Hi all. I know I've been a stranger around here. I never have been very good at writing blog posts. I originally used this blog to "publish" RAISING ABEL, and I didn't really think about what I might do with it afterwards.
Also, my mom passed away on April 11th. As you who have read the blog and the book know, I had a complicated relationship with my mom. She was 89, and her last words to me a few days before she died were, "Because I tell you to." Complicated to the last.
Abel and Jacob are doing well. Jacob slept over at a friend's house last night. He's seven so, you know, he's almost a grown up and he can handle sleepovers. Abel is upstairs sleeping while his friend Benjamin plays a computer game. Benjamin is still a strong presence in our lives, which is a true blessing. Abel has been getting out more and more and growing stronger physically and emotionally. He's working up to benching 500 pounds. He's at about 470 right now. 470 pounds. Unbelievable.
So, our little family is doing pretty well. Raising Abel still sells a few copies on Amazon, and my new book did pretty well so we're set financially for at least the next six months. (I was "laid off" from the family business. There just wasn't enough work to keep us all going.) I'm going to continue writing romantic suspense, at least for the time being. It's always been one of my favorite genres to read. And, as I believe I've said before, having someone write romance who has no experience keeps that nasty reality from showing up in the pages. :) Oh, and any of you who might have read The Trunk Key, if you can leave even a very short review on Amazon, it truly helps. I keep getting these weird reviews saying that it was really a good story but it was too short: 1 star. Or it was a real page-turner but it was a romance: 2 stars. It would be good to receive a few balanced reviews. All they have to be is true.
The book I'm currently working on is a ghost story and should be finished in the next couple of months. I don't have a title for it yet. Here's hoping it sells a million copies and the boys and I are set for life. Yeah. That'll happen. LOL.
Thanks for reading, all of you who have been stopping by. I don't know when I'll post again. I'm just not that good at this...
This story is now available on Amazon under the title RAISING ABEL with the pen name Carolyn Nash. If you have read the book, and you have a chance, I would so appreciate it if you'd leave a review on Amazon. It's of great help.
Thanks for the update. Can't wait to read your new book. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sophie. You may not realize it, but a comment like that can make a writer's whole day. Gives me the boost I need to get to work on the new one. (Haunting? No. Ghost Something... Just can't come up with a title!)
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful to hear from you- I wish you and your beautiful family every success!
ReplyDeleteSorry about you losing your mom, even if it was a complicated relationship, or maybe because it was a complicated one, it sucks. So glad that your boys are on an even keel and that you've been able to take your experience and have it provide a way for you to be home more. Take care, Jeri
ReplyDeleteI somehow missed the fact that you write romantic suspense - my favoriate genre to read as well - when I'm not reading something similar of a more classic nauter (Bronte, Austen, Gaskell, etc.) No time for reading much anymore, but I'll get it if I can!
ReplyDeleteSorry about your mom. I lost mine a few years ago and I remember my T saying that it could be three times as hard to lose a complicated mom. She said, you grieve the one you lost, the one you never had, and the one you'll never have. It was so true.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, glad to hear about the new book and I'll be sure to order it. I'll have to try and write you a review, although I'm usually at a loss for words on those types of things.
Wishing you and the boys the best. Take care.
I'm missing you - and just got to "know" you..... I can't understand why such a good writer wouldn't be able to blog!
ReplyDeleteFound your blog today after reading Raising Abel. Can't wait to read more from you. So sorry to hear about your mother.
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog after reading Raising Abel, it was an amazing story, by an amazing women. Though i have never fostered or adopted severely abused children I have fostered a few children for a short while, unfortunately I had to quit for a while at least, but in some small way I feel I can really feel your pain and frustration and I respect you profoundly.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read some of your other work.
I wish you love and peace in all you do.
I just read Raising Abel and I wanted you to know that for the first time ever I was "Impelled" to write a review on Amazon and give it 5 stars. I so admire who you are and what you are doing for and with your boys. Thank you for sharing your story; it is valuable and sure to help others. Tell Abel there are people out here rooting for him and for you.
ReplyDeleteI have an Abel as well. I just found your book tonight and am half way through it. The only reason I'm putting it down is its almost 3am and I have to deal with my Abel in a few short hours. You are an inspiration to me, thank you for your book!
ReplyDeleteJust finished Raising Abel and it made me laugh and cry and I walked your story with you. I find you to be an amazing woman with strength I can't even imagine. {{{hugs}}} to all three of you.
ReplyDeletep.s.: please blog more! :)