Well folks since my last blog in May 2020 right at the start of Covid -19 a lot has happened. I was hell bent to becone a better blogger, I planned to have a new publisher, I planned for many things. So guess what has actually happened? None of the things I set out to do. I have to laugh. What happened? I guess I’m not really sure.

When Covid hit, I took about three months medical leave off from my job, then I took another couple of months of unpaid leave. Me and my little family all worked together to survive through the stay at home orders, the lock down, the jobs that stopped. It wasn’t easy and we are all right now in pretty good shape.

I focused on finding a new publisher after mine old one (she’s not old) refoucused her business attentions. She returned my work to me, completely edited. Then the hunt began. Quite frankly it’s still going on. Oh the query letters, oh the query letters I have sent. I keep sending.

I finally went back to work only to hurt my back and go out on a medical again. Six weeks or so and then I went back. Then I hurt my shoulder and off again I went for another six weeks or so. Lordy, Lordy. Then it was back to work. I managed to stay for a few months only to have a car accident in April of this year, 2021. Five car smash up. No one was killed or very seriously hurt to the best of my knowledge. I however, did suffer some weird hand injury. My mechanic, (Mr. Mechanic on 9 mile road and telegragph Southfield Mi) said it was a race car driver type of injury. Here I go again off of work. When I tell you that before any of these things happened I did not believe I would have survived being off work for a longtime, I tell you I thought for sure I would be homeless and broke. GOD will provide. He made my way and it seemed easy. It took some budgeting but without having God in my life I would not be where I am right now (writing this blog from Souel Korea, I’m a flight attendant).

So back to the publisher search. With all the things that have happend this year I am strong and confident that my search is nearing it’s end. I did find out however that if you are querying agents or publishers they really are not interested in previously published or even self published stories. Ok so I have been busy writing new stories. Practice up on your 30 second pitch, your tag line and oh crap I forgot the third thing. Well when I remember what it was, I will blog it to you. My point to this rather long blog, life will throw you curve balls and expect you to strike out. Keep swinging, keep going after that home run and you will get that puck in the goal net and win.