Adventures in Crafting with Words

So...here's a teaser from Half-Moon Manor. My editor is about a 4th done. Prologue Two Months Ago     The day that Victoria Whitmore brought George Bell home still stood out in Olivia’s mind months later.  He was tall, muscular, and easy-going.  It did not change the fact that Olivia had an odd feeling about him or that she felt as if he needed to be in their lives for some inexplicable reason.  This feeling of where people, or the things attached to the people, belonged followed her around; it was her birthright, an inheritance of sorts from her grandmother’s family.  At least she could counter her odd talent with the ability to cook. Everybody knew that her mother could not and that they would both starve if Olivia had not learned how to when she was young.  Oh, and George could cook – that was his main appeal.      Whenever he smiled at her she felt creepy, as if he was not smiling at her because he was dating her mother but because he had other sinister thoughts going on i

Sometimes it is really difficult to write about what I'm doing.  I have been subbing mostly and working on my Etsy shop.  There is a craft show in a few weeks and I'm working on getting my inventory organized and updated.  It sounds easier than I really is.  I've been working on social media.  Again, easier said than done.  I recently "finished" Half-Moon Manor.  By that I mean that it is in the editing stages and should be up and running in the Kindle and CreateSpace stores shortly.  It is not as long as The Bookworm Next Door, but I'm a firm believer that writing words to add to word counts does not always make for a better book.  I would rather put together short stories to share about other events in that story's universe and put them together into a collection piece than randomly insert them into a story where they may or may not fit.  The Steampunk/Fantasy piece is in the works.  More of the flesh out the plot stages than anything else.  Same