Print copies of the first volume of the old blog posts arrived late Wednesday afternoon. I sat down this morning and realized that I have given away nearly 11 books so far and not made a dime! Haha

Well hopefully that will change soon. I'd like to at least recoup my printing costs.

I've made a list of writing projects... there are six now. A lot of these are marked 2024. That takes some pressure off LOL

It's been a couple of weeks since my last blog post. The good news is the chemo is having the desired effect. Hopefully this means the cancer is slowing.

... just as soon as I posted to this blog yesterday whining about how long it was taking  Amazon finally post the two versions of my latest book, they posted them.

I haven't started marketing them yet. The author's proof arrives tomorrow (7/12) and I want to look through it before I start beating my own drum.

On Sunday I began working on the outline for what will be a HUGE collaborative effort on the history of this region. Louise James' "Below Devil's Gap" was a great book no doubt, but had some holes in the historical timeline that we're hoping to fill. I have it in my head that the best way to identify those holes is to outline the entire book. I spent a few hours doing that on Sunday, but it's a bigger project than I anticipated. I don't know what it is about me that I have keep heaping on work (that doesn't pay anything).

Headed to the hospital in Woodward this morning for a blood test. Hopefully it will show that the Lupron therapy is doing what it's supposed to do... mainly, slow the cancer.

Wish me luck!

...so, I uploaded to Amazon the digital version of my new book, "Meanwhile, Back at The Compound, Vol. 1" on Thursday last week. I uploaded the print version (will be paperback) on Friday. So far neither have appeared in the Amazon search. Their own notification via email that the books had been accepted and published said it would take 3 days for the digital version to propagate across the U.S. Amazon.com site. The same timeline for the print version. I'm anxious to announce their availability, but I don't want to do anything until both versions are shown as in stock on the Amazon site. So, we wait.

It was a weird weekend around here. We were planning to have guests here for the fireworks at Fargo, but we lost power on Friday and it wasn't restored until Saturday afternoon. In the end, we cancelled though I already had a plan for making food regardless.

Now that both versions of the book are supposedly published, I'll concentrate on finishing the flooring in what will be our new dining room. It'll be good to have a place where we can entertain guests here at The Compound.

Have a PIPM board meeting this evening. Nothing too controversial there. The new director, Mikel Robinson is doing a great job as exec. director. The organization is lucky to have her. I have to do a blood test tomorrow morning to ensure the therapy my oncologist administered is doing its job.

Interestingly, I get the book off my plate, but someone keeps refilling it. Hahaha.

...we "may" have actually broken the drought. We received a whopping 1.27" overnight. The storms that accompanied that rain kept the dogs nervous wrecks, but I hope it was worth it. Last night's rains brings us to more than 7 inches since June 1.

Supposedly taking delivery on the flooring that I've been waiting for... due today between 1000 and 1400. Hopefully it won't be raining during that exercise!

Will try to get the CCB book (Vol. 1) uploaded and moving on Amazon this morning while I'm awaiting news on the flooring shipment coming out of OKC.

I came in here because I thought it had been awhile since I'd last posted anything to this blog, only to realize that it's been more than a month. The time has gone by so fast, it seem difficult to keep up sometimes.

So, let's see here. The first blog post book is finished. Made the final edits and with the help of Mikel Robinson, I have a cover design that appears to be equal parts disturbing and artistic. Just have to get everything ready to upload to Amazon and that's done. Next project will be finishing the rewrite of "A Matter of Time." Once that's done, then I'll start the second volume of CCB posts (2016). Before then diving into the second novel in the Glenn Matter serial. And somewhere along the way, I need to do the outline of Louise James' book before we can undertake writing a new version - that will kick off in early 2024.

On top of all that I still have to complete the new flooring in the house here. That should move quickly as long as I can get the flooring delivered (was supposed to be this past Monday, but the Teamster fucked things up. Not sure when  it will delivered now.

Next week I have to do a blood test for the oncologist. I think the therapy he has me on is working the way it was intended so I feel pretty good about taking this test. I technically should do it this week, but I'm so bogged down with stuff as it is and we're supposed to have people over for the July 8 Fargo fireworks that I can ill afford to take time to run into town for blood work.