{"id":190,"date":"2014-02-04T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jerolanderson.com\/home\/?p=190"},"modified":"2018-03-12T13:59:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T19:59:55","slug":"games-we-play-to-get-through-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerolanderson.com\/home\/games-we-play-to-get-through-it-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Games we play to get through it all!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you to the many readers who have commented here, on Twitter and on Face Book about this blog.<\/h2>\n

If I write another blog within the next two months, it will be with one finger typing.<\/p>\n

Hmmm. Not sure I can do that…<\/p>\n

I\u2019m taking a health break. Getting a new shoulder. Oh, I\u2019ll be on social media, reading and commenting, but probably not writing much.<\/p>\n

What do you do during these ‘forced breaks’ in life?\u00a0 (No pun intended for those of you who have gone through recovery of a broken bone.)<\/h2>\n

I\u2019m going to work on the final draft of my most recent manuscript, A Lake Koshkonong Tale<\/i>. I’ve printed all 340 pages (Have to edit and cut that a bit.) and, as a one-armed-bandit, will read and edit. With the printed copy, I can curl up in my chair and pretend I\u2019m reading a best selling novel, allowing my mind to critique more objectively.<\/p>\n

There’s a foot of snow and sub-zero temperatures here in WI.<\/p>\n

Might as well hibernate in a book like the two children shown here.<\/p>\n

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Oh the games we play!<\/h2>\n

As a writer, do you need to have the completed, printed copy of a manuscript in your hand and pretend it’s created by another writer to give it a true edit?<\/p>\n

Another game:\u00a0 While recuperating, I can put on my pirate hat, my eye patch, and wear my Cockatiel on my shoulder and pretend to be a one-armed pirate. What do you think?<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s hear stories about your medical adventure and how you coped.<\/h2>\n

CONTEST:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0Win<\/span> a copy of The Queen Anne Fox, A Jessica Tyson Mystery.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/i>Subscribe to my blog in the top right corner to be eligible for the drawing!<\/p>\n

Congratulations<\/strong> to Cliff Pillinger who won last month\u2019s drawing \u2014 a copy of Gone Missing in the Underground, A Jessica Tyson Mystery.<\/i><\/p>\n

Visit me on Twitter<\/a> and Face Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PHOTOGRAPHS ARE COPYRIGHTED BY, AND USED WITH PERMISSION OF, RANCHO RIESCHO PRODUCTIONS.<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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