As summer comes to a close

I think this past summer seems to have flown by in a good way. This year has passed by. It seems like yesterday we had moved into the house. I started Summer Heat a year ago, and I finally finished it in April. June swept in, the novel published, and now I’m sitting at nearly 100 copies sold.

I suffer from ADD, another form of ADHD. So my hobbies, like writing, suffer. My husband told me I should stick to only 3 pursuits. So, writing, crocheting, and video games are the 3 I need to stick with.

I’ve ventured into filmmaking, acting, drawing (not one of the good ones I could master), painting (follows the same path as drawing), cross stitch, creating a drag persona (Foxie Bottoms), green witchery (also known as gardening), puzzles, wanting to learn how to use a straight razor to shave, and the list goes on and on.

Writing is something I can do that keeps me quiet, which I think my husband enjoys… I’m not sure. I’m usually too loud for him, and he’s half-deaf. I don’t hear him complain when I write. The only issue is while writing and, having ADD, I tend to go on hiatus while writing. It isn’t that I don’t have the motivation to write. It’s that I can’t when working with another hobby. So I’m back in the writer’s seat, writing.

After a recent trip to Washington, D.C., I found myself contemplating thoughts and discovering a new plot. I am not finished writing my murder mystery novel, nowhere close, but sometimes stories need to be told before others. This seems to be the running theme in my current situation.

I don’t wish to disclose any information regarding the new story, but I don’t think I’m aware of any other story like it. I have some research to do to understand its magnitude before I tell others about the idea. But that’s part of the writing process.

I am here, and I am writing.