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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

My internet is messed up.


About a week ago my Internet started going crazy. I get time outs. Or it's just not there. The signal is so weak... when it is up... getting anything to load is insanely slow and then BOOM! The signal totally drops. I had the cable guy out on Saturday and they found the problem and then he said hopefully they'd get to it on Monday. Um... it's Tuesday and I still haven't seen them. I'm hoping he was right and it WILL be taken care of by Friday. I have a laptop though and there's always McDonalds and Starbucks that I can go visit and use their free signal. With kids though... I can't hang out there so yeah.
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On an up note... I have gotten some of my reading done on books I really wanted to read. I'm hitting Borders today for the new Nalini Singh book. I also have been doing some writing! My flu/cold is GONE! I thought I'd never get better. That small cold turned into a week in bed and about 2 weeks total of feeling like crap. I can smell again! LOL.
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Melting Iron came out and the feedback has been wonderful. Thank you if you took the time to comment. I really appreciate it. I know I always worry about if people will like it, love it, or hate it. I always listen to the feedback carefully and try really hard to take the good and bad... and learn from it. I'm currently writing and hope to submit a book or two this month since I'm far beyond on where I wanted to be since I got too sick to attempt writing. I refuse to do that on cold medicine. My romances turn dark and gloomy, more horror than not, so I don't even go there.
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This month Propositioning Mr. Raine is coming out on July 30th. I'm really hoping that people like it. It's a jump from Sci Fi but I really enjoy writing different things. It flexes my imagination which I think is a good thing. I like to read a lot of different things so I also like to write different kind of stories. The edits for my werewolf novel - Mate Set - should be coming soon. I'm waiting for book covers for Berrr's Vow ( 4th Zorn Warrior book ) and Mate Set. I am really excited to see what the art department come up with!!! It's really a heart pounding experience when you get that email and open it up. I swear I hold my breath as it loads the picture. Then I stare, take it all in, and I've been really lucky to get wonderful covers that I love. ( Knocking on wood - LOL )
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On a personal side... I outgrew my other desk. It was a hand-me-down desk from my mother. She had it for a good ten years... then I had it for five. I went desk hunting for an L-shaped desk, drove to about seven different stores, and fell in love with a clearance sale floor model one at Staples. So... I got it for just over $100 and paid my neighbors to go disassemble it, move it to my home, and put it back together for me. I couldn't beat that price. LOL. So since I saved so much money on the desk... we ended up buying one of those bar height dining room tables that was priced to sell out the door so I saved money there too. I LOVE to buy things on sale. I'm slowly replacing the really old furniture I have with some new stuff. I'm loving the new desk. I have ROOM! Free workspace! More drawers! And a bigger hutch! I'm so happy and it's a pleasure to sit down to my desk now. I have a real 'work space' instead of feeling as though I'm sitting in a corner of my living room. LOL. With the big L-shape... it's almost as if I've made a room inside of a room... my own office!
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Hopefully they get my Internet fixed quickly but I am writing away since my distractions are fewer. LOL. I do miss facebook! It's addictive talking to people when you work at home without other adults to talk to during the day since Mr. Laurann works M-F outside the home so I don't get to see him until dinner. I hope everyone has a great week!

2 comments:

  1. ICK on the computer problems. So very stressful but at least the damn cold is gone now and you are feeling more 'normal'.

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  2. Thanks Regina. I'm so happy to be well again and I'm hoping cable gets out here to fix the problem.

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