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    Summer. Again.

    Karen MacInerney Icon

    Well, here we are, at the end of week one.

    Monday morning at 9:33, on the first day of no school, my daughter uttered the words I’d been dreading for months: “I’m bored.”

    So I’ve been ferrying them around and plying them with sugar and swimming pools all week. Thank God I’ve got them in a bazillion camps the next few months, or I might be experimenting with a summer version of “Mommy’s Little Helper”. I’m thinking rum, a little pineapple juice… you get the picture.

    Anyway, I finished Murder Most Maine right on target — turned it in Monday, and I’ve never written so much in so little time as I have the last six months. Need to do revisions on the third werewolf book, and I’ll be done… for about two weeks, anyway. (Actually, I lie. I’m already coming up with new material. Because I can’t help myself.)

    I hope your summers are going swimmingly (as you have probably surmised, mine certainly is — and doughnutly, too). I’m off to bed now.

    Cheers!

    3 Responses to “Summer. Again.”

    1. Glad to hear there is another in the Gray Whale Inn series coming. Looking forward to it.

      by Dennis on June 10th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

    2. Hello Ms. MacInerney:
      I will be attending the writer’s conference in a week and hope to have the chance to meet you in person. I’m writing a paranormal novel with blood-sucking themes and would love the opportunity to get your thoughts on getting in on that market. Seems like you’ve had much success in this area. I’ll appreciate any advice you have. BTW< I too am doing this with kids at home during summer. I sympathize! Good job on doing so much writing before summer. The hours of writing around the little cherubs can be exhausting.

      Thanks-
      Courtney Johnson

      by Courtney Johnson on June 12th, 2008 at 9:09 am

    3. My kids learned pretty early not to tell me they are bored. When they were really little, had them sort laundry and put their clean stuff away. Or clean up their rooms. Something involving cleaning. WHen they got older, it was taking everything off the bathroom counter, top of toilet tank, etc. If they came to me bored again the same day, they had to dust the baseboards. They learned pretty quickly. I work full tie moutside hte home now and my oldest daughter *17) is home with my 8 YO. Apparently she uses the same trick on Lexi as I used on them.

      by Susan on June 13th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

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