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Life has been pretty busy lately. I had an auto accident in January. Here’s a lovely picture of my car.

A guy ran a red light and hit me. 🙁  Luckily, I wasn’t seriously

hurt, but I’ve started physical therapy for my neck and shoulder.  Another 2 hours out of my day twice a week. (As if I have time for that. LOL) It’s not difficult. Just time consuming.

I’ve also been going to the gym almost every night. I’ve lost 25 pounds this year. Added to the weight loss of last year, I’m 46 pounds lighter that I was at the beginning of 2009. 🙂  The exercise? Now that’s been far more difficult than the physical therapy.  And just as time consuming. But it’s worth it. I sleep better, feel better, and look better. 🙂

And now for the real news. 🙂  drum roll please….

I’ve signed a contract with Passion in Print for my historical romance novel, A REAL HUSBAND. I’m really excited about it.  They’ve already got some preliminary artwork for the cover. I can already tell you that I’m going to LOVE it. It has the look of  the quintessential historical romance.  If all goes well with the edits, it should be available this fall.  

I’ll post the cover as soon as I have the final draft!

Hugs,

Nita

Merry Christmas, everyone!!!

Just a post to let you know that I have two FREE Christmas short stories posted on my site: www.nitawick.com  Click on the Free Read button in the main menu.

Wishing you a happily-ever-after,

Nita

I woke up today to a pretty sight. I took this picture before it all melted.  LOL 

And I just wanted to let everyone know… I’ll be sending out a newsletter very soon.  One of my publishers will have “Free Christmas Reads” at their web site. I’ve contributed THE CHRISTMAS ANGEL which some of you may have downloaded and read from my site last Christmas. And I’ve also written a new, short, western Christmas story called THE SHERIFF’S MISTLETOE LAW.  I think you’ll like it. Besides, it will be FREE!  LOL  Other authors have contributed stories for the free reads, too.  So there should be several available.  I’ll let you know when they are ready for download. They should be up by the end of next week, hopefully. 🙂

I’ll also be choosing a name from my newsletter mailing list to receive an autographed print copy of THE WAGONMASTER for Christmas.

Nita

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The second half of my review of the Moonlight & Magnolias conference is up at the Author’s Studio blog

Peter Pan release .  Lots of pics, too!  There is even one of a blue-haired faerie.

Nita

Yes, I did it.  I finally blogged about something.  Umm… But not really HERE.  😉  My post is over at the Author’s Studio

, a group blog I belong to.  Go on over and leave a comment.  Please?!  Pretty please with sugar on top?  We get a lot of hits at AS– people read the blog. But apparently, just like here, people seldom leave a comment. It gets to be a bit discouraging. Have pity on me and the rest of the bloggers at AS and let us know you visited.  Just click the link above.

Thanks!

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Apparently my previous post sounded a little down. I’m not depressed or upset about anything. Not really.  Maybe a little frustrated with the absence of my muse lately, but certainly not depressed. There’s no reason to be. The print edition of THE WAGONMASTER has met with very positive reviews. 🙂 Gotta love that.

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys move And the part about not making any money at writing wasn’t a complaint, just an explanation as to why I don’t feel I should really make myself miserable spending all my spare time on promotion and stuff.

I don’t write for the money. (Right now there isn’t much money to consider. LOL) I write because I enjoy it. Maybe one day when I make the big time, money might play a bigger role in my decisions, but not now. Now I write (and promote my writing) when I want to– because it’s fun. When it stops being fun, I have to take a step back and reevaluate things.

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The last post was just about that reevaluation. That’s all. I think my muse’s defiant refusal to cooperate is because I was spending too much of my free time doing stuff that wasn’t bringing me any enjoyment.  There were things that were causing me stress. I don’t like stress.  LOL 

Blue Collar full movie Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning trailer So, as evidenced by the lack of posts, I’m currently spending my free time doing things I enjoy, like reading, having lunch with my daughter, or playing video games with my son. I’m thinking that maybe if I let go of some of the stress related to writing (and especially the promotion of it,) I can coax my muse into returning.

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So I haven’t posted in a month. I tell myself I should, but my response is: Why? Nobody ever reads this thing. And if they do, they don’t leave a comment. Seems like a waste of time, really.  I’ve tried sprucing it up with different layouts. I’ve tried having guest bloggers with some really great posts. I was embarrassed by the lack of response my guests received. 🙁

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As you can tell by the lack of posts, I’ve decided that it’s just not worth the time and effort. I’m sure I’ll post occasionally when I have something special. There’s no reason to shut down the blog completely. I spent hours setting this thing up– I’m not going to ditch all that work.

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I’ve entered a couple of contests with The Wagonmaster. If I make the finals in either one, you’ll see it here. If my muse ever returns from her currently AWOL status, I’ll post about my writing. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial rip

For now, I’m just not going to work so hard at this second job of mine. I’m a little burned out. As RWA is very quick to point out, electronic and small print authors don’t make much money from their writing. I write because I love to write. Usually. But if I’m not really in the mood, it becomes a chore, a job. And it’s one that doesn’t pay well at all. Other than a very few dollars, the salary I gain from writing is the pleasure and enjoyment it gives me.  

Some of you who aren’t electronically published will think I’m exaggerating. I kid you not. For my tax return, I had more than double the amount of expenses (web hosting, advertising) than I had in income. And I didn’t even include my RWA and chapter dues or $500 worth of expenses I could have claimed for a conference I went to.

So if you don’t see me around much, it’s because I’m trying to get away from the mundane work of promotion and get back to the joy of writing. So many friends and fans (yes, LOL, I do have a few fans) have asked me when my next book is due out. Heck, I don’t have anything finished, much less contracted. My muse has apparently gone on strike. I need to focus on why I started writing to begin with and spend less time blogging and promoting. If I don’t get back to writing, I won’t have anything to promote anyway.

Nita