Rain, Rain, Go Away...

You would think that as an author, I would love the down time of being stuck inside while it has rained for what seems like 40 days and 40 nights...but I don't!  It's supposed to be summertime in Indiana!  You know...corn knee high by the Fourth of July?  Mine is barely 6 inches above the ground if the seeds didn't wash away.  My cabbage is rotting at the ground level and my newest flower bed looked like a kiddie pool when I left for work yesterday.  The yard has been too wet to mow completely in places and those damn blood thirsty mosquitoes dive bomb on me every time I go near the garden.  Not to mention that I did a great imitation of a wild ninja author when I came in the house the other night and discovered one of those disgusting leeches stuck to my ankle!  Enough of the complaining, the rain has had its good qualities such as bringing the wildlife out more often and all of my vine plants in the garden are going crazy.  If it's true that a single pumpkin plant yields about 10 pumpkins, I will get about 100 off of the 10 that I planted.  Good news, right?  That's a hell of a lot of jack-o-lanterns! And my three rows of green beans are looking pretty darned good too!  It seems like the berries are thriving in this weather because I picked about 3 gallons of red raspberries in the last week that will be awesome for cobblers this fall and winter.  But honestly, with the upcoming holiday, this gal would sure like to get outside and get some REAL sunshine on this skin instead of a fake and bake tan from the tanning bed.  Guess we can't have it all, can we?
On the flip side, I am going to spend the weekend on some of my writing projects and perhaps throw in some craft projects as well.  I may even bake.  I have the first round edit of Blood Vengeance back from my editor at Soul Mate Publishing to work on.  I need to write my blurb for an upcoming anthology I am contributing to (be sure to watch my blog for news about this one).  I am about 1/8 of the way through on the second book of my Sisters Trilogy which is titled On The Wind.  And I am itching to get started on the third book of my Possum Creek series...this one will be called Home Stretch and for those of you who have read the first two books (Coming Home and A Home For Dixie) you will enjoy seeing Char fall for a NASCAR driver.  Another project that I am tossing around is a companion cookbook to go along with my Possum Creek series that if it comes to fruition, will release in time for Christmas 2015.
As far as craft projects, I purchased the fabric for a rag quilt for my bed about two years ago and I think it's probably time to get busy and try to get it finished.  And I want to try my hand at crocheting some rag rugs out of the scrap fabric that I have hoarded over the years.  But of course, I also have about 10 unfinished cross stitch and embroidery projects.  Is that bad?
For those of you who are within driving distance of Cincinnati, OH, I will be at the River City Book Bash on July 25th so watch my blog, Facebook, and Twitter for updates and exclusive giveaways for anyone who might be attending the book bash.
Ok, enough of the chatting tonight...check back throughout the weekend for more!  Signing off...