Tunnels and Trains and other Destinations

Woohoooo!!!! Destination, FINISHED!!!! Time for some serious partying!!!!

I Interneted All-American Father to my agent yesterday, and promptly fell into a puddle of sleep deprivation. At many points along the way, it felt like this "trip" was going to do me in. All signs were that it wouldn't be finished in time... Check out this vintage sign I dug up at some point over the last week, while playing around online (instead of working ;O) ...


But the blood and sweat that went into this book was soooooo worth it. The ride turned out to be lovely in the end. I learned so much about my writing style, and the scenery along the way was breathtaking (I think I've created some of my best characters yet) .

All-American Father is lighter than what I typically write, but now I know I can do lighter and still produce something emotionally rich and honest. Very contemporary themes. Hunky guy and spunky heroine (plus a a pre-teen that keeps her father on his toes until the end). Sigh...

And I guess that's what happens when you risk travelling somewhere you've never gone before...you usually think you know where you're going, but at some point the journey takes over and starts dishing out surprises. The kind that make memories you'll never forget. Look at this beautiful shot from the inside of Union Center. Who could have known that a subway terminal could look so beautiful?

But once you're in the tunnel (and leave the pretty ceiling behind), it's easy to get scared. How will you get out? What happens if the the train stops while you're trapped inside? What will you do then???

My advice, dive in to the adventure and don't you dare close your eyes...you'll miss the best stuff life has to offer if you do...out of control rides are the best...Take a look at the tunnel leaving one of the DC metro stations. It's like being in Star Wars or something...

If you miss your next great adventure or refuse to head into the long tunnel ahead, because you're worried about not being able to get off until you reach the other end, you'll be missing a wicked ride--and all the cool stuff that comes along with being scared of it ;O)

Which is all my long way of saying...sorry for being gone for a week, I've been off screaming as I wrote through my own tunnel of doom, but I'm back now, and the ride was way cool!!!!! My brain is toast, and blospot is resisting all kinds of things I've tried to do over and over today. So...I'm giving myself until Thursday to regroup, pick last week's winner, and pull together a new RWA prize. I'll be randomly drawing from any comments posted until Thursday morning, so be sure to give us a howdy ('cause it's a really cool prize!!!).

Also, I'm finally going to catch up with all things website, including drawing a new Funky Purse winner there, and uploading the picture of the FAB. new prize you won't want to miss.

But for today, I'm relishing the scary and the sweet of my journey...looking back at that long tunnel as I speed toward the horizan, taking a deep breath now that I'm done and feeling rather spanky, if I do say so myself.

Tell us about your out-of-control excursions, both the ones you've taken, and those you've only dreamed about. Then make a committment to get yourself there, and a plan for making that committment happen. The rush is like nothing you've ever known, take my word for it!!!

As is the pay off--coming home to the people you care about, and starting to plan all over again.

Thanks for being my online home!!!!