this and the next two books before it comes to pass. With clear divisions between these three new novels, I have my course set, and am gaining back the enthusiasm to really jump back into a heavy schedule of writing before being distracted by anything else in my daily routine.

 

Writing is a passion, a love affair wondrous with the unfolding of its unique flower, but none-the-less, it is a lot of work.

Again, wish me Godspeed for both my sake and yours as my readers and friends!