It's been so long since I've last posted that I almost forgot how to log in. I'm not sure why I didn't post much last month but I purposely chose that route. I thought about posting several times during October but told myself to wait, wait until November. In the back of my mind I thought that I'd use the blog to release steam during NaNoWriMo, an event that I enjoy participating in every year.

I use the phrase "enjoy participating in" very loosely. I seem to get very tight, full of doubt and unable to write much of anything in November so it is far from enjoyable. I thought that this year I could use my blog to write without the pressure of completing 1,667 words each day. I could use this space to write about the cows in the cemetery, about the absurdly huge pumpkin down the street, about the wonderful cool fall weather that we are having in Austin and about the spike in book sales that I am experiencing. I mean to tell ya, I am selling a lot of books!

Later this month I'll be making my second annual trip to Waco for a very large book sale. I've been looking forward to it for months and have promised myself to purge as many books as I can beforehand, a feat which has yet to take place. I'm too busy posting new books and it's left me with no time to purge old books. I am making a concerted effort to reach a monetary goal with the books that Michael has set for me. It's a challenge but the payoff would be so rewarding. I have wanted to make bookselling my sole source of income for a long time now and I think that my biggest obstacle has been time management. True confessions, people, I have the attention span of a gnat. If there is a funny commercial on tv, or a lost cow out back or or god forbid, Brothers & Sisters is on tv, I'm there!

Self-discipline has never been my strong suit. I'm working at it but it always feel like one step forward and two steps back. And now with NaNo in the picture, well maybe my blog is just another distraction but one in which I can justify by telling myself that at least I'm writing. Writing without pressure, without plot and writing as many words as I damn well please.