It’s been an abnormally busy couple of months lately. You may have noticed by my lack of writing lately, or you may not have. But this blog has been a bit neglected as of late. I have even pulled back on my weekly newspaper articles from this blog, taking a full two months off. But I have a really, really good reason.
You know that book I was writing? Well, it’s done. And it’s published!
Say hello to the new book:
After months of edits and rewrites, and my family enduring me totally checking out during that whole time, I finally reached the point in my book where I could say DONE.
You can read all about my noveling process at my author blog, crissilangwell.com.
Or you can just buy my book, A Symphony of Cicadas at Amazon.
Ooooorrrrrr…..you can get it for FREE through the end of April 3rd if you own a Kindle. After that, however, it’s only $2.99.
So that’s the biggest part of my news. 🙂
But along with that, life just took a really busy turn in general. DQ moved back home, and we went through a little bit of an adjustment period. For awhile there, it felt like the whole family was going off the deep end. In particular, the whole blending family part was feeling really, really impossible. She came from a house with no rules, entering a house with a lot of rules. Mr. W was frustrated by her argumentativeness. DQ was getting frustrated with constantly being nagged. The whole house was turned upside down as we all shuffled and refound our positions again. I think we finally, or at least partially, reached the positive side of things. But it took a few counseling sessions, and a huge dose of patience. There really wasn’t any one thing to blame, just a lot of changes and adjustments. However, with things feeling so chaotic, I couldn’t really bring myself to write anything personal – particularly for my bimonthly column.
For a moment, I had toyed with giving up the column completely. I even wondered if I should finally retire this blog, as well. I didn’t think I had it in me to share any part of my personal life when my personal life felt so horrible. But then, something happened. While I was on my break, a few readers reached out to me to let me know how much they enjoy the column. I realized that if I gave it up, I would be giving up the best part of my job – the part I loved the most.
So I’m not going away. And I am keeping my column. However, I am reducing it to a once a month column. It will print every first Friday of the month, beginning in May.
As for here, now that the book is written, I’ll try to update more. However, if you want to be kept up to date, follow me over at crissilangwell.com.
Now go download my book for free! http://amzn.to/ZwhBLZ
Wine Country Mom 
Yay!! Great decision… I would have totally missed you and your blog if you had decided otherwise. Having followed your chronicles quietly for the most part, this blog has become my special treat at the end (or beginning!) of a long week. Glad to hear you are all back intact too!