Song of the day: “Paradise” by
George Ezra. A very strange song to have stuck in your head due to the beat
that seems to ever increase throughout, and yet doesn’t. Give it a listen when you
get the chance, it’s a cute song regardless of the earworm qualities.
Right. It’s been a month and a
half, or so since my last blog. I know, bad Sammi, but as I am sure you can
guess, life has been so busy that a lot of basic stuff like blogging…and
grocery shopping time has eluded me. Hah.
So let’s get you updated in
Samaya’s world, eh? You know you want to, considering my famously boring way of
life. Have you noticed that the blog of a work-aholic can be a tad boring? I have,
but I’ll try to keep things entertaining at least, okay?
First, let’s get the book stuff
out of the way, shall we? Things have been quieting down a little, respectively,
thank gawd! Although, I was up until the wee hours of morning the other night
due to an exciting take-over at Entangled Publishing, together with a group of
my fellow authors, allowing us a chance to chat with each other and any readers
that felt comfortable to join in. It was fun. Not incredibly busy, but that was
good considering it was my first time at such an event. Popped my cherry gently,
so to speak. Hah.
Did a few guest spots at different
websites. Some serious, going into the hows and whens and whys of Girl in the
Mist’s main theme, which was nice to describe. At the end of today’s blog I’ll
post some links so you can go check it out, if you’re so inclined. There was
another guest spot about an Author’s life, which was more fun than informative
since it had to be done mostly in GIFs. Another spot was an excerpt of the book.
A different one, no less, just to keep things interesting.
I did an interview with a fellow
author too. As in me interviewing her, which you can check out here: www.samayatyoung.com
it was a lovely book, too, so be sure to check out the review for it in the Review section. Such a nice writer, too, all the way from Australia. I love getting to
know so many people all over the world.
Had a splendid review of a big
reviewing sight, yay! Not that it beats the ones from readers on Goodreads,
mind you, it’s just that the extra exposure from such a big website is bound to
help some with the sales…I hope.
The proposal for book 2 of the No
Escape From Rising Sun series gained some interest from our publisher, but
there were some changes. Regretfully, due to the too big amounts of work
lately, applying those very changes took embarrassingly long. Seriously, the
changes were positively minor, but we both were so tired in the evenings that
we could get very little done. Did manage to finally finish those changes in
the first 3 chapters, which we sent back to the editor last night. Keep yer
fingers crossed that she likes what we did and that it will be a “go” for book
two, now dubbed “Woman with a Past” so it’ll match “Girl in the Mist” a little
better.
What with work having been
somewhat demanding lately (I too have been doing close to full time due to
vacations of colleagues) tension between big brother and me has been high. Not
surprising of course. Too little sleep and too much work can have that effect
on everyone. It gives tempers short fuses, makes toes long and patience a myth.
Hah. Nothing too serious, I assure you,
but let’s just say that I am looking forward when my hours go down a
little again. It hasn’t been easy the last few weeks, especially since I was
sick as a dog a couple of weeks ago.
Seriously, I thought I came through
winter without any serious illness, and wham! It hit me. I was out for the
count, and even had to call in sick for almost a week…even Big Brother had to,
who got hit about a day after me. There were chills, there was massive fever,
followed by a cough that is now finally
going away with the return of better weather.
Which reminds me, Spring Is
Here!!!! At long last. The country side is turning green again. Most of the
trees have their canopy bursting out of the seams, and there’re flower
absolutely everywhere!!! I love it. Especially the four-day string of sunshine
that we enjoyed just recently, and the much milder temperatures. We’ve had a barbeque
with friends out on the terrace, which was lovely, and definitely worth a
repeat in the near future.
Getting better at work,
thankfully. Lots to learn about the whole official catering business for sure.
Am also being allowed to experiment a little, which is what keeps things
interesting. Also being taught about banqueting, which is exhausting in a
building that size. Seriously, the amount of food your have to bring away on
food is daunting sometimes. Will make my feet hurt like heck at the end of the
day, but thankfully not in the old “plantars faciitis” way, just in the “gawd,
get off us now” way instead. I’m fine the next day.
Went to visit dad down south for
littlest Brother’s birthday, along with the birthdays of Aunt R and Grandma J (stepmom’s
mother and sister) who’re all celebrating their day of birth in the same week.
Had a lovely dinner at a restaurant. Wonderful food, especially for Germany.
Hadn’t expected that at all, but it was probably due to the fact that they often
cater to vegetarians…which we all basically are, except for Aunt R. Hah. Also
had the chance to admire dad’s new place, which is finally finished and looking
grand, despite it being a relatively small house.
Did bake a massive chocolate cake
to celebrate all the birthdays, but regretfully everyone was way too stuffed
from all the food to have more than a taste. Hah
As for other stuff, I diligently
do my qigong on every free day that I have, along with a couple of times during
the work week when I can muster the energy for it, so in that regard I’ve been
a good Sammi. Haven’t managed to eat a lot of red meat (bad Sammi) , but
chicken has been a relatively frequent occurrence in my diet for the past few
weeks at least. Not perfect yet, but working on it.
Have only managed a little of
experimenting with my own food lately. After having worked in the kitchen for
several hours in the mornings, and then the afternoon clean up, I often don’t
really feel like diving into the kitchen and making another mess that I have to
clean. So most of the meals consist of oven dishes that need little work and is
easy to consume.
Only two real grocery trips since
the last blog. Keep postponing because neither Big Brother nor I feel like
making that effort, but it’s not like we’re starving or anything. Just lazy.
At the moment I am enjoying a
three day weekend. It’s the King’s day here, meaning that most anything (except,
of course, Big Brother’s workplace kind of establishments) is closed for the
day so people can celebrate. There’s a lot of orange all over the place with
people partying, drinking, eating and doing the traditional flea market/garage
sale kind of thing throughout the country. Very cozy, but I am giving it a pass
this year in favor of relaxing at home. Yay.
Well, that about sums it all up.
Do check out the links below…such a time consuming thing to gather them all. Hehehe
Gotta go. More to do today yet. I
want to make every minute of my weekend count!
Just Romantic Suspense Excerpt
Behind the Book "Entangled"
#AuthorLife Entangled in Romance
And, finally, we are on Fantastic Fiction!!! Which has been a long-lasting dream. Yay!!!!
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