Normally, I write my blog on Saturdays. But as I sat in my apartment and looked around I couldn't. I needed to do some serious cleaning, I despise cleaning. I really do. But I do like the end result. I still have a lot of touch up stuff to do, but all in all it looks a lot better around here.



I am trying to gear up for a long productive-- yet still fun weekend. I know it's only Monday, but I am taking Wednesday through Friday off at the day job. This long weekend should get me back into the groove of writing and marketing my book, No Sensible People -- which FINALLY made it onto Amazon.com. It took two weeks longer than the maximum time it was supposed to take, plus I had to contact Lulu several times, but it's there. I'm going to completely overhall my website, and work with an artist on the cover of a second edition of No Sensible People - hopefully debuting at the end of this month. I also want to get a rhythm going on my current novel.



Being a writer with two kids and a full time day job can be hard. It seems that whatever you try to keep everything moving and progressing will only work for a limited time. You have to constantly reinvent. Keep trying again and again and again. It is the ultimate trial and error experience. And you hope each time that your current idea will be the one that sticks, and not the one that sticks it to you.



I am formulating a plan to incorporate a lot more of my work, and more affiliate marketing onto my website. The idea is to make affiliates pay me instead of people who might not be able to afford it -- especially considering the current state of the economy.



My kids are off Thursday and Friday too, and one of those days we are going to go around snapping pictures of Minneapolis art -- a tour day in the city we live just outside of. Compensation for the fact that we don't travel. Normally we would go see a movie, but this should be less expensive.



I'm tired of feeling desparate, inadequate, and mad at the world. Standing back a looker at the beauty and uniqueness of things should help, I think. At any rate, it's worth a try.