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Did You Know for today. I'll get to it, I promise, I know you are all waiting with bated breath for me to restart this fun factoid paragraph.

I’ve been trying to concentrate my efforts on my witch series, but I was looking at my schedule and I have two, count them, only TWO books being released this year and I got a little nervous, does this mean that people will forget me? Readers won’t be interested any longer? Panic set in HARD.

I decided to try my hand at writing short stories. Amazing what panic can set you into doing. I wrote a 40 page short in less than eight hours. I sent it off to my publisher at By Grace, because it was in fact, not only my very first short but it was an inspirational as well. I’m hoping it flies with her. I started a second short and it has been nagging me but I’ve not been able to churn the pages out.

My friend Becca and I work together almost every single day; as a matter of fact I go through withdrawal type symptoms when I don’t see her. She is the one who keeps me going. I’m a competitive person by nature and it helps my juices flow if I feel like it’s a race to the finish line. Sweet Becca sits back and plays along because writers tend to be a loyal lot. If we can help one another out even if it’s silly, we do it.

So anyway, each morning Bec and I greet each other, for my part it’s checking emails (I have 3 separate accounts…) replies to make, things to surf and usually there are blogs to post. When I’m finally able to check in we share page count and off I take off.

Becca teases me about being a power writer. I can churn out as many as 40 to 50 pages in one day. Then I’ll go through, not just a dry spell but a regular drought. So anyway, this has been a dry week. Here it is Tuesday and I’ve only written a total of 30 pages.

I have friends out there that see that and go, “and she’s complaining?” well yes, for me if I can’t get it out then I feel like I’m failing. Can you say OCD? It has to be all out and perfect and it has to be done yesterday.

So I allowed procrastination an inch in the door and it has taken over. I’ve been trolling the blogs instead of writing. Being the OCD I am I got frustrated with not keeping my roll as smooth as it had been.

I was reading over at Romancing the Blog and Amy Garvey has written a great article about the Internet and research. I have to say I agree with a lot of her comments. I wouldn’t be able to survive without my Internet. Honest! I do all my research on here.

I was at the bookstore the other day; my secret sister had given me the most lovely and generous of gifts, a $20 gift card for Barnes and Noble. I was anxious to spend it, after all I’m like a kid in a candy store when I’m at B&N. I was there for almost 2 hours. I hunted, I searched I scanned. I always head straight for the reference section, my life’s blood.

I picked up a couple of books and leafed through them. I held on to them and I moved on. I selected a few others from the non-fiction section and slowly made my way across the store where my mother was looking at crafting books.

We sat down and she sifted through her armload as I did the same with mine. All three reference books I put back, I found all the information I needed here on the Internet. I looked over the nonfiction, discounted those as I know I had some of the titles already (the perils of being a book hound) I was dispirited. After over 2 hours I left empty handed.

This past week we went back to B&N, once more I hunted, I searched, I scanned, and I failed. So I grabbed a CD to listen to while I write and I bought my mom and I each a slice of Godiva Double chocolate cheesecake and cokes from the café. I got home and read a book review and went O! I want this book; of course I’d already spent almost all the GC LOL.

But this brings a question to mind. Do you think the Internet has decreased the amount of money you spend in bookstores? I mean you can purchase E Books (thank goodness!), you can find any topic you want (and many you don’t) on the Internet. So have you decreased your trips to the library?

I make a lot of people dizzy because I don’t stay on one topic for long, sorry. It makes me feel like a television with someone sitting on my remote, the channel constantly switching.

Today on the cooking network:

I’m obsessed with food. Not just any food, it has to be good food. I also have an obsession of leaving my business cards at restaurants and the like. I know I mentioned previously an email I received from someone that I’d left a card at their café. What I failed to do was tell anything about this place.

Loughray’s. It has such a GREAT brunch buffet, but the barbecue pork steak buffet night is the best! The owner, Don is such a sweet man. And he service always has a smile and Don is never far behind checking to make sure you like your meal, or if there is anything you might be missing he can track down for you. The prices are reasonable and the location is great.

I've got to get a handle on my distraction monster, so I'm going to force myself back to the WIP.

Until later, HUGGLES and HAPPY READING!
Donica