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Butterfly Beauty

Feb2

I took the photo of the butterfly and used Topaz Studio to simplify it so it had more of a painterly look to match the more painterly appearance of the background texture from Daily Textures.

I didn’t have time for any writing yesterday, though I finished one of the bear orders and I’m halfway done on the other. What with getting groceries and running to Ace Hardware to find the replacement light bulbs for the kitchen (the original light bulbs are mercury which are not easily disposed of, so switching to LED as the bulbs go out) and picking up my granddaughter, feeding her, then doing her words and going to Girl Scouts, I only had time to finish one of the bears.

I hope to write some today. I have lunch with my granddaughter today, picking her up a couple of hours later, and then they’re eating dinner with me tonight so will throw a pot roast in the Crock Pot later. If I can, I’ll finish the other bear this morning and ship them off after lunch. It’s raining. We’ve had an inch so far.

Hope you all have a lovely day!! I’ve got to get mine started!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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Wood Sprites in the Garden

Jan7

I’ve got the grandkids for 6 hours today, so trying to get some things done this morning and then tonight. We’re going to the playground before it storms, hopefully. They’re coming at 1 and storms are supposedly coming at 3. We never know for sure!

I have edits on Her Wolf for the Holidays which is Lachlan MacQuarrie’s story and then it goes to book making!

I’m at nearly 47k on Bear in Mind. And finishing up two mohair bears. I also finished the new Lime Frost bear!

Before the time runs away from me, I’m off to work! Hope your day is super fun!

Terry

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Hot Pink Frost Bear!

Dec21

I finally made the bears yesterday, well, five yesterday, just need to do some embroidery on paws, and need to make a Campbell bear also and did a little writing too.

This new fur bear sold! Well, all did except for Lavender Frost Bear shown below.

So I hope to finish those up today and do more writing and ship bears on Monday. I have to take my Daisy granddaughter on a Girl Scout nature hike today. Her momma had another engagement, not realizing she would have a Girl Scout activity right before Christmas. lol. I can use the exercise and I was a Girl Scout leader for my daughter’s troop and regional director at one time. In my wildest dreams, I didn’t think I’d be doing GS activities again. lol But it will be fun.

Off to work. Hope you are prepared if you’re getting the brunt of this ice/snow front hitting the country.

Have a great day!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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Rubber Plant Trimming

Dec19

My rubber plant really took off like crazy, so when I brought it in before we get the weather in the teens, I decided I really need to cut it back. Well, I hate throwing away plants or parts of plants, so I started a new one. Hopefully it will take hold. Then I will have to find a home for it. I still need to cut back the big one. It kept tipping over outside.

My tomato plants are going to expire I’m afraid too. The one is full of tomatoes. I guess I need to pick them even though they’re green. The same with the bell peppers!

Hope you have a wonderful day! I’m off to work on Bear in Mind and teddy bears. 🙂 <3

Terry

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Oodles and Oodles of Teddy Bears

Dec9

Sent off my first newsletter yesterday with the new newsletter service. Picking giveaway winners this weekend so I can ship off the winners’ gifts next week.

These little bears are all going to their forever homes.

I have a couple of more bears to make, but also edits on Kayla’s story that’s due January 2.

Hope you all have a great day. Mine’s going to be furry busy. 🙂

Terry

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Belated Happy National Teddy Bear Day!

Sep10

Some of my teddy bears looking for homes.

Okay, no granddaughter pick up today, though we do have fun. I’m off to try and get caught up on some writing! 45K done, 35K to go.

Have a super delightful day!

Terry

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Art Challenges

Jan7

I won a challenge in December, so doing the January challenges. This one had to be from their color art pallet– pastel blues, beiges and whites.

This was another challenge, something you’ve done.

I’m off to work on Emerald and think more about the synopsis for Kayla’s story. I keep thinking about it. I’m losing sleep over it. Which doesn’t help. lol

Have a super fun day!

Terry

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Last Holiday Challenge at OSCRAPS

Dec15

I’ve got to run to the post office to ship 3 more bears and one more book and that’s it! For now!

I was doing the last Oscraps challenge–our favorite holiday music on a holiday page we create. Mine is Carol of the Bells.

I finished the last Starbright Midnight Delight bear last night.

Now I need to vacuum all the fur up. lol All the last bears and books are in the car ready to ship!

I’m off to write on The Emerald Isle of Mists. Reached 25K! Hope to get to 28K, but 2K is my normal daily goal.

Have a super, fun day!

Terry

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Emerald Isle of Mists

Dec14
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I managed to make 22,000 on The Emerald Isle of Mists and I’m really getting ideas for it, nonstop, so that’s good. I will finish it! I wrote 1300 words just now, an idea I had that I didn’t want to lose. Yay!

I love it when that happens. I still have more to write, so I’m off to it.

My granddaughter was sick yesterday so we didn’t go to the post office to ship bears and books. I’ll do that today, but until then, I’m off to fight with the dark knights!

Have a fun and unstressful day! Fighting these creatures is wearing me out.

Terry

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What to do with so many Stories to Write?

Dec12
Bruce Clan Bear is ready to go home!

Truly, I need to write them in my sleep! I had a query from another reader about The Emerald Isle of Mists. I’ve started it but not very far along on it. It was meant to be a trilogy and I wrote the first two books and couldn’t sell them–back in the day when indie books didn’t exist. Can you even imagine a time like that?

When I first started writing, we could actually send our books to acquisition editors. But then things changed and the internet became a place to submit 3 chapters. Oh, soooo wonderful. No more typing out pages and making a ton of errors. I mean, I do on Word now, but that’s easy to fix, and fix, and fix. But typing on real paper was a different story. Then most publishers required submissions through agents. Why? Because they were getting SOOOOO many story submissions.

I ended up getting published by 3 publishers, 1 before they were even doing epubs. Then epubs came along. And long story longer…indie books were a thing where we could actually write and publish our own books on reputable book sites–Kobo, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, Apple and Smashwords. And then we could even have our books narrated into audio books!!

So my two orphaned books in the trilogy: The Scepter of Salvation and The Magic of Inherian were available in ebook, print, and audio book! But Kersta’s story was constantly put on the back burner because of deadline books and readers wanting more fae, more bears, more cougars, more Highland medieval stories, wolves. I’ve had The Emerald Isle of Mists TBD (date to be determined) listed in my other books forever.

I’m working on it! I will finish it. Thanks to my readers who have been waiting for it for so many years.

I’m off to work on it. At 3,000 words. So far to go, but I’m going!

Have a beautiful day!

Terry

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