Spring Fever

Here we are...FINALLY...at the beginning of spring. My favorite time of year. I haven't been too busy writing lately because not only have I been a bit discouraged about the prospects of me being a first time author in todays publishing industry, but there's something about winter that makes me want to crawl into the side of a large hill and disappear for a couple of months. Maybe I hate February so much because the weather is too cold, or there's a gene in my DNA sequence that makes me want to hybernate like a bear, or maybe it's because the only thing on Sportscenter is endless replays of really tall guys slam dunking a basketball. (I'm fairly convinced it's reason #3) Personally, I don't believe there's a whole lot of talent involved in a slam dunk because if a guy can hang Christmas lights on the outside of his house without using a ladder, he should be able to put the ball through the hoop without much difficulty. I think if the NBA wants to put on a good show with the slam dunk contest every year, they should make the basket 30 feet high and let the players use whatever means necessary to get up there. That way, in a few years, the slam dunk contest would become a hybrid between basketball and X-Games motorcycle jumping. Now that would be entertaining. Anyway, even though we may have another cold snap or two headed our way before we get into serious outdoor weather, it's time for me to get moving and stick my head out of the cave. I have a new direction for Ruby's Prayer I'm excited about pursuing, and I hope have the book on the market within the next few weeks. Yep, springtime is here and it's my favorite time of the year. I can make a tee time a week in advance without having to worry about the weather changing, major league baseball is right around the corner, and the slam dunk contest is now over 11 months away. Ahhh yes!

New Year's Resolutions

Well, here I am sitting at my desk trying to figure out what kind of New Year's resolutions I should chain myself to this year, and so far I have come up with these five gems.
1) Find a reputable publisher that will put Ruby's Prayer on the New York Times best seller list.
2) Finish my second novel.
3) Start my third before fall sets in.
4) Buy a nice, quiet little villa somewhere at the tip of the Baja Penninsula, AND
5) See to it that my daughter gets into college so she can eventually get smart enough to marry the next great neurosurgeon who graduates from Rice University.
Whew! Talk about lofty goals! Just looking at them makes me tired. Which brings the question, are resolutions made this time of year really resolutions, or are they just simple wish lists made up by dreamers? Who knows, maybe they're both. I don't see why the first three items on my list can't come true because I've been aiming at them for the last year and a half, but I believe the last two are a little more out of my reach. As far as the villa in Cabo San Lucos goes, unless I win the lottery, that awesome view overlooking The Sea of Cortez will have to wait until the kids get out of college and I'm about 7 and a half years shy of that. And with resolution #5, well, we've got a long way to go on that one too because right now I'm just hoping she finally learns to keep her room clean. But what the hell, if I wasn't a dreamer, I never would have started writing in the first place.