Bee....Sophisticated

I have another purse to show...and don't get too excited, it's already spoken for. Not to worry though, more are on their way.

This morning I laid in bed for three hours finishing a book, and cryed my eyes out too. I can't remember the last time I read a book that lost track of time for me and emptied my tear ducts. And go figure - it was The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. I don't care what age it's supposed to be for - I hope my own writing will move people of any age like that. Speaking of...

I've decided as of this morning to rewrite the inner story of the Asparagus Revival. Wild Asparagus needs to be in a different voice than the rest of the story as it's supposed to be written by a mister Sam Grady, and I decided the best way to go about that is to rewrite it. So here goes!

A Little Vacation

I've been in Indiana all week visting family and my grandmother in particular who is not doing well at all. If only we didn't need these pesky hips. When I break mine, I hope it's doing a saucy salsa or running from a mountain lion, something adventurous.
So I'm back and have another purse to show...but I'll be posting pictures later, of my purse and the sweet black kitty that befriended Mom and I while in Indiana. I'm about to sign off to finish typing the rest of the novel that I have written in longhand. I feel like the what I have now of the novel is the pencil sketch. Soon I'll be outlining it in ink, and then I'll add the color and dimensions. At least that's how I feel it's working, not necessarily how I intended it to go. This is the longest I have worked on any project, and the longest any project has been. I'm in uncharted territory and it has been an adventure figuring out how to make it into a real story. It's like raising a child (I imagine), in that I thought I knew how to do it because so many have done it before me, but turns out I don't have a clue! And I'm just bumbling along, doing the best I can and hoping it won't hate me when it's a teenager.
I am enjoying the ride though. And at least with this child, I don't have to deal with diapers.

Now what am I doing?

I'm still working on that novel; I axed Ruby and Elliot and then decided I liked a couple of their moments together too much so I brought them back with a little bit of a makeover. And I've got to figure out what everyone is wearing, because not only does it help solidify the date of the story, but it may be more interesting than assuming they're wearing something rather than wandering around neked. Or, maybe not.
But my new adventure is making purses! I'm embracing the entrepreneurial spirit and designing and making these fabulous things. I sold my first one this last Thursday and have colleagues at work asking for their own, as well as holiday orders. I'm very excited! Now I just have to get production down to a reasonable time and I'll be set! Take a look! I'll let you all in on some of the novel in a little bit.