Celebrate the Small Things 12-9-25

It's the end of the week, so it's time to Celebrate the Small Things.

What am I celebrating this week?

It's the weekend!

Unfortunately, I have a lot of stuff booked in for this weekend, so I don't think I'm going to get a lot of writing time (again).  Prioritising time to write is really important to me, but somehow life keeps getting in my way.  Hopefully I'll get a little time tomorrow afternoon, but I have to learn a new class to teach at the gym next week too, so that's going to cut into the little piece of time I have.

I guess, I'm not in such a bad position - I'm almost finished the new book and I only really started it after Easter, so that's been pretty quick!  Especially considering A Stranger to Kindness took me five years to finish...  I mean, okay, I did write Guide Us somewhere in that five-year period, so it's not like I was 100% focused on Stranger all that time.

Talking of Stranger, I got another couple of rejections this week which is disappointing.  I think I need to start writing romantasy or horror or something - I feel like that's what agents are looking for.  Unfortunately, that's not the kind of story I want to write - or the kind of story I want to read.

My oldest son turns 21 on Monday which is somewhat confronting.  I swear I'm not old enough to have a 21-year-old son....  Or if I am, I don't feel old enough to have a 21-year-old son.  In my head I don't feel that different to the way I felt at sixteen!

Yet, tonight I'm going to a friend's retirement party...  Go figure!

What are you celebrating this week?