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Not Just Bird Watching!

When I was a kid, I was taught to always do my homework before I could play. That work ethic was drummed into me and so it stuck with me all my life. So the last thing I did AFTER I did all the other things I HAD to do, was tried to coax the cardinals to come out and play. I went outside and was shocked that all their bird seed was gone.

We had 30 mph winds, so I was thinking that it just scattered. But what if the birds had eaten it? I poured some more on the patio, and then went back to working on the bears I needed to make for another shipment to Australia. (Now it suspiciously sounds like I hadn’t finished all my work before I went to play with the birds, but in truth, I had only planned to finish one bear and had done so, but after the break I was ready to finish the other. Just had to clarify there! 🙂 ) And when I went into the kitchen for a cup of hot tea, there they were! Both the male and female cardinals!

She was watching me from the tree as I took the pictures from the window. Several were blurry, but this one turned out beautifully, which reminds me, just like with my writing, not everything will be perfect the first time. Sometimes I will have to rewrite something a few times before it works for me. 🙂

I’m still waiting for it to get light out so I can take the pictures of the finished bears, and I missed a couple of historical romance books for the raffle basket I’m taking to RT Convention and another author wanted to send hers also. And then two more authors wanted to add to the contemporary basket.

But here is the contemporary basket for one lucky raffle winner. I had to have these posted by Feb 1, so deadline drawing near!

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I finished rereading Jaguar Pride, and will now set it aside and give it a rest for a couple of days, then reread it again.

So what’s next? Still have 3 more guest blogs to write, 4 interviews that I need the questions for, and need to get the bears ready to ship, still waiting on one sweater to arrive for one of the bears. And I’ve got 3 Rita books left to read.

I’ve started writing a ton of books, and I have another deadline coming up for another–June, but with the conferences, it will be here before I know it.

So it’s light out enough, and I’m off to take some pictures–not just fun pictures (even though taking all pictures are fun for me), but pictures of the bears and the updated historical romance basket giveaway!

Are you an “eat dessert first” kind of person, or do you do your chores, and then get to play?

Have a super great day!

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male!”
www.terryspear.com

Going to the Birds!!

Jan27

I finished a first “official” edit of Jaguar Pride, but will make several passes through before I send it to my beta readers. I have a scene I need to add, and a couple of loose ends I need to cover. But I needed to take a break from it and start fresh with it tomorrow.

Which means? I started on the 13 guest blogs and interviews for the Silence of the Wolf blog tour in March. Before long, it will be time to turn them in. (5 down, 8 to go) I also read 4 of the 8 Rita books I needed to judge and they are due in March. So it all takes time.

But… I had to take a break, so see what I did on my break?

I took pictures! I read about another author who had bird feeders out and so she got a new camera and took some fun pictures of the birds and squirrels, and I thought how cool! And another friend tells me how she’s always refilling her bird feeders in snow-buried Minnesota, so I thought I would get some bird feeders too. Only nothing’s feeding at them. I realize from this I’m rather impatient. LOL

Still, the winds were so high, they scattered finch seed from the feeder on the patio, and I had white crowned sparrows feeding. And my male cardinal came down also.

The female cardinal usually hides, but this evening, she was out with the male, and they were dying to come down and eat some of the sunflower and other seeds I put out for them today. Here is the cardinal in a pear tree. 🙂

And here is the female. He joined her when I came out to take a picture of them, but I missed capturing them together.

So do you have feeders out and if so, what kinds of birds are you getting?

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male!”
www.terryspear.com

More Bears and Books!

Jan25

Campbell Clan Bear is done!

And I have 3 more orders for Australia!

Best Friends Purple Sweater Bear

Happy Birthday Blue Sweater Bear

Pink Hearts Sweater Bear

And I finished Jaguar Pride!!!

In other words, I’ve written THE END!!! I love when that happens. I’m halfway done with editing it–which is the advantage of editing as I write because it’s not a totally rough draft. Some have to write the book first and then edit or they’ll get stuck editing and not writing. For me, I would be way over word count when I didn’t flesh out my scenes until after I wrote the book. 🙂

And then I’m working on 13 blogs for the blog tour for Silence of the Wolf!

Silence of the Wolf:

Book 13

(March 2014)

B&N

Amazon

And because I don’t have enough to do, I started bird watching. 🙂

More on that later, because right now, I’m getting ready to work some more on Jaguar Pride edits. Hope to have it done by the weekend!

And then, it’s time to work on all those interviews and guest blogs, plus I’m making up a couple of raffle baskets for Romantic Times Convention!

Oh, and I’ve had 3 things go out on me in the past week–my microwave, computer, and now a floor heater. That’s it for a while now, right? 3 things is the max? Right?

Are you having a fun weekend?

Have a super great Saturday!!!

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male!”
www.terryspear.com

I’m in a Fog

Jan9

Literally, in the fog. I love fog. It reminds me of The Fog by Stephen King. And spooky stuff. Vampires, and things that go bump in the night. I’m writing about being in the Costa Rican rainforest right now, hot, muggy, buggy, but if I wasn’t, I’d slip into one of my vampire novels instead. 🙂

See what happens when I have a window to look out while I’m writing? I have fog on the brain. Literally.

My writing is really clear. At least, I think it is. Over halfway done with writing Jaguar Pride and I’ve got to get my head out of the fog and write. Seriously!

Do you like foggy days? If you don’t have to drive in it???

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male!”
www.terryspear.com

Mishka, the Shih Poo

Oct23

Isn’t she cute? She’s a poodle/shih tsu combo. They’re what you call a designer breed, not recognized by any of the big dog associations. But she’s adorable. This is my son and DIL’s dog. And she’s a perfect lapdog, and has the sweetest disposition.

I’m behind on word count on Guthrie’s story, so off to write on it!

I did announce that Jaguar Pride is coming out Feb 2015, and SEAL Wolf for Sale, in April 2015. You might think that this is a long ways off, but for me, it’s not. I have to have these written soon! 🙂

Which means? I’m off to work on the one before that. It’s due even sooner! Hope you have a delightful Hump Day!

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy IS reality.”
www.terryspear.com