I'm back!

I'm sure I was sorely missed. But if you didn't miss me, I forgive you.

I was gone for four days visiting my oldest daughter in Spokane. She goes to college near there and we went to celebrate her 20th birthday. What a great four days.

First, I love driving across Washington State. When I get over the mountains and hit the east side of the state, something inside me just mellows out. And the tunes are good over there, so I turn on the radio and just drive. The scenery is beautiful. Every fifty miles or so you hit new terrain, so it stays interesting. My list of words this week are: Columbia River, plateau, high desert, sage brush, marmosets, yellow corn, gorge, mountains, valleys, agriculture.

Spokane is an interesting city. It was SO hot that I didn't do a lot of exploring, but I stayed right at the Riverfront Park and I did explore the park. My kids loved the marmosets. I liked the river. The fireworks were spectacular. We were only a block or so away, but could see them from our hotel window.

It was also good to get back home. I had a novel to proofread one more time! Ugh. I'm working on marketing/promo stuff for bad girls club, and I had to send some stuff out to agents. I do love this book I'm working on now. Lots and lots of fun. There's an excerpt up on my website. I've changed the title and haven't quite figured out how, on the Authors Guild template, to change that, but I'll figure it out sooner or later.

So, it's an easy going day and things are good.