Last week was...well, difficult. Lots to do, lots of drama, and lots of stress – the latter two not things I deal with well. This week should be better, I hope, though stress is still a definite possibility (day job stuff, nothing to do with writing). With any luck, I'll handle it better, in any case.

It does seem that spring may finally be "springing", which is nice. It does add another layer of things that need to be done (yard work), but I'm trying to ignore that at this point, and just enjoy the hope of warmer temperatures.

In any case, I'll be gradually transitioning the blog to a lighter "summer" schedule to give myself some time to work on some other projects and to ensure I can stick to my publishing schedule. This week I'll be taking Wednesday and Thursday off, so it will just be this post, the two serial chapters and Saturday's excerpt. As soon as The Biker's Wench is done, I'll probably take a few weeks off before I start another serial, and it will be just one installment per week. The good news is, they'll be longer installments.

This Week on The Variety Pages

Tuesday & Friday: The Biker's Wench Ch.'s 64 & 65

Saturday: Excerpt from Hoodoo Money by Sharon Pennington

I'll be working on FantasyRanchNovels.com this week – stay tuned! I also plan to open an online store where you can buy ebooks as well as print directly from me at Brazen Snake Books – that should be available later this week as well.

Goal Reports

I barely managed to get my regular serial installments done, much less any extras. I did finish a short story draft, which is very cool. I didn't get the crit done though, which is annoying because I really do want to make that a priority. So it will go to the top of the list this week.

I did get the taxes done (mailed the state return today, actually), so that's done. Other than that, the rest sort of fell by the wayside. That's the way it goes sometimes.

Goals for the Week

Writing

• 1 crit

• 4 serial chapters (& any extra I can fit in)

• Start a new short story

• Send out finished short for editing

Business

• Finish FantasyRanchNovels.com & put online

• Build new web store

• Reformat ebooks, replace Kindle/B&N editions, post on web store

• Finalize formatting packages for author services

Personal

• Workout 3x per week

• Turn in loan application

• Don't sweat stuff at the day job

That's it for me – how's your week look? Is it spring there yet?

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