Sometimes, we make poor choices when painting a room. Sometimes, it takes us two years to fix these choices.
So, in what I think is really cool news, back in December I had dropped my books off at a new bookstore in my city that was accepting local authors. There’ve been a few articles written about them, and the store owner namedropped my books as ones that she’s carrying that she really liked! Which was very unexpected, but so cool to see!
A journalist even reached out to me and I got interviewed for this one!
Anyway, the store owner is super sweet, and she’s trying really hard to make the store a positive space in the community, which is great to see. Reasons why indie bookstores are the best!
I have been…utterly failing at plotting the third Of Mist and Magic book. Mostly because I have become very sidetracked with short stories. I have one that I am working on that I would like to submit at the end of the month, but after that, I would like to focus and actually make some headway on this outline. I am dog-sitting for my neighbours for a few weeks, and I generally spend a fair amount of time there when I do so that the dogs are not lonely. One of them REALLY likes to climb all over me, but a notebook and pen are easy things to bring along and try to use despite her mission to invade my personal space, so hopefully this should all work out well.
Picture time!
As mentioned earlier, I previously made…questionable decisions about paint colours. I wanted the room I wrote in to have a chill, forest-y vibe. I proceeded to pick like a child-funhouse level shade of green. This is what it looked like before.
Cheery? Sure. Chill? Absolutely not.
It took me two years of trying to convince myself it was okay, because I really, really did not want to move everything out of the room to repaint it. But I was finally like, “I should really just do this,” and booked some time off work so I had almost a week to get it done. And the results…
It’s much, much better. I now have chill writing vibes while working and it is glorious.
Millie was VERY sleepy after meeting my friend’s new dog. My girl adores people, but is more hesitant with other dogs. However, my friends were adopting this dog and they wanted to make sure she was okay with other dogs before finalizing things, because they eventually want to get a second dog. So, they asked if we could bring Millie over. We did, and Millie was very good. She did a little lip curl a few times when she got a little overwhelmed but overall she was nice to the dog, even if the other dog clearly wanted to play with her more than she did. But the other dog was very nice with Millie, so my friends were like, “yep, we’re getting her!” So my girl helped another doggie get a forever home, and I am very proud of her.
Dogs are the best.
Allie Leigh 
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