We’ve all encountered a few in our lifetime and, more than likely, have lied a time or two. Everyone lies from time to time. It could be to protect ourselves or someone we care about. When caught in a lie, do you own up to it or cover it up with another one?

There are all kinds of liars, the ones that do it occasionally or the ones that lie so much they wouldn’t know the truth if it bit them in the ass. It’s a fact of life; everyone lies to someone about something trivial or earth-shattering. And if you are reading this now and saying you’ve never lied…Well, you’re lying to yourself at this exact moment. There isn’t a person alive that hasn’t lied. We are human, and therefore we are flawed.

Here’s the next thought…What do you do if you find out someone’s lied? Vow to be mad for all of eternity, be mad for a while, or be mad for a short time and forgive them pretty much right away? I just remembered another one. You say you forgive them, but do you still hold a grudge against them deep down?

Some lies are not meant to be forgiven, which is the consequence of such lies.

What is the purpose of this? We are all human, and we’ve all lied to people in our lives from time to time. Does that make us bad people? No. We are all beautifully flawed.

I say eat the piece of cake. Why the hell not? Life is too short to sit back and let sweets and opportunities pass us by. Things go by in the blink of an eye, and you don’t want to be one of the ones sitting on the sidelines saying…I should’ve taken the chance. That goes for anything in life. Want to have a piece of cake, pie, or some ice cream? Splurge! Live a little! The same thing goes for other aspects of your life. Tired of your current situation. Do something about it. Nothing is out of reach. You have to be willing to put forth the effort and hard work that goes along with it. Nothing worthwhile comes easy. The hard work will be well worth it in the end.

I’ve been chasing my dream as an author now for eleven years. Sure, I’ve thought about giving up and throwing in the towel, but what would that prove? That I give up too quickly when things get tough. I don’t give up on things that easily. What if I did give up and I was so close to attaining my dream? That would be gut-wrenching.

Take chances and go the extra mile because you won’t get anywhere being a bystander on the sidelines watching everyone else. Life is far too short. Want to try something new but too scared because you won’t be good at it, or people will judge you for it. Who cares what they think. In the end, it is what makes you happy that matters most. If they are judging you, I’ve got a little secret; they are probably scared of doing something, too. They are haters who are jealous because you dared to go after that dream, new job, or take up a new hobby.

So, yeah, we can have our cake and eat it, too.

I know a lot of you will relate to this on some level. Do you find yourself always being the one to call or text first? I don’t mean occasionally but on a regular basis? Well…If you know what I’m talking about, then you will definitely understand my next statement. IT SUCKS! We get tired of always being the one to initiate conversation. Falls back to my other post about how we say we’re too busy, but are we really?

Do we place friends in categories of top priority down to hope I never hear from them again? If we worry so much about how people perceive us, then why do we do stunts like this? Stunts that make us look like asses? Well…I’ve got news for you; the other person has already deemed you a jerk, and therefore, the friendship is doomed. The friendship may go on, but they will remember and make themselves less available to you.

So, who would be in the wrong…

Happy Pride Month! It’s your right to support it or not. You may disagree, but be respectful. Respect is one word with so much power behind it. Respect goes a lot farther than hate. If you want respect, you need to give respect.

Everyone has the right to love whoever they want to love. Who are we to tell people they can’t be someone that makes them happy? You wouldn’t want someone to walk up to you on the street or while enjoying a wonderful dinner and start yelling in your face that you can’t be with your significant other. So, what gives you the right to do that to someone else? If you think about it…Nothing. Nothing gives another person the right to walk up to strangers and tell them they can’t be with their significant other.

When did we become a society that forces our beliefs on everyone else? Everyone has the right and freedom to love whoever makes them happy. It’s plain and simple.

Well, it has been crazy around here to say the least. You finally think things are going to start looking up, when you find yourself kissing a brick wall. Yeah, I know some of you out there can identify with that statement. That happened to yours truly this week. I admit I didn’t take the news that well. In fact, I turned into a bitch. We all fall short and become a bad version of ourselves from time to time. Either we can find our way out of the funk or we can wallow in it. Well, I for one am not going to let this bump in the road keep me from my ultimate goal/dream. With that being said…They are sending me to a hand surgeon. It couldn’t happen at a worse time. I’ve decided to not dwell on the negativity of the situation. I have always believed things happen for a reason. We may not understand the reason but then again, maybe we aren’t meant to know why things happen. The ultimate test is how we respond to such things. Like I said before we can wallow in self-pity or we can get up, dust ourselves off, and keep moving forward. As we all know life isn’t fair. She doesn’t play nicely and will knock us down, trying to keep us there if we let her.

A couple years ago my Dad passed away unexpectedly, while I was in the beginning of writing Cursed or Blessed. I did push my writing aside for a little bit because I was mad at the world. I was so mad that I couldn’t even think about writing anything. Then, one day I got my writing out and used that to help me get through a tragic time in my life.

Enough of the sad stories. Onto news about my books…

Not everything was bad this week. I started on revisions for Dancing With A Stranger. My book cover is almost done! I hope to be revealing it here in the next couple of weeks. Which leads me to my really big news of the week. I am going to be doing a book signing event the first of May with another local author. I’m super excited! I’m hoping if I do need surgery, I can put it on hold until after the book signing event. I’m right handed and of course it’s my right hand. Go figure. If I can’t put it on hold, it can be done right away and recovery will be a couple weeks at the most. I’m really hoping for the first option.

Since I’m doing revisions right now, Dancing With Darkness has been set aside until after they are finished. I have other great things I’m trying to get done for next year. I need to get more information before I can say anything.

Thanks for reading! Good Night Everyone!

I didn’t write my blog yesterday because of Superbowl, so that is why I’m writing it today. What did everyone think of the Superbowl? I was rather surprised that the Chiefs were able to come back and win. They were struggling at the beginning. I’ve heard a lot of controversy over the half-time show and what not. I honestly don’t have an opinion either way. If you don’t like the half-time show, then turn the channel. All of our TVs out there in the world has what is known as a remote control, so you can easily turn the channel from your couch, recliner, chair, or wherever you are sitting at the time. Am I wrong? I believe some get offended because their bodies aren’t in that good of shape to get out there on stage in outfits like that. Again, just my opinion. We all have one! On to the commercials… What was your favorite commercial? I have to say my eyes were burning after the Jason Momoa commercial. It was definitely funny, but wrong on so many levels. Any sane woman would agree with me on this one. I honestly sat there for a few minutes like…What The Hell was that? Then, my 19-year-old saw the look on my face and smarted off, “Mom’s like I have to go bleach my eyes now!” I was like Amen! LOL I’m rambling on about the image that is forever burned into my memory. LOL Back to the rest of the commercials. My other two favorites were the ones with Post Malone buying beer and Billy Murray doing Ground Hog Day.

Now for writing updates…Dancing With A Stranger is almost done being edited and then, I will start on the revisions. I am really pushing to have it published in Mid to late April. As for Dancing With Darkness, I am about to finish up writing chapter four this evening and hopefully start on chapter five. There is going to be a third book in the Londyn Carter Series, I just haven’t given much thought on a name for it yet. Once the series is completed, I’m going to go back and write the sequel to Cursed or Blessed. I’ve been doing research about how I want to distribute my paperback books and learning things along the way. I am also thinking about selling my books at one of the local Farmer’s Markets this spring/summer. Well, that’s about it for writing updates.

Hope everyone has a great rest of the evening! Thanks for reading!

I must say this week has been a stressful one. Honestly, I don’t think stressful is a good enough word to describe it. Shit show. Now, that sums it up a lot better. Have you ever had one of those weeks, where you just want to run away screaming…”This is not my life!” If you say no. I know you are LYING! I think we’ve all had a few moments in our lives like that. It ended great though! That is the most important thing. We spent last night with a great friends celebrating our 19-year-old’s birthday. Nothing like pizza, great company, and a few alcoholic beverages to end a crappy week.

The week consisted of me fighting with my daughter’s school to get her schedule changed after they screwed it up. They kept passing blame to one another instead of fixing the problem they created for her. I didn’t care who was to blame, just fix the problem! Mama Bear isn’t a nice person, and I don’t like bringing her out all the time. Sometimes. she must come out and get things done. And, she did exactly that. She got shit done! Mama Bear has been sick and that makes her a little less tolerant of people giving her the run around. In the end everything was changed around to accommodate her hard class. Mama Bear is amazing. I’m just sayin…

Onto writing news…Dancing With A Stranger is almost done being edited. Yay! Which means, I can start revisions soon. I was talking to my editor last night and we were trying to figure out a way to get the books out quicker to readers. I feel like a year is too long between books. I want to cut that down by 3-4 months. I just need to sit down and write like crazy. Writer’s block doesn’t help the situation at all. I started on Dancing With Darkness last month and already started on Chapter four. I want to get another two chapters written before I have to set it aside, while I work on revisions and getting the book ready for publication around April. Then, I will have published two books in a year. I guess that is pretty good. Well, I’m going to go back to writing on chapter four.

Have a great rest of your night! Thanks for reading! See you next week.

What can I say except, I suck! I fell off the wagon and lost it during the holidays. I’m sorry for leaving my blog deserted in Blog Hell. I got overwhelmed with the holiday, finishing up my book, working and so forth and what not. Again, I hope to do better with this new plan. I’m going to try and blog once a week, instead of everyday. I’m hoping the once a week will give me more things to blog about instead of trying to come up with random things. For instance, the people in the city where I live…Can’t drive! I could write a whole book about that, but I will spare you the agony. So here we go…

Hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas/New Year holiday. Work has slowed down, so that has given me more time to write. I’m still trying to figure out this whole marketing thing. It’s overwhelming at times, but I am not giving up. I keep hearing find your ideal target audience and relate to them. Easier said than done. I’m still working on that too. The important thing is to keep moving forward.

Well, Dancing With A Stranger is still in editing. I hope to get the rest of the chapters first of February so I can get it revised and ready to be published by April. I have started writing the second book in the series…Dancing With Darkness. So far, I’m at the end of writing chapter three. I get so scattered brain some days between the three projects occupying my mind all the time. Marketing Cursed or Blessed, getting another book ready to publish and writing on the third. Not to mention, the third book in the series will be started around summer time. Lots going on around here.