The Dog Ate My Blogwork

Shortly before I went blogging AWOL, I was tagged with an eight-random-facts meme to which I didn't respond. Bad Bron. To assuage my guilt I've decided to make this first post back a list of eight random reasons why I haven't blogged for almost two months. (During which time I've changed computers and things don't work the same and for some unfathomable reason I can't seem to post in the Title box of blogger -- if anyone knows what's up with that, please, please, let me know.)

1. I've been busy writing...and rewriting...and writing some more...and finally Vows & a Vengeful Groom (January 08) is done and dusted.

2. I've been busy watching the grass grow. Yes, really! The drought has broken; there's been rain on the roof, mud to slosh through, a clothes dryer to kick into use for the first time in five years. And grass thick and wet beneath my feet when I walk. To illustrate, here is a view of one of our dams in April and then in June. What a difference some rain makes!













3. I've been busy ignoring my friends' getting-ready-for-RWA-Dallas plans. Lured by an invitation to present a RITA (an opportunity that in all probability won't come around again), I did contemplate going for a couple of weeks. I found Frequent Flyer flights, a room to share, a stopover in Santa Monica. Alas, a July trip just wasn't possible.

4. Bummed out by that decision, I busied myself booking flights, accommodation, workshops et al for both the Australian and New Zealand Romance Writers Conferences in August...an instant cure for the can't-do-National blues.

5. I've been busy preparing the workshop I'm presenting at RWAustralia, on using tension to create a page-turner.

6. Maintaining the workshop thread, I've also been busy as a participant in an on-line workshop to nurture my creative soul. Believe me, the twelve-week course is not long enough. There is still an awful lot of nurturing to be done!

7. Recently I rediscovered the joy of reading, something that had alluded me for too many months.

8. Even more recently I've been busy researching and gathering ideas for my next books, a linked pair which I hope will be partly set in England.