Oh, the weather outside is frightful...

Okay, how many of you are now cursing me under your breath for getting that song stuck in your head? : )

I worked from home today. Something I haven't done in about six years. But I woke up this morning, saw the snow and said, "Forget it." The weird thing was I kept waking myself up, listening for the snow. Yeah, dumb, right? Except I didn't realize that's what I was doing until I caught myself thinking, Well, I don't hear anything. Maybe the forecast was wrong. My only excuse is that I was not quite awake when I was thinking this.

Interesting thing about working at home. I actually get more done here. But I'm also thinking that my long-range plan to work at home, alone, on writing might take some getting used to. I like the interaction with people. The people that I like anyway. The stupid ones can just stay away, that' s fine with me. So, it was kind of lonely here today with just me and the dogs. Oh, poor Stacey....yeah, I know. I would so get used to it in a hearbeat if it happened. : )

On my husband's suggestion, I wrote down some of my goals for 2005. So, I thought I'd share some of them with you. Doesn't mean they'll happen, but it's a lot harder to make goals happen if you don't know what they are first. So here goes:

-Revise Bitter Pill and begin sending it out. I've been working on developing her backstory a little more in order to flesh out the personal side of her story. The mystery is good, I mean, it works, I think. But Rennie's personal story may be a bit underdeveloped. I'm at about 53,000 word count and I'd like to get it to at least 60,000 if possible. I'm at about 180 pages and I'd like to break 200, at least. Without messing up the pace or the mystery part of it, of course. *sigh* Why do I always make things so complicated for myself?!?

-Complete Zara II (tentative title: First Light) and get it to RuneStone to be edited, if not published in 2005 (all of this depending on their acceptance of it, of course)

-Send at least 40 query letters out, seeking an agent. It could be with Bitter Pill or something else. My goal is just to actively get back in the game of finding an agent.

All right, I'm going to go settle in on my couch -- company closed early for the day, so I'm off duty even from home! Keep warm and drive safely. Remember people in SUVs aren't bad people. They just have a better car than you. Oh, I'm just kidding. No one is invulnerable in six inches of snow and bumper to bumper traffic -- even if you can fit an entire country in your back seat.

Stay safe! : )