Casual Fridays!

Whenever I'm not promoting a book or giving a review, I'd like to open up Fridays for any questions of comments you all have. Or anything you'd like to discuss!  I'll tell you a bit about my week and what I'm up to, and please do the same!  It will be a nice way to end the week.

This week, I've been working furiously on Veil of Pearls. It's due Sept 9th (I got a one week extension!)  and it's coming along. First draft is done and I'm going through each line, each paragraph, each scene to add, tweak, expound, alter, whatever it needs!  I think you're going to like this one. At least I hope so. The theme is Fear of Man. It's about compromising one's principals and beliefs in order to be counted among the popular crowd. I think there's a lot of that going around these days, don't you?  I know I struggled with it as a young girl. I mean, who doesn't want to be liked? valued?  The trouble comes when you try and gain that from a fickle crowd that wants you to comform to their idea of being "cool".    My heroine gets into a heap of trouble when she gets caught up in a world of parties and dances and plays and gorgeous gowns and handsome men. It's not so different than a young girl today who drinks or smokes or offers herself just so she will be liked by the "in" crowd.   Can you relate? Know anyone like that?

Well, other than writing, I've gone on walks, done a lot of praying, talked to my Mom in Tenn twice, cooked, cleaned, gone grocery shopping, pulled weeds, talked with my kids, and brushed my cats. Yes, and both yelled and cried at the news on TV! Oh, and I hosted a Bible study in my home last night.  Ah, the exciting life of an author!! 

What about you?