#TakingABreak

Hi, Everyone!

Recently, I’ve been advised that I’m supposed to take some breaks now and then, even from things I enjoy, like my blog. This is something I’ve never been good about doing, but it seems I need to pace myself better, if I don’t want to fall face down on the keyboard one day, unable to do another thing. Since the person who advised me on this has a medical degree and I don’t, I suspect I should listen to him.

With that in mind, I’m going to step back from the computer for a few days, assuming I can stand the shock of doing so. I WILL be back though, I promise. (Probably just in time for next week’s ThorsDaySmile post, as I don’t think I can manage longer than that without going berserk.)

Hopefully, I’ll actually get out of the house once or twice and maybe even have some fun tales or photos to share when I return. We’ll see. In the meantime, DO behave yourselves and maybe even head out to have some fun here and there, too. They say it’s good for us!

See you in a week. (IF I can stand it that long!)

It’s that time of year again, folks. Yes! It’s time for LoDeWriMar, and I aim to take full advantage of it this go around. What is that, you ask? Well, simple. Local December Writing Marcia. Yes, I can hear you groaning clear down here in Florida, but I decided what I’m about to do needed its own name, even if it was a total rip-off of another, far more well-known event that generally has WAY more than one participant. Mind games, for sure, but whatever works, right?

So, the bottom line is, I’m about to do something I’ve never done in about 20 years of blogging: take a full month off to focus on my WIP. I admit, I’ve never even been tempted to do such a thing, but then again, I’ve never hit a roadblock on one of my books before. And the roadblock coincides with a month wherein I have NO local wildlife talks to get ready for presentation. So, being the quick-witted soul that I am (once in a great while), I decided this was the right time for me to give all of my attention to this WIP with as few interruptions in my daily writing regime as possible.

Therefore, I will not be present around here for the whole month of December, if all goes well, and my draft starts growing again. I do have two previously scheduled guest posts coming up, and will drop in to keep an eye on each of those, but otherwise, the plan is that I won’t be doing any blogging from today until January 2, 2022. Whew. Just typing that gives me a weird feeling, but I know that you guys all understand needing some time to focus on what we love doing most: writing!

If you need me for something between now and January, please feel free to email me, and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. In the meantime, I wish each and every one of you a wonderful and blessed holiday season.

See you on the other side!