Eleanor Tatum

A hodgepodge, that’s what this week has been. The euphoric feeling from being awarded a finalist status in the romantic fiction division of The Chanticleer Book Reviews held over for several days until…my editor informed me she wasn’t fond of dots. Those things are all over the final draft of my third novel, which is no longer a final draft because it’s been sent home for repairs. Euphoria out the window. Well…”Piff-Fill”.

The Hodgepodge continues. This coming Friday, December 6,  Deanna Rayburn is allowing me to guest host on her blog, deannaraybourn.com. She is one of my very favorite historical romantic novelist (out of a very very few…yes, I know, more dots and too many very-words). Also, on the positive side of the hodgepodge my favorite son-in-law repaired my website to announce my third novel, Swamp Home. That can be seen well…here. I hope both of these positives will be healthy for my writing business and that thought brings us to the negative side of the hodgepodge. The third quarter receipts from my suffering publisher aren’t enough to dine in a third world country. Yes, I’m blessed,  but…just not wealthy.

My Daddy… one of my favorite characters to write about… left me with several original quotations bouncing in my head. Here’s one that fits…”Everyday and Everyway, I’m going to get better and better.” So, I won’t get depressed… too much… but pick myself up by my English boot straps and try to arrive on the positive side of the hodgepodge. Another one of his quotes …

“Enough!”