I made my first fruitcake, or Christmas cake they call it here. I rarely if ever eat them. I mad it because my husband wanted to make one and well, it was less mess if my hands were doing the making. So it is wrapped up in the linen closet (coolest place in this house) and has been there for about 6 weeks. It's scary to think you can actually keep baked goods stored that long. ;) this is what it looked like going into the closet.
But my biggest achievements have been more books! (Not sure how this photo will turn out.)
I have published two more this year, my grandson, Cameron wrote one that I published and I have published several other books for other authors with varying levels of involvement. You can see all of the books at www.woolyswagon.com.
I did some of the work while on a 4.5 month working holiday back in the USA where I held my first ever book signing. Co-hosting was my cousin, Chuck Hurley, illustrator for a variety of books and book covers. It was great fun. We were on local radio and in the local paper. Not a great photo, but we had to submit it within the hour...
So that has been where all my time has been spent...on books. The garage hasn't been touched. My art supplies have only been shuffled around while looking for something else, and I have been very skilful at learning to make fast dinners and freeze a second batch of whatever I'm making so I can even have a reprieve on some days.
I've been learning about marketing and lots of other skills to promote the books offered on WoolysWagon.com and grow the business.
So for now, gotta run, time to whip up a quick dinner, then play with Dragon Speaking, a voice to text software. Another time-saving effort so I can do the work of many and still vacuum and mop.
I'll be back after I see how that fruitcake turned out. Might make a few other treats too.
Cheers!
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