{"id":1298,"date":"2014-02-14T22:42:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T03:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2014-02-14T22:42:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T03:42:53","slug":"writing-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?p=1298","title":{"rendered":"(writing) Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, I really do suck at this blogging thing, don&#8217;t I? \u00a0I&#8217;m working on getting better, I promise. \u00a0Things have been stupid busy over the last two weeks, and some things have had to give. \u00a0I&#8217;m hoping to get a bunch of stuff up in the next week, though.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s been going on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For starters, my new schedule is AWESOME! \u00a0I love it. \u00a0It&#8217;s just what I needed, and if that was the only thing that had changed, I probably wouldn&#8217;t have been so quiet here. \u00a0Of course, life doesn&#8217;t work like that. \u00a0There was the snowstorms, for one thing. \u00a0For all the poetic beauty of a snowstorm in New Hampshire, I personally hate them. \u00a0I hate shoveling, I hate being cold, I hate having to wear coats and shoes. \u00a0HATE IT. \u00a0I know, I know, I&#8217;m living in the wrong area. \u00a0Trust me, I know. \u00a0Winter and I do not get along. \u00a0There was my husband being let go from his job this past week. \u00a0That royally sucked. \u00a0No fault of his, either &#8211; the company was downsizing and sadly, contractors are always the first to go. \u00a0So if you are in southern New Hampshire (you know, Concord to Nashua) and you know of a shipper\/receiver job, please let me know. \u00a0He&#8217;s a really good worker! \u00a0And then my great-uncle died yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, it&#8217;s been a rough couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But there are some good things coming too.\u00a0I have a cover reveal for an author friend coming on February 17th, and I&#8217;m working on a new release of my own.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve decided not to query\u00a0<em>Into Thin Air<\/em>, but to make it the next release I&#8217;m doing. \u00a0And so, I had to commission a cover, of course. \u00a0There will be more on it later. \u00a0But isn&#8217;t it pretty?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PC1-ITA-350.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1302 aligncenter\" alt=\"PC1-ITA-350\" src=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PC1-ITA-350.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PC1-ITA-350.jpg 218w, https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PC1-ITA-350-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PC1-ITA-350-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So that&#8217;s been my last two weeks. \u00a0Hope you guys are doing better!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, I really do suck at this blogging thing, don&#8217;t I? 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