My mom always says that there are no guarantees in life. Anything can happen no matter how much you set yourself up for things.

My father always used to say that all you can be certain of is that one day you were born and one day you will die, so you better make sure to have fun in the middle.

I can worry about the publishing market, worry about my future, worry about others but the truth is I have no control over many things.

It’s how I react to those things that sets the tone of my life. Do I succomb to panic and stop writing, do I forget to write what I love to pursue a trend? Do I let a setback or deception veer me off course?

It’s good to plan and I do, a lot. But I don’t know if I’ll be there tomorrow. So I leap and plunge, take a chance. Sometimes I fall flat on my face, sometimes things actually work. When they don’t, just like the proverbial cat, it’s time to scramble on my feet, and move on.

Did I fall? Moi? No way!

Nice things today in my writing life. A good 2000 words written and a lovely lovely surprise.

The very talented Monica Burns thanked me in her acknowledgements of KISMET, her brand new release with Berkley, for some help I gave her with French! She is wonderful and what a great romance she wrote!

And I get right back to her with “Merci mon amie”

Blessed Be

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