So the weekend is already gone. It amazes me how fast it goes.
Saturday morning was an early start for a 9 am soccer game. It was cloudy and windy and kinda cool but we made it through the game without rain – and won! That afternoon, we headed to the movies and saw Monsters vs. Aliens and I was highly entertained. Great flick! Of course, it cost $25 for me and the kid to go to the movies… urgh.
We pretty much just hung out the rest of the day and most of Sunday. The kiddo went with his grandparents for dinner since his cousin turned 18 yesterday. Now you KNOW time flies when you look at the kids growing up so fast.
While he was out, I stuck some tilapia in the oven and broke out the AlphaSmart. As the fish was baking, I stood in the kitchen and clicked away on the Neo. I finished out another great section on the book – the chariot race! I used Ben Hur as inspiration. I had started it the night before but was too tired to get it finished. I even did my “research” by watching that 30 minutes of the movie. After I got the scene all written, I found a great resource online for chariot races and went back and tweaked. I’m very pleased with it and I think it came out really well.
That was another 1200 words or so. The story is up to just over 78K and I’m shooting for 85. I’m pretty sure I”ll make it but I only have four days to finish it before my self-imposed deadline.
I have some other things in the works – in fact a really cool something – which I’ll be talking about soon. And even more good news! My book with Cobblestone-Press, Take Me I’m Yours, finally comes out THIS friday, May 1. WOO! Stay tuned because you know there will be free books involved.
And… if you’re a frequenter of the blog, you’ll notice I bumped up the font size. Finally figured that out and my apologizes for the eye-straining size I had before. Hopefully this size will keep you from squinting. 🙂
Okay that’s it for me today. It’s off to work because I owe! I owe! And time to get the kiddo to school, too.
Cooking and writing at the same time? You are one talented lady. 😛
If that were me, a fire would have started in the kitchen and the alphasmart would have been covered in baking soda. 🙁
Well, you know… I was baking it and had a timer so it was all good. 😉
The chariot scene is AMAZING in Ben Hur. You know, I bought that movie (along with The Ten Commandments) six months ago and I’ve been itching to watch them ever since. I just need to sit down one night (while Hubby travels) with a bowl of popcorn and do it. They are AWESOME movies!
Congrats on getting the scene out!
Congrats on your release date. Sounds great!
😈 I’ve been known to start fires in the oven too.