Saturday, March 29, 2025

Short stuff

Welcome, I’m Mary Louisa Locke, the author of the USA Today best-selling Victorian San Francisco Mystery series and the Caelestis Science Fiction series. In this daily newsletter, I reflect on my life as an indie author trying to age gracefully. Occasionally, I will also publish some of my shorter fiction in this newsletter to read for free.

Daily Diary, Day 1669:

Very pleased to announce I got my first 226 words written yesterday, and my two 30-minute walks, despite an unexpected phone call (a friend is having to rehome one of her dogs, a very hard decision.) I also figured out that there are enough scenes in Mrs. O’Malley’s Midnight Mystery, the final short story I want to put up next, to post every Tuesday and Thursday throughout April. This should give me more writing time during the month.

Around five we went across the street to a neighbor’s for a “happy hour” send off to the couple who lives next to us and who are about to leave for their annual trip up to Washington state where they spend their summers. Eight households were represented, with ages ranging from the couple who were leaving who are in their eighties to the 14-month-old boy who parents just bought a house in our cul-de-sac less than two years ago. It was chilly, but lots of fun.

Today promises to be another cloudy day, and I don’t expect to get much writing done, given I have a zoom call in the morning, and a face-to-face visit with a friend in the afternoon, but I should be able to get the two walks done at least.

Daffodils are still showing up, although they will soon be past their prime, but I am seeing more and more buds on the rose bushes, so expect some more photos of roses in the coming weeks.

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