I guess I should apologize to all my friends and family who I've been ignoring. Unfortunately both of Carol's sons have had huge health issues that have kept us running. What little time that was left, I devoted to writing instead of to an online presence. Luckily, both men seem to be out of the woods now. One is having surgery Tuesday but we won't have to be in Northern TX for that one.
I've also been on the road a bit. Had a very busy GCLS conference time and also went to Saints and Sinners. Mary Griggs, you ROCK!!! I seriously love that woman. No, not in a stalkerish kind of way but she's just good people. We so enjoyed our time in NOLA and she contributed greatly to that. Ya’ll stay at the Prince Conti Hotel in the French Quarter if you go there. Very sweeeet!
All that travel, plus a busy journalism schedule has seriously kept me out of trouble. Be sure and check out the past few cover stories and features in Lesbian News. Yep, written by yours truly in addition to my regular column. I get to interview a lot of celebrities and, thus far, they are the nicest people. Chely Wright was awesome.
In other news, my oldest daughter, Jesse, who is, gasp!, 28 now, got married for the first time. I was back in Virginia for that monster wedding the last two weeks in September. It was fabulous and went off without a hitch. She married a sweet guy who brings my ten year old granddaughter, Jazzy, into the mix.
So what else? I've taken all that wedding worry energy and have used it to totally revamp my workspace. I have a much better plotting area, a stand up desk as well as a sit down one and I have decluttered an amazing amount. Feels very good. Books should just roll out of here now.
Yeah, right.
I'm working on a couple short stories to submit as well as my newest novel The Book of Eleanor, the ghost story set in Port Isabel. My goal is to have it done by Yuletide. Having some trouble finding history on the Port/Point area but I’ll get there.
Ptown was fabulous. Signed books at Now Voyager and Womencrafts and they sold out, which was great. I met so many fans and sweet, sweet people. Can't wait until next year. After Ptown, we stayed with friends in Connecticut and that was a way fun time. Now I just have to make all that time away up to the pets.
Then it was off to Dallas to read at the Dallas Jewel Book Club. They treated me like royalty and I had one fantastic time. I even scooted over to Fort Worth to see my friend, Suede, perform with Julie Bonk (Norah Jones' piano teacher). A huge group of us ended up at Denny's at 3am munching on biscuits and gravy. LOL
Well, that’s it. Natty’s life in a nutshell. As of today that is. New adventures await around every corner.
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