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, including my struggles to maintain a balanced life, what I listen to, read, and watch for entertainment, and occasional bits of information I’ve gleaned from doing the research for my novels.
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Daily Diary, Day 1325:
Another productive day of editing yesterday. Although I didn’t end up cutting, I held new words to only 72, and I am almost done with another chapter. I don’t know exactly how much time I will get to work on it today, since I have my usual Thursday noon zoom meeting, and the meeting after the meeting. But I will try to get at least an hour in.
Cleaning this morning again included decluttering, this time the linen cupboard in the hallway, which is where the overflow from the bathrooms will need to go, and my husband has started the process of filling up the car with stuff for Goodwill. That will make it easier to do the next stage of boxing up all the stuff that is in the room where we will need to set up our bed for the first part of the project which is to remodel the master bathroom. Much of it is children’s toys and books that will go up in the attic, because they are things my grandsons have outgrown, but are of sentimental value that my daughter, especially if she ends up inheriting the house, may want for possible grandchildren. Or at the very least might find some fun going through them before getting rid of them, not the experience she would have with household appliances or old Christmas ornaments (which I think I have gotten rid of??? Will have to see once I am up in the attic!)
So, back from first walk, hazy, but was already a bit warm. Here are some more blooms, definitely spring!
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I am also de-cluttering! 91 years of stuff!
Congrats on getting so much done! I am happy for you!