I have been quite remiss in posting lately. Admittedly, I have had a busy month, but we all have busy lives, right. Let's see...what have I been up to? Well, my husband and I have taken in another fur-baby. This is Buttons:

    



As you can see, he has a big personality. My other cat, Mo, is not loving his new brother just yet. A good deal of my time this month has been trying to keep the hissing to a minimum. Things are looking better, but it has been a lot of work.

Speaking of work, my day job has been really stressful. I won't go into that too much, but just suffice it to say that my brain is nearly always fried by the end of the day.

I have also been gearing up for NaNoWriMo (or National Novel Writing Month), which begins today, November 1. This will be my fourth year doing NaNo. I will be continuing my Western Dreams family saga. This installment of the series tells the story of Porter Ellis, the rebel of the family who is given a cause. It will be very much an Old West tale. Spoiler Alert: bank robbers, revenge, and old-fashioned shootouts are all going to be included. Actually, all of that will be in the first few chapters with plenty of action to follow. I'm so excited to tell his story.

I'm also putting the finishing touches on the first draft of Book II of the series, now titled "A Dream and a Kiss." I'll be starting the editing process in December and will be going back to fix a couple plot holes that I've noticed. Though it may be ambitious with the holidays coming up, I'm hoping for a February release date.

Stay tuned.