Home Alone & Hilariously Overambitious (Plus Press Box Reveals!)

Ciaran Blumenfeld

Hello magical friends!

The Great Solo Weekend Delusion

My husband and middle kids are off on their holiday weekend hiking adventure, and my oldest daughter has an active social life, which means I have the beachhouse mostly to myself.  Naturally, I've planned a dozen craft projects, outlined two "bonus" books I want to write, sketched out an audio script, scheduled long beach walks, and optimistically believe I'll finish reading three novels.

I'm nothing if not wildly unrealistic about my own time-off productivity levels.

What I actually need to do is finish edits on She Sells Sea Spells, the novella I've written for the Orange County Romance Writers' anthology. It's a fascinating project where all the stories are set in Orange County, spanning from 1850 to the present, following a dynastic family of ranchers through the generations.

There might be a little magic in mine. Just a smidge. 😉

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