Dear Diary

First I'd like to say thank you to the weather gods for making the rain and lightening stop so my middle child could go on his school field trip today. He has the worst luck when it comes to field trips. He usually gets soooo excited beforehand, then ends up with a virus with a high fever and can't go on the trip. It has happened nearly ever year for the past four years! Today, he was healthy, the rain stopped, the lightening blew away, and he was a happy clam going to school. Yay! Oh dear...I hope nothing happens to him on the trip.

Second, I need to send loads of pleas to the writing gods/muses/whatever they're called to help me get this "lovely" next book finished. For some reason this one has been giving me fits. I haven't struggled with a book this much since I first started writing. I hope it's just a fluke and the next one comes out much easier, but I've got 3 days to wrap up the plot in another 6K words. HA! I don't know how it'll happen, but that's why I'm pleading to the writing gods/muses/whatever they're called for help. So help please!

Third, do I have a third? Maybe not.

Fourth, why is it that I asked the boys to clean the house on Wednesday and when I came home it didn't feel any cleaner, but there was definitely evidence that they'd attempted to do something? I guess three boys in the house just means constant dirt.

And finally, I'm getting really excited to see my cover art for my next story coming out, Anna and the Three Generals, on May 23. I hope to get the cover art soon to share with you!

Love, Suzanne