February and March Love!

Thank you so much to my readers!  This is my best month ever for sales!  It is truly amazing and I am profoundly grateful.   

Bob Mayer an inspirational, positive, fabulous writer had a post on Twitter some time back about what he was thankful for.  I really liked it.  It reminded me how much I have to be thankful for.  Sometimes we get caught up so much with what we think matters that we forget what really matters.  I had some time off....quite unplanned... Yet...as I consider my own Blessings... and difficulties...I remind myself that having time off is such an amazing Blessing, especially for a writer.  Now, thankfully I am back in action again and while time off was wonderful, economically speaking, working is better.

However, the time off time has launched me fifteen chapters into the latest book that I didn't think would be done for quite a while.  It also allowed me time to get deeper into the story and characters ... and my latest characters are doing a lot of things I never expected.    

I think everyone should be lucky enough to get unplanned time off in early spring.  Even if I am thankful now to be back in action.  The spring reminds of the Kentucky Derby... of little colts and fillies dancing around on misty rolling hills, of fresh things, fresh starts and endless possibilities. 

They key is to be thankful for the moment you are in even when your life is shifting, be thankful for your family and friends, and do not fret so much about what you should be doing, or why things didn't go exactly like you might have planned...or thought you wanted. 

The Bay Area in spring is too lovely for words.  A few weeks ago I drove to one of my favorite locations in Mountainview that has the most amazing view.  It is an inspirational place for me where I get lots of ideas and often brings me happiness and comfort in times of trouble.  And it also reminds me that to truly live, to truly be an excellent writer, to truly understand the human existence...that sometimes we must hurt...let go of things.  Sometimes we must take risks.  Sometimes things don't turn out like we expect. 

Sometimes we have to do things that are really difficult because life brings us difficulties.  We always do what is right and remain steadfast in our values of doing the right thing and it always does work out better than we ever imagined.

You have to see the world in a whole new way... sometimes that means stepping back and away.  It also means starting over, pressing reset and going in a new and positive direction.

When things change and go in a direction you didn't expect, while it might seem unfortunate at the time, it almost always takes me to new and exciting adventures.  And in this case, it has been an amazing new direction and I am so happy.  And yes, very grateful. 

Unfortunately this means Paris is going to wait a year, but my theory is that it means it will be an even more exciting adventure next year.  I will have had time to plan even more amazing adventures. 

And Paris in 2015?  Well, "Paris is always a good idea." And I will add to that...in spring....it is even a better idea.  We are now planning new adventures when we go in a year to include Monaco, Bordeaux, Champagne and other locations we previously might not have visited....By then I can celebrate another book (or two) and a successful year in my new adventure.

In the last month I have been reunited with old friends and made lots of new really fun friends.  That is a whole lot to be thankful for and I am counting all my blessings on this fine spring day.

To my fans, friends and readers, thank you again for my best month ever and for just being good friends.

I hope this moment finds you every Blessing and every happiness and that you too enjoy a fine spring day wherever you are.