R, Good wishes for your retirement. May you have some amazing adventures, and some peaceful quality time doing little.
Square Peg, good luck and good wishes with your health issues.

Me. The original first line of "The Molly Chronicles" was "They call me Molly" None of my friends caught my humor.

Our Italian extravaganza was a success. And I sold a few books, which boosted my spirits. Also, I look at "Through Unfamiliar WAters," and think of all the things that are wrong with it. Everyone at the extravaganza said they liked it. Also a boost. And I put Molly in for a review on Pubby, and got a five star review. Also a hit. So a lot of positives. I hate to admit it, but I do require external validation. I guess I can keep going without it, since I have done so for years. But OMG if feels good. And I have gotten a lot of negative comments - some good suggestions for improvement. Some ????
So fueled by good stuff, I'll see if I can get my latest book out by the end of the week. (So probably by the end of two weeks??? a month???
With that, I'll

I'm still almost finished with editing "Refuge and Warm Tea."