Finally a post not about autumn (I hear great sighs of relief) though I can’t promise I’m done with the subject yet. Especially if the fine weather continues. But I’m a writer and I haven’t mentioned any writing lately. Not that I haven’t been hard at it. I’ve finished the first, rough draft of a story that I hope to propose to my editor in the near future. I went back to the drawing board two or three times before I felt like the story had the elements I wanted in it.

My book The Journey Home is sold out at Harlequin/Silhouette. I don’t know if it’s still available at Amazon. Selling out is a good thing. Yes?

 Then I’ve been busy doing research for the next project after all that. I’m planning a series of books set in the Depression era again. This series, however, will be set in western Canada with unique elements. I’m enjoying the research mostly from books. I’ve found some wonderful first person stories. I just wish I had more time to hunker down and read.

Which brings to mind two things recently that were a complete waste of time. First, the movie Burn After Reading. I thought with Brad Pitt and George Cluny in it, it couldn’t miss. I was wrong. It is without doubt the worst useless movie I have ever seen. Totally unsatisfactory. Though Brad played his role very well.

Then there was the writing workshop I attended yesterday. I haven’t been together with other writers for months so I was really looking foward to it. I was hoping for some instruction and inspiration from a multipublished author. But it did nothing for me and again, I was disappointed especially at the waste of a whole day. The only saving thing was I got to see some friends and also, while sitting through the sessions, wrote in long hand the first chapter of my new Depression Era book. I’m excited about getting started on it now.

Here’s Carolyne Aaresen and I at the workshop.

And I got to meet Allison Lyons, senior editor at Harlequin/Silhoutte. She was articulate and enthusiastic. I appreciate what she had to say. Here she is sharing her information.

I’m now hard at work trying to get caught up after a day away. Okay, I’m not working THAT hard. But I should be.

It’s  a blog game of tag. Anita Mae http://anitamaedraper.blogspot.com/ tagged me. She was tagged by Margaret Daley who was….well, it goes on and on. The rules are simple. So although I am late getting to this–blame a faulty internet connection that is hopefull now fixed–I am going to play along. BTW check out Anita Mae’s interesting facts. There are a couple I wish I could lay claim to like #4.

1. Link to the person who tagged you.

2. Post the rules on your blog.

3. Write six random things about yourself.

4. Tag six people at the end of your post.

5. Let each person know he or she has been tagged.

6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

Six random things about me.

1. Grapes are my favorite food. I don’t know why. They just are.

2.My mother was an author. She wrote hundreds of articles for Sunday School papers and small magazines. Some day I intend to copy some of them into a book for family members.

3. Autumn is my favorite season. No surprise if you’ve been reading my blog recently.

4. I believe in creative procrastination. Avoiding a job is a great way of thinking creatively.

5. I worked as hired ‘man’ for my  husband on our farm before my kids got old enough to take over for m. Driving the combine was my favorite job of all. Seeing the golden swaths run into the machine and the grain fill the hopper was great.

6. Banff is my favorite place in the world. Or is it Paris? I love to travel but do very little of it but am fortunate to have visited most of the places on my bucket list.

Now I have to tag 6 people. I don’t know if I can but I’ll try.

My aunt Anne Rogers at sarogers@sunwave.net

Carolyne Aarsen, Love Inspired author at caarsen@xplornet.com

Pamela Yaye, author with Kimani Press and fellow member at Calgary RWA at pamelayaye@aol.com

Julie Rowe, Golden Heart finalist and another fellow member of CARWA at julie.rowe@shaw.ca

Sorry, but that’s about all I can think of.