Trisha Jones' Blog

the rescued hedgehog Wendy had 4 little hoglets. They are just over 2 weeks old and I have been holding them for a little while everyday since they turned 2 weeks old. Today 3 out of the 4 uncurled in my hand so I could see what sex they were they are 2 boys and a girl the 4th one did not want to show me. I will find out later on what it is. With my writing I have been doing some rewrites and adding things here and there that was not added before. So it's slow going but I am getting this round of editing done before sending it off to get more editing done. Then more editing and rewrites before beta reading and proof reading. Sigh this is the life of a writer. Well I'm off to see what my kids are up to Happy reading Happy writing

my kids are on summer break from school until August, so my writing schedule has to shift from  during the day to when my kids are in bed at night or when hubby is off and takes them out somewhere. I think this is something any parent who writes has to go through every year their kid(s) are in school until college. It can be frustrating but I love being around my kids and they are old enough to fix a sandwich for lunch and can entertain themselves, if I have a burst of inspiration or some idea I need to write down. I am planing on spreading as much time as I can with them doing fun stuff, like going to the zoo and the park as many times as we can. I just wanted to pop on real quick because I have not written a blog post in a while I figured it was time. I am off to spread a little more time with my family before they all go to bed. Happy reading Happy writing

We all know to be a good writer you need to write everyday, we need to keep learning from our mistakes, and of course it's a lot of hard work. But something I have not seen in many other writing blogs is writers need to have a good amount of support. Now I am not really talking support financially though that is helpful. I mean moral and sometimes emotional support of friends and family. If you do not have this support it does not mean you will never make it as a writer, but it will be harder because you will not have cheerleader(s) helping you keep trying. I find having the support I have from some friends and some family is a big help to me not only are they my cheerleaders, but they are my sounding boards when I have ideas I am not sure sound right or would work at all. I can ask them about things I don't know a lot about and if they don't know they can point me to the right people to ask. They will get excited with me when I have good things happen, and they encourage