It's a new year already?

Happy New Year (Floating on a bubble) 2010 flew by in a gust of work, work and more work. 2011 proves to be just as busy... always a good thing! :D

My clients have been doing fantastic this year and in the next few days we'll start working on goals for the next 18 months. I'm really looking forward to 2011! Many of my clients were debut authors in 2010 and have had great success with their debut novels including Kele Moon and Diana Copland.

This week is going to be fun to get back into the swing of things after the holiday break. Have several contracts to finalize and queries to open up to... not to mention a slew of status calls and emails to my clients.

Things at home have been going well too. We ended the year on a high note with the entire family at home for Christmas. Though, my brother-in-law ended up in the hospital with a bout of pancreatitis. He will remain there for a week but is in good spirits and should be released back to active duty once his enzymes return to normal. His base was hit by a tornado on Friday and thankfully he was safe with us when it happened. The following morning, his pancreatitis hit and he was rushed to the ER. He'll be in the hospital for a week then will return to Fort Leonard Wood to find out what he'll be able to do next. They had orders to report to Fort Polk in Louisiana in February but these will likely change now that his AIT training has been postponed. But, even with these bad news, we're grateful for his good spirits and positive prognosis.


Off to get a few winks in before the first work week of the year begins!

Comments

  1. MaureenJanuary 3, 2011 at 12:56 AM

    18 months of planning!? Eeek! Right now I'm trying to wrap my head around 3 months and RT!

    Hope your BIL heals fast!

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  2. Saritza HernandezJanuary 3, 2011 at 1:03 AM

    You'd be surprised how far ahead I can think! ;)

    Hope your BIL heals fast!
    Me too! He's a good soldier and all he's ever wanted to be is a soldier. Don't want this to stray that opportunity for him.

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