It’s a three-day weekend…which used to be so much more exciting when I was in school or worked outside the home, LOL.
Happy Memorial Day!
Sending out a huge Thank You to all military men and women, and their families!
- The Writing: I continued to lurk in my class this week. Internet was out all day Thursday so I was able to catch up on some of my assignments though the intermittent outages on Friday and Saturday have kept me from loading them to the class forum thus far.
- The Reading: Currently, I’m reading Nadja Notariani’s The Third Fate
. Nadja is kicking off the summer by offering this gem for 99 cents! Come on, you know you want to.
- Squee! I’m taking part in spreading some cover reveal goodness today. Weighted by Ciara Knight is a young adult post-apocalyptic (with paranormal elements) novelette. With this prequel novelette, releasing August 2012, Knight introduces us to The Neumarian Chronicles. Book I, Escapement, is due for release in 2013.
Here’s the blurb:
The Great War of 2185 is over, but my nightmare has just begun. I am being held captive in the Queen’s ship awaiting interrogation. My only possible ally is the princess, but I’m unsure if she is really my friend or a trap set by the Queen to fool me into sharing the secret of my gift. A gift I keep hidden even from myself. It swirls inside my body begging for release, but it is the one thing the Queen can never discover. Will I have the strength to keep the secret? I’ll know the answer soon. If the stories are true about the interrogators, I’ll either be dead or a traitor to my people by morning.
Here’s the cover:
Love it! You can even add this to your Goodreads list. - The Blogging: Again, nothing added to the queue and my cushion is getting smaller…yikes. For the most part, I think I hit my comment/share goals with the exception of Thursday.
- Following a link in Amy Shojai’s Monday Mention post took me to 7 Keys to Blogging on a Consistent Basis by Kristin Nador. That post in turn led me to 4 Ways to Define Your Audience and The Hollywood Guide to a Better Blog Tagline. Holy smokes! So much fabulous info. Does your blog have a tagline? Does it describe your blog, or what you want your blog to say? I know mine doesn’t. I better get to work
- The Social Media: I think this went fairly well but like last week I was really bad about tracking things. Lack of internet didn’t help at all…yes, I’m one of those who doesn’t have a phone to help me out in this area. Most of the time, I’m rather glad.
- The Health: Back on track this week. Yay. The walking of the dog was still a bit hit and miss but we did get out three mornings. I actually met my water goal five of the last seven days. The more I do it the easier it becomes, or so I keep telling myself.
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May 27, 2012 @ 07:07:04
Hi, Raelyn! Weighted’s cover is great. You’re hitting your goals…in spite of that three day weekend with the boys in the door, out the door, back in the door, back out the door…riling the dog up…leaving popcicle sticks all over the place..Oh! Wait! I’m describing my own house during the three day weekend…ha! I shut myself in my bedroom for about two hours yesterday while ‘Wii Sports’ was being enjoyed by the husband and kids and wrote my hinder off! It was great.
Thanks for the shout out! *smiling goofily* Hope you have a great Sunday!
May 27, 2012 @ 09:01:39
ROFLOL. No, that pretty much sounds like my house with finishing the garage clean out project and rearranging of the backyard started a week or so ago.
Thanks for stopping by Nadja and I hope you don’t step on any of those Popsicle sticks
May 27, 2012 @ 08:04:53
Weighted cover looks great!
Yeah, to me 3-day weekend doesn’t do much either … it means I have one less day to write since hubby and daughter stay in the house and want my attention lol
But it’s nice also, because I love their company
You’re doing great with your goals. Keep up the good job!
Have a great holiday!
May 27, 2012 @ 09:05:22
Yeah, it’s awesome for the family time and our wind finally died down…where is that frothy cool drink, book, and pool I ordered?
Thanks for stopping by Juliana and I hope you have a great holiday as well
May 27, 2012 @ 09:14:39
Thanks for the shout-out, Raelyn. I really like your blog. Informative, clean design but cozy. Keep up the good work and enjoy your weekend with the fam.
May 27, 2012 @ 10:01:23
Thank you
I’ll definitely be stopping by yours more now that I’ve found it!
Thanks for stopping by Kristin and I hope you have a fabulous weekend as well.
May 27, 2012 @ 18:55:52
You’re still doing better than me. I’ve been wanting to follow some of the links you’ve posted recently, but work has kept me off the computer. It’s starting to ease up though.
May 28, 2012 @ 12:43:47
But you have that gorgeous homestead…talk about fruits of your labor
And the links will still be there when you get a chance.
Hope Greg has been there to enjoy the long weekend with you. Thanks for stopping by Maria!
May 27, 2012 @ 22:49:34
Fabulous update, Raelyn! And lots of yummy links for me to check out – THANK YOU! I didn’t know about Nadja’s book. My Kindle is packed but how do I resist a deal like that from Nadja?
May 28, 2012 @ 12:48:43
Oh, there is always room for one more on the ol’ Kindle
Thanks for stopping by Jenny and I hope you’re enjoying a great family weekend.
May 28, 2012 @ 06:35:31
Great week even with the net out (isn’t that just the worst hassle at times) and it appears you overcame the obstacle and found plenty to work at. Hopefully things stabilize for you this week on that. Have a fantastic week, Raelyn
May 28, 2012 @ 12:51:23
Once the initial ‘oh crap’ moment passed the lack of internet wasn’t too bad. But heaven help our provider if it had gone on longer than it did, LOL.
Thanks for stopping by Gene
May 28, 2012 @ 19:57:06
Love the cover reveal and the blurb sounds very intriguing. Going on my TBR!
And I love the way you can have such great things to share whether it is a not so good week or a week, like this one, where more went in your favor
As you already know, I devoured The Third Fate and just barely survived a catfight between Me and Myself. Darn that Cael
May 28, 2012 @ 20:28:31
You’ll love Ciara’s writing if you haven’t read her yet, she a go-to author for me
I felt a bit badly about Third Fate as I picked it up within the first week or so it was out but just now got around to reading it. I love the growth I see in Nadja’s writing from her first through this one.
Thanks for stopping by Angela and I hope you and chipmunk had a fabulous weekend.
May 29, 2012 @ 05:25:58
I am lost when the internet goes out. It sounds like you had a productive week. Congrats on getting back on the Health track!
May 29, 2012 @ 07:10:50
Like I said to Gene, once the ‘oh crap’ moment was over I wasn’t too. The wee beasties had a worse time of it because that meant the TV was out as well, LOL.
Thanks for stopping by Brinda!