Website

Okay, I've gotten my website up - it's not perfect, but it's good enough for now.  You can find it at:

http://www.griffinsbooks.jimdo.com

Let me know what you think of it.

Permanent Prices

All of the prices found on CreateSpace.com and Amazon.com are at $7.95, and they aren't going to change for several years.  I hope this will help generate the sales I so desperately need.

Last Amazon.com link - Blood of a Friend

Blood of a Friend

http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Friend-Mrs-B-Griffin/dp/1456408275/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327521363&sr=1-8

Poetry Amazon links

Here are the links on Amazon.com for my poetry books:

Whimsy

http://www.amazon.com/Whimsy-Mrs-B-K-Griffin/dp/1449541097/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327521363&sr=1-6

Burning Embers

http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Embers-Mrs-B-Griffin/dp/1449972187/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327521363&sr=1-7

Amazon Link

This is the link for Southern Romance being sold on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Southern-Romance-Mrs-B-Griffin/dp/144952804X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327521096&sr=1-1

If you buy this, please post a review either here or on Amazon.com to let me know what you thought of it.

Website

I am putting together a website to help with marketing my books and building my readership.  I am currently trying to come up with a name for it since the name of this blog won't work for the website.

I'll post on here when the website is up and running.

School

I finally got my admissions packet done and faxed over.  I also finally got my financial aid packet done and submitted so now, I just have to wait for the necessary papers to get sent over to my counselor now.  If she gets everything by Tuesday, I could be starting orientation on the 30th of this month.  It's the University of Phoenix online so I won't have to stress too much about getting to class. :-)  I can't wait to get started!!

Meaningless

I have no idea how I'm feeling actually.  I have a sense of ennui, of going nowhere, stuck like a bug in amber.
I have so much I want to do and yet, I can't.  I want to be around people and yet, I want to be alone.  I have lots to say, but it's all meaningless, like this post.

I haven't been working on my writing like I should, but the domestic situation isn't conducive to writing.  There's too much negative energy around me.  I am forced to be around people when I need my space.  I have to deal with noise a lot, and I need quiet.

I've made some new friends and have actually gone out to do fun things.  The good feeling I have when I'm having fun doesn't last long once I get back to where I'm staying.

I need a job, something that is scarce around here.  I have signed up with so many different job search sites I've lost count!  My looks, my gender and my age are working against me no matter what anyone says to the contrary.  I am working on going to school online so I can continue my search for work.  I can only hope my financial aid will pay for most, if not all, of the bill for the school.

I have needs that aren't being met in a myriad of ways.  I miss my husband more every time I get a letter from him.  He's down to 18 months, but those 18 months seem like a lifetime to both of us.

I am seriously contemplating getting some more tattoos put on me, a neighbor does them and is willing to "practice" on me.  Not so sure how I feel about that.  I am also contemplating giving myself a belly button ring.  I pierced my own ears so why should piercing my own belly be any different?  I can be careful and not puncture anything important.  Hell, I have so much belly fat I couldn't hit the abdominal wall if I wanted to!

Seriously, something big needs to change in my life and soon before I go nuts and do something permanent to myself.  My numerological forecast says this is my year for good things to happen but so far, I haven't seen sign of this being true.  Maybe they're like weather forecasts, right only a small percentage of the time?

I'll end this rant now.

Post Holiday Blues

I spent the holidays with my best friend's family, and they actually treated me better than my own family and my in-laws combined!!  Pretty sad since I don't know anyone in her family but her.

I've been working on Blood of an Enemy, it's just been slow going.  I'm managing to hand write ten pages a day on college ruled paper so it's not a complete slow down of work.

I haven't found a job yet, and I've been actively looking for two months now.  This is not good.

I haven't heard from my husband for 2 weeks now.  He's still in prison at the same facility.  He did tell me, in his last letter, he was getting another cellmate so he could be having issues with the guy which is causing him to not be able to write i.e. he's being punished.  I have no idea.  I haven't gotten a letter or a phone call from anyone, including him.  His family is avoiding me like the plague, and I don't care since I don't like most of them; the feeling is mutual believe me.

As you can see, for many reasons, I have the post holiday blues.