Here it is Friday, January 22, 2010 and I still feel like I’m in limbo.  I am still job searching.  My experience as a temp so far is – work a month, off a month. Not exactly, what I had hoped would happen.  But it is not all bad; I have been sending out resumes and had an interview on Wednesday with a large Insurance company in downtown Des Moines.  They asked me to come for a second interview today. 

Robert B Parker’s death was sad to accept this week.  I’d started reading his Spencer series years ago when my kids were little.  While they napped or played, I would steal away enough time to read a few chapters.  Just recently, I read all of his Jesse Stone series. I will miss his work.

I have been doing a seven-day challenge as part of a program I attended Saturday with my local RWA chapter.  The program was Defying Gravity!  Why it’s so hard to keep going…  Each day we have a simple writing related task.  It does include listening to the Keynote address from the RWA conference last year and it ends with a mysterious envelope on day seven.  Will maybe share what was in the envelope later.

As part of my blog, I would like to focus on some of the other blogs I link to and enjoy reading.  This week – I am going to suggest you check the list of links on the side of my blog for Louise Penny.  If you enjoy a cozy mystery, you have to read her series of books set in a small village in Canada.   Three Pines is a small village overflowing with interesting and quirky characters. I read all of this series this winter and am patiently waiting for the next book.  I think Louise Penny has a seductive writing voice that she uses to pull you into the story.  Once there, you won’t want to leave.  She writes her blog posts in the same way.  I look forward to reading about what she is doing each day.  Though she doesn’t post daily, she doesn’t miss too many days either.  The first book in her series is Still Life.  Do check it out; I think you will like it.

I am working on my own story as well.  I’m still working on the first draft.  I will keep you informed as to my progress.  I plan to post my next Write a Novel with Me – article this weekend.  It will be for Week 4 and it will be about where to begin, the plot or the characters.

Virginia