Hello readers! Today I attempted to update my Microsoft Word, but I kept getting internal errors. The internet has all kinds of suggestions to help me, but some were way too technical, and others did not work. Some wanted me to install their fix, which is hard to do when installing is your problem! I am so frustrated!

I am working on my second book, even though I haven't finished editing my first one. That is because I am attending a conference in Denver in February and my second book is more the kind of genre they are looking for. I am praying that I will find an agent there. Wish me luck!

It has been difficult for me to concentrate on my writing lately, because I live in a small house and my husband is hard-of-hearing, and the TV is always blasting. Sometimes I actually get up from the computer and go into the living room to see what is going to happen next, or what they are talking about. Then I beat myself up for not "immersing" myself in the story I am writing. Some days I feel like I'll never make it as a writer. I have to work on that. I attended a Donald Maas workshop where he said "talent isn't as important as perseverance." So I am going to hang in there. I'm learning that talent improves with practice.