Sunday, May 10, 2026

May Goals

I know, I know.....ten days in and I'm just now realizing I never posted my goals!  Heck, a few days ago I posted on Patreon, thinking the 8th was the 9th.  I'm slightly confused, lol.....

I was surprisingly productive last month!

-Lose 5 lbs (start 244) Lost 4!  Whoot!

-Send Aiden to editor Check!

-Contact Dawne' for cover art Check!

-Do well at Creative Market Ended up dropping out in order to drive to Lafayette a day early

-Do well at Author Fair Sold 2, swapped 2, donated 2. Probably would have done better had I read an excerpt or talked about my publishing journey.

-Do well at NHS Craft Fair Sold 3; the majority of readers wanted murder/mystery.  Did hand out a lot of cards for those who read on Kindle!

-Do well at Youth Leadership Craft Fair Sold one, but maybe sold 3 more on Kindle???  Plus met a woman writing her memoirs and a woman whose 13 y/o has begun writing stories.

-Find out about passport photo Staples???

-GET VAN FIXED!! 4/16:  Cleaned and replaced loose battery cables; ran for an hour then quit. Mom got $9K back from taxes; she's offered to help.

Health:  Leg wound is still being pesky.  Collagen pack didn't work, so am back on antibiotics (#5 for 2 weeks).  It IS shrinking, and this is the antibiotic I only take twice a day.

Had my teleconference with Dr. Steve on the 5th; my BP is still borderline high, so he wants me back on the BP meds when I'm off the antibiotics.  I've lost 4 pounds, so wondering what I did differently last month??  

Hours at work have been switched back, thankfully.  I'm working my a$$ off this month, to pay down my credit cards and get editor and cover art paid!


 Books Read:  8

            Print:  4

        E-book:  4

             DNF:  0


2026 Events:

June 5-7:  Indy Comic Con (Panelist)

June 13:  Pride, French Commons, Vincennes, In 5-9pm

June 26th:  Summer On Main, downtown Vincennes, 5-8pm

July 10-12:  InConJunction Convention, Wyndham West, Indpls

July 17-19:  Imaginarium, Louisville, KY 

Aug 8th:  Indy Author Event 

Aug 22nd:  Lafayette Comic Con, Tippecanoe Co Fairgrounds, Lafayette, IN ($40)

Sept 12th:  StompCon, Fowler, IN

Nov 11-15:  ICGAHS

Nov 28th:  Creative Holiday Market, 1972 KCARC

Dec 2-3rd:  GSH Christmas Vendor Event ($50)


May Goals:  

-Lose 5 pounds (start:  240)

-Pay Editor Check!

-Pay Cover Art 5/1:  $50

-Enjoy anniversary Check!  Nice, quiet day, and dinner at Yamoto

-Pay for ICC parking (park whiz)

-Enjoy Mother's Day

-Buy one more pkg Book Sleeves from Temu

-Buy one more pkg sarcasm notepads from Temu

-Buy 5 more pkgs whisk charms from Etsy 

-Buy 1 more pkg guitar charms from Etsy (June??)

-Publish Aiden and buy copies

-Send Daughter's MS to editor

-Republish Rex Nancy working on it

-Fill out passport paperwork and turn it in

-Find out about passport photo Staples???

-Add words to Dragon story stalled and Hallmark-inspired story 

-Buy new soap dish for MBa 

-Finish trim, lights, medicine cabinet, and shower guard in MBa 

-Pay down CC and start pecking away at med bills

-Read 6 books

-Finish current e-book 


May Reading Schedule: 
Bride-Ali Hazelwood Wasn't sure I was going to like this, but it was very good!
The Good, The Bad, and the Aunties-Jesse Q Sutanto
The Hating Game-Sally Thorne
Awakening-Dana Fuller Ross
The One and Only-Emily Giffin 
Tales From The Sailor Man-Brian Morris, et al (Popeye book)
Love Song-Elle Kennedy
I Choose Me-Jennie Garth
I Survived This-Sheady Kyle
Mindtalk-A. Alex Come'
Survivor:  Forged In Fire-Jeff Probst
Raised On Radio-Paul Rees
The Choice-Anne Greene (misplaced??)
Louise Penney book
A Quiet Strength-Janette Oke
Valley of the Shaman-Arlen Andrews
Joyful Poems For Children-James Whitcomb Riley
I Heard God Laugh-Matthew Kelly
Life Is Messy-Matthew Kelly
Franklin and Eleanor
-24

E-book:
A Poetry Affair-Sandra Sookoo


TBB (on wish list-was tired of not finding them!)
The Marriage Bargain-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)
The Marriage Trap-Jennifer Probst (2013-$15)
The Marriage Mistake-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)
The Marriage Merger-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)
Into Thin Air-Jon Krakauer (2013-$15)
The Cookbook Collection-Allegra Goodman (2013-$11)
The Girfriend-Abigail Barnett ($5)
The Summer Without Her (Men???)-Siri Hustvedt
Searching For Someday-Jennifer Probst (2014-$8)
Hard As You Can-Laura Kay (2014-$9)
The Year of Living Biblically-A.J. Jacobs (2014-$15)
Retaliation-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10)
Accused-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10) 
Romulus-Marilyn Campbell ($5)
Gaslight Chronicles-Cindy Spencer Pape ($8)
So Far Away-Dakota Madison, et al
Love Realized-Melanie Codina
Love Resisted-Melanie Codina
Assumptions-Melanie Codina
One The Run-Jade C. Jamison
Decker-AD Ellis
Sawyer-AD Ellis
Monster Among The Rose-Linda Kage ($6)
Flower of Heaven-Julien Ayotta
Dangerous Bloodlines-Julien Ayotta
If I Fall-Lydia Michaels ($5)
If You Want Me-Tara Mills
Tomorrow-Samantha Kane
Backdoor Billionaire's Bride-Roz Lee (2019-$5)
The Play-Tawdra Kandle
Hopeful In Yellow-Sandra Sookoo
Magic In Mayflowers-Sandra Sookoo
Zero Chance-Linda Kage (want entire series in print)
Paging Dr, Breakup-Jillian David
The Girl Vanished-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)
The Lost Summers-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)
Ballad of Us-Sasha Marshall
Naughty, Nice, Never Been Kissed-Cassidy Hudspeth
A Party To Die for-Kerry Schafer

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