Welcome to Sea Witch

This is from the introduction piece I have posted on Smashwords. I took a couple of introductory pieces and combined them into a short freebie on Smashwords and All Romance.

"You came up here now to see me, hmm. Didn't you get enough of talking to him earlier?"

"Well, I'm Cherise and it’s very nice to meet you today. He's pretty interesting, glad I decided to go with him when he was leaving. It's been a lot of fun for me traveling to all of the islands we have gone to. Make sure "

"Where I'm originally from is a place called Esquebel Island where my Sister has a cattle ranch. Got tired of her trying to hook me into a marriage to someone I didn't really like. She also broke up any relationship I did want because she didn't think the guy was good enough. I don’t think that she would approve of Timothy either but it doesn't matter what she thinks since I'm not living on the ranch now. I came to the point that I just had to leave, won't have her telling me what to do!"

"I like sitting up here to see what's out front of us. It's kind of a discovery for me, seeing something new every day with the man I love. He's never far away from me."

“What do I want most now? I guess I would like to settle down somewhere. Maybe even we could settle down in Christiansted. We’ve been traveling a long time now.”

“Oh, you’re leaving now?

Okay, I’ll see you some other time I guess. Have a great day.”

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Meeting the characters

Would you like to meet Timothy and Cherise? Well, you can.

I've produced a short freebie that's now on Smashwords and will be on most book sites soon. https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/219582

I hope that everyone really enjoys this little book. Unlike anything else that I've written this little book is only the characters talking.It's done from their point of view.

Winter

I've sat trying to write in a cold house and its not fun. Your fingers just don't like to hit the keys and your thoughts slow down. It's not as fun to watch TV either as you're needing to wear a jacket or a sweater in the house. I don't personally watch much TV, too busy writing these days.

I'll recommend doing your best to winterize your place the best you can. Some of the things to do are kind of annoying but high utility bills can be more annoying. Last year I put in more insulation which paid for itself the first year.

This year, I replaced two old windows. I also added some awnings that I built to the house. There was one main reason for those, to keep the direct sun off of the windows to keep the house cooler. An added benefit will be a bit more warmth this winter, they will help direct the wind away from the windows.

Did you know that windows lose more heat than anything else in your house? If you can afford them you should get double pane windows. If you can't, then get some plastic to stretch across them even if it's a cheap clear plastic drop cloth. Even better in my opinion is that if you're rather handy in a wood shop is to build your own which I will be doing later on.

My wife and I were discussing my making new kitchen cabinets so I'll probably be doing that before the windows. I'll post pictures of that project after I complete it. Actually, it shouldn't be all that much material after I started thinking about it. Probably the worst part of it will be getting the glass home for the upper cabinet doors. I think they'll look really nice though.

21 Days

Today is the last day that 21 Days will be on promo. If you don't have a copy you may want to grab it, just click its cover to the left. Tomorrow, I will be putting it on Smashwords and one other site.

Changes

More recently I was told that someone wouldn’t go through a major change in their life like Timothy does in “The Sea Witch”. They were wondering where the religion was because it would require religion to do that. It doesn’t from personal experience but I’ll go into that later in this.  

Here’s the real story behind that part of the story. Until early 2002, I had a couple of small side businesses going. One was a cabinet/furniture making shop. The other one was computer repair, mostly out of a spare room wherever I was living. Because I was such an asshole back then quite often they were more than just side businesses.

I would flip out and quit whatever place I was working. I can’t tell you all of the various places I worked, there were so many of them. Some places I would quit after one day. I was really abusive to everyone to tell you the truth including myself though I didn’t realize it at the time.

Coming back to 2002…

What caused it all to change for me was a couple of things that happened at the same time. My wife passed away in bed next to me was a major one. Another was closing up the shops that were quite often my primary income source. Third, I got rid of everything else! Just threw it out, left it all behind, etcetera. Fourth, I became a ranch hand on a horse ranch which is also where I went to live for two and a half years.

It’s amazing how much thinking you can do when you’re out walking fence lines to find the breaks. The only thing that’s out there where you’re at is the sound of the wind. Almost every daily interruption is gone from your life. The roof over your head is part of your pay, there is no cell phone service, cable TV. So many things are gone its just not the same way that you're living. You really get a chance to look at your life and what a mess you made of it previously. In fact, you don’t even have a choice since there’s nothing else for you to focus on except your past life. Once you begin to really take a look at yourself it’s amazing the changes you go through because you don’t like what you’re seeing. You'll go through changes real quick, quicker than you would believe.

In the garden

Our garden is beginning to look pretty good as we are headed into fall. Some more of the potatoes ready, the Cosmos have really taken off. Unfortunately, the heat didn't do our lettuce a lot of good.

Fall

I'm looking forward to the start of Fall soon. We're already having slightly cooler temps even during the day. It's been a nice change from the 100 degree temperatures that we were having for over a month. During the mornings its in the upper 50's and I usually need a jacket.

Now, onto The Sea Witch, there should be four parts when I get done. The part that is out will be "The Awakening", the part I'm working on will be called "Jonathan's Rendezvous". Don't quite know on the other two parts yet but the story is there waiting to be told.