
Short story 1970 Clark AB
Could you (do you) live alone?
I’m getting used to not having a dog in the house after my daughter and her pitty, Indo, moved out a while ago.
And now my husband has gone to visit his family in CA for a few days so it’s just me roaming around our big, empty house.
My sleep is better alone, even in a king-sized bed.
The Oura ring has recorded two excellent days of sleep and I’ve even remembered a couple dreams.
A schedule helps. Though I’m free to do whatever I want almost whenever I want, I still wake-up to a 6:30am alarm.
Before other alarms remind me of things I want to do including Peloton yoga classes, breakfast smoothies, and my writing and publishing business.
So, I like both, having a few days to do-my-own-thing and then welcoming my (noisy) husband back home.
What about you? Are you ever or often alone?
So, I’m back to daily writing and working on launching the indie publishing business.
I attended an indie author/publishing conference in Madrid earlier this month before going to Portugal and northern Spain on a biking vacation.
You can read a bit about that in another post on this site.
Now it’s time for me to review the info and contacts I made in Madrid and execute on the plan.
The writing business requires lots of reading
I’ve been a reader, in many genres, my whole life so that’s the part I’m most comfortable with.
Yesterday I found a Vietnam Veteran’s site that had seven pages of books written by and/or about the guys’ 1960s and 1970s wartime experiences.
Most were published eight or ten years ago but a couple authors are still actively writing, online and in novels.
Plus I got a few of the books, mostly in print, that seem like they’ll help me recreate a believable story for my characters in 1970s SEA.
But, for ‘fun’ fiction reading, I started a Steven King novel that was recommended and I purchased (as a used hardcover) earlier this year.
It’s titled 11/22/63 (the day JFK was assassinated).
A time-travel tale set in 2010, it’s pretty easy to pick up and read a small snippet as the chapters are broken up into numbered scenes.
At 849 pages, it’s a big book so we shall see if I can finish it this summer.
My next trip is in the car. My husband will pilot and I can read while he drives.
So it’s probable, if I’m invested enough in the characters.
Via my Libby app, I’m finishing an audio version of George Orwell’s historical fiction book, Burmese Days.
More research on SEA that was recommended by a travel writer who had been to Myanmar which we used to call Burma.
Turns out, it’s set in Calcutta, during the British Empire days, not really in SEA.
I’m not sure it’ll be much help with the Burma portion of the BOA series, but it’s free and I can listen while driving or walking.
Next, I’m switching to a biography (another audio via Libby) by Walter Isaacson, Code Breaker.
This one’s about the scientists that developed the DNA editing tool CRISPR.
Biotech is obviously a game-changer for the 21st century and I’d like to know more about the people involved.
And my husband might like to listen too, while he drives us around CO.
Summertime
I am off again, soon, meeting up with kids/grandsons and my sisters in the cooler climates of Colorado and California.
I’ll take my mobile iPad/keyboard and see if I can get some scenes for the novels drafted.
That’s what I’m up to, what are you doing?
Reading anything good?
’til later, Leah
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address and I’ll get back to you ASAP.
Thanks!