Post by Mark Sieber on Nov 28, 2019 21:49:35 GMT
Today is Thanksgiving, but we are not having our feast until Saturday. One of our granddaughters is sick, and we hope she will be better by then. Honestly, it was kind of a relief. We have more time to get prepared.
I have so much to be thankful for. It has been a hard year. There's no doubt about that. I had some surgery in January, and it was unpleasant and painful. Full recovery is just setting in. But other, very good, things happened so far in 2019. I had a book published, for one. Just a collection of my blog entries for the most part, but people seem to like it. I tend to be pretty hard on myself, but I think it's a good book.
I took a break from reviewing and message board stuff. I was in pain, and I needed a break. When I came back I found a very different landscape in the community. It had been brewing for a while, but it had really kicked in. To be honest I've felt a little left behind, but change is always inevitable. Things are mostly good, and there is a strong support system for horror books and writers. Perhaps stronger than ever. I'm still here, still a part of things, but I will never have the status I once had. And that's all right.
I'm back reviewing and doing the message board thing. I'm grateful to everyone who has joined and is participating.
I am thankful about other things. I finally have the family I always needed. Even my birth family was dysfunctional and wretched. Now I have people who care about me and I care about them.
I have Clara, the woman I always should have been with.
My health is back and I am feeling all right.
I am reading a lot. Writing more than I have in the past five-seven years.
Work always sucks, but I have a good job and I am making a difference in the world with what I do.
How could I ever dream of asking for more?
What are you thankful for?
I have so much to be thankful for. It has been a hard year. There's no doubt about that. I had some surgery in January, and it was unpleasant and painful. Full recovery is just setting in. But other, very good, things happened so far in 2019. I had a book published, for one. Just a collection of my blog entries for the most part, but people seem to like it. I tend to be pretty hard on myself, but I think it's a good book.
I took a break from reviewing and message board stuff. I was in pain, and I needed a break. When I came back I found a very different landscape in the community. It had been brewing for a while, but it had really kicked in. To be honest I've felt a little left behind, but change is always inevitable. Things are mostly good, and there is a strong support system for horror books and writers. Perhaps stronger than ever. I'm still here, still a part of things, but I will never have the status I once had. And that's all right.
I'm back reviewing and doing the message board thing. I'm grateful to everyone who has joined and is participating.
I am thankful about other things. I finally have the family I always needed. Even my birth family was dysfunctional and wretched. Now I have people who care about me and I care about them.
I have Clara, the woman I always should have been with.
My health is back and I am feeling all right.
I am reading a lot. Writing more than I have in the past five-seven years.
Work always sucks, but I have a good job and I am making a difference in the world with what I do.
How could I ever dream of asking for more?
What are you thankful for?
