Slow, Dreary Day

Fiorella was tired yesterday. Maybe it was the weather, maybe the political scene, maybe she was depressed, maybe all three plus some.

One bright light in her day was that Husband was finally able to get through to stupid Verizon and get the credit card transfer made, but today she herself has to figure out how to convince Facebook, which will not accept her name, that she is legitimate so that she will be able to post pictures again. Please explain again how the digital world is making our lives easier.

Oh--another good thing was that she was able to immerse herself in Sabrina's story and is now up to 60,000 words.

Fio Reports In

One thing you can count on is that Fiorella will always try to do the right thing, although sometimes it's the wrong thing, and she gets skewered for it, Of course, she often gets skewered for doing the right thing too. That's just how the ol' ball bounces.
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A high school reunion--that's when you walk into a room full of old people and wonder who they used to be, which is the same thing they're wondering about you. Fio's going to be attending her reunion in October.
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The poundingly nervous music background in shows like NCIS drives Fiorella out of the room. So does John Muir and his voice of imminent doom.
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Fast away the old month passes, but Fio's quite pleased with what she's accomplished so far. On the literary front, Sabrina's story is progressing well (at last), Fio is pumping up to finish writing Lolly's story, and has decided to update and publish four other completed romances. She's also reached the half-way point in cleaning out her office. And she's back to hauling in fallen branches and lifitng rocks again.
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Did Fio tell you that she's been reading Linda Howard again? Nothing like connecting with an old friend.

Information Round-up

Like most people, Fiorella has several different aspects to her personality. The one she chooses to present on her blog is different from her Facebook persona. The heroines in books she has written only vaguely resembles her, and the Fiorella that her friends know is subtly adjusted to suit each one of them. Don't look at me like that--you do the same.
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Fio is still finding gems among the moudering remnants of her lifetime of writing. Maybe she'll try to revive some of them.  Be prepared for a vampire story.
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Sabrina's romance is moving along again. It's rough, but the story line is holding together. Pray that Fio isn't in a car accident, her computer doesn't break down, she herself doesn't get sick, her husband and kids stay well, and the stars stay in her corner.
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Did Fio ever tell you that she filed a lawsuit against the last college she taught at? She lost, of course, which introduced her to the great fraud of the American justice system. At the time she was devastated, but now realizes it was for the best. Otherwise she would never been able to throw herself into full-time writing.

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 Today is Fiorella's birthday. Shhh--no one knows.

From the Past to the Future

Fio has started cleaning out her upstairs office, and this afternoon, she went through a bundle of stuff from when she was teaching--accolades from students, their parents, and colleagues. Needless to say, she's not tossing a single page. In fact, she may even request they all be put in her coffin as grave goods.
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Hip, hip hooray! Fio and friend Patricia are off and running on the romance/murder mystery, and the ideas are flying fast and furious. Keep an eagle eye out for excerpts.
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Sabrina's story (formerly Phillipa's story) is riding high. Fiorella is whizzing through 40 pages of revisions a day now, but will probably slow down to about 20 per day when she crosses the halfway mark. The good thing is that she's finally worked out all the plot knots so all that's left is pulling the whole thing together (gulp).
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Lolly's story got a solid boost last week when Fiorella had to close down the murder mystery until friend Patricia got back from California, and Fio is more excited about it than ever. It's wonderful to start reading something you packed away five years ago and realize it is hot, hot, hot!
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Fio's gradually adjusting to her new computer, but she's going to have to run off to Click tomorrow to learn how to make her Kindle reappear and how to "find" numbered pages. She'll also visit a Michael's store for adhesive alphabet letters and Mazda for touch-up paint. Yes, your Fio is a busy bee.