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March 4, 2012
I can't believe it's been more than two months since I updated my site! Forgive me, readers -- I've been up to my eyeballs in emergencies...and WRITING!
2012 started of with a bang for me, and not in a good way. When our host was hacked on New Year's Day, my online RWA chapter's website was one of over a hundred that went down. Being webmistress and root administrator of the forums, I found myself scrambling to reestablish a web presence and get back in communication with our authors. It took a good six weeks of blood, sweat, tears, training, swearing, and trial and error to get us back to a mostly functional state, and I'm still tweaking pages.
We finally got some snow, but it wasn't much and it disappeared quickly. The country roads have been very nice as a result, with one exception--our driveway. It's kind of sunken right where the concrete ends, and that area is protected from the wind, so after it rains or snows, the driveway becomes a quagmire that doesn't go away before the next storm. As a result, our beautiful new painted garage floor is constantly covered with mud and tiny gravel stones. I HATE it and am nagging Mr. Robin to loosen the purse strings and put down a couple of loads of quality large-stone gravel -- which is hard because I'm totally not a nagger.
And while I've appreciated the nice warm winter, I'm getting kind of nervous for the spring. When winters are as mild as this one, the spring weather tends to be more violent, and there've been lots of tornado reports in the last couple of days. Fingers crossed they miss our new house! Yes, I'm paranoid. I thought we might be safe because a tornado hit this property about thirteen years ago, but I saw a news story yesterday about homes that were just being rebuilt after last year's tornados getting hit again. How sucky and unfair is that?! I don't know if I'd be able to do it again -- building this house was stressful enough the first time.
In other news, I've spent a lot of time at sports and band events this winter. My son, who grew six inches and lost 20 lbs in the last couple of years, decided to play basketball this year, and it seems like they had a game every other day. Some weeks, they actually did have a game every other day. And with all three kids in band, I've spent hours working on fundraisers for new uniforms and attending band boosters meetings to help plan next year's music trip. It will be either DC or Disney World, and I'm on my knees begging God to make some other parents volunteer to chaperon. I've done Disney World three times as an adult -- enough's enough already.
I missed my January goal for an Alien "The End" but I'm getting so close, I can taste it! I've even posted a blurb and excerpt on my Coming Soon page, so check it out! And send me all your Git 'er done! vibes -- I intend to be celebrating another sale before I leave for RT in April!
See you next month,
Robin
Signing Alien Overnight, Enemy Overnight and BIG Temptation at the RT Booklovers Convention in Chicago, IL. (I may even have a few ARCs of Carnal Compromise to give away!)
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Signing at the Romantic Times Booklover's Convention Autographing in Los Angeles
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Presenting Revision Quest workshop with Anne Calhoun at Romantic Times Booklovers Convention.
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