Trisha Jones' Blog

   The other day I was in a chat room trying to clear my head since I was having a hard time with a scene in my W.I.P I thought chatting with some of my online friends might help. But a total butt head came in the chat room and started going off on the fact I am not published and I need to shut up and go write. When I asked what does it matter to him if I am published or not he went off on the fact he has been published hundreds of times and it's not hard. I asked him what he published he informed me he writes patents, technical text for patents. I inform him I write novel length manuscripts and it's hard to get published unless you self publish. Apparently that just upset him and he kept going off on me to the point everyone else started defending me. Then the butt head starting getting mad they were defending me. At this point nearly everyone blocked him so we would not have to deal with his drama.   The reason I am telling you all this is if you write anything and yo...

  Today my kids started school my son started in high school today, it felt wrong to let him walk to his bus stop alone but I let him since its uncool to have mom walk you to the bus stop. My daughter is in middle school(junior high) she asked me to walk her to the bus stop, I think she did it to make me feel better but I got to wave to her as her bus left. I hate the start of school not because I don't want them to go to school but because I got used to the noise of them being here and now it's gone until almost 4 pm five days a week ( this week it's 3). Once I get used to it again I will be ok.   Needless to say I have gotten no writing done and I might not get much done for a week or so. Once the routine is normal again writing will be easier and more will get done. I am sure there are other writers that are parents that get this way, but it always makes me feel like I am really odd for getting this way. Well I better get going my kids will be getting off in about an...

   Summer break is almost over, I have to register my kids for school soon. They start school on August 17th, it's weird my son is going into high school this year and my daughter is going in to 7th grade. They are growing up so fast. I am kind of sad that summer break is almost over, it's the end of sleeping in ( as if I have done that very often anyway) and late nights. But on the up side it ends late night writing and I will go back to my daytime writing schedule.    I do enjoy not having to get up so early but I don't get much writing done with the kids home. That's ok though I love spending time with them. Once they are back in school I will miss them being here. Also once they start school our week schedule gets a little hectic with school, practice, and other things we need to fit in to every day.    That being said I can't want to get back to my normal daytime writing schedule. I will be happy not feeling like a vampire only being active (writin...

   Its been a little more then the school year ended, and my kids are officially bored lol. I have been trying to keep them busy but they are a teenager and a preteen so everything I try to do with them they don't find very fun. It has also been either very hot or rainy so outside stuff is not really something we can do right now. There have been some illness and injures in the last month which sucks. As of right now no one is ill or injured so (knocking on wood) we are all doing well.    The kids still have dance practice every Monday and we do have performances and appearances ( walking in parades) this summer. We have 2 new dancers, one of which is a good friend of mine and my hubby's. I do try and write while the kids practice, when I am not needed to be the devil in the devil dance.    In the writer part of my life, I have been writing more at night while everyone here is a sleep that way I am not interupted too often. I am kind of stuck in one sce...

  Our first full week with the kids out of school was busy. We had practice on Monday like normal, Tuesday we my daughter's 12th birthday so we went to a local minor team baseball game. We had a lot of fun that day. Wednesday we did some running, Thursday we had dinner with mom (my mother inlaw) Friday we had a chiropractor appointment. Saturday hubby and the kids helped my brother in law with his yard sale, Sunday we got what we need for yesterday's BBQ .   So I did not get a lot of writing done. I will be trying to get as much writing I can get done when my kids give me the chance to. As of right now we have nothing going on this week so I should beable to get a few pages done this week. Well I am off to eat something then get back to my writing Happy reading Happy writing

  Tomorrow(May 18th) is my kids' last day of school until mid August. My daughter is a little sad for this year to end. My son is ok with the school year ending. I am glad I will get to sleep in, but I am sad because it means my kids are growing up. My son will start high school in August and my daughter will be in 7th grade. I always feel old when the school year ends and when the new one starts.      So since the kids will be home during the day my writing time has to shift from during the day to at night. It will take a few days to get used to it but I will be able to do it. I have not really written anything since my hubby lost his brother in law. I will be trying to write as much as I can today and tomorrow while I have time during the day.   I will try to blog alittle more often but not sure it will work. Well I am off Happy reading Happy writing

  My family and I lost a family member last night, my husband's brother in law passed away of what is thought to be a heart attack. He left behind his wife, three daughters, and a grandson, I do not have any other details right now. my writing will be greatly effected by this for a while, I know I am not blogging daily but I might not be blogging for awhile after this one. I need to help my sister in law with everything that's going on right now.    I am asking all of you that read my blog to pray for my sister in law and her family. Thank you Happy reading Happy writing