The Boggles of Life

I can't believe time has flown so fast and today is the last day of the month. I'm a bit ashamed I haven't posted to my blog in weeks, but I've been bogged down in real life craziness, and coming up for air about once every handful of days. I am behind on everything, including updates to my website, uploads to Amazon, writing projects, promotion, and housecleaning. And the housecleaning is the only thing I don't feel bad about. After all, it's just going accumulate and wait for me next week...or month. (Yes, I have Hoarders on stand-by). lol.

After two weeks fighting with the stomach virus from hell, trying to declutter the monumental mess that is my office, battling hot flashes, and menopausal crying jags that usually end with someone getting their ears pinned back with my little verbal knives, I figure it's probably best I took a mini break from the world. I did try to keep my Facebook and Twitter statuses updated, so my friends knew I was still alive.

This next month I hope to post a little more regularly. We'll see. In the meanwhile, I hope to finish a freebie story I plan to post on Smashwords for Valentines Day. If I miss my deadline, then I'll probably release it later this spring, so watch for more news about upcoming releases. Now, I guess I'd better get back to those rewrites and edits.

Until next time,
Cass

Strange Seas

Every so often, I catch news of some rather odd happenings in the sea. The news article below could have come right out of my Shifting Tides trilogy! Imagine a Boto Dolphine shape shifter and a young Octomorph battling it out in open water. To protect itself, the Octomorph latches onto the Dolphine. Sort of like a tiring boxer does to his opponent in the ring, hanging on to catch a breather in the fight. 

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/33893/bottlenose+dolphin+falls+under+attack+by+naughty+octopus/

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

I see it’s been awhile since I updated and felt like I should at least let ya’ll know I am back. Well, not completely back, more at half-speed, but better than nothing. ::smile::

My surgery was successful, in that I didn’t incur any complications. However, my road has not ended. You see, the surgery was for removal of a very large tumor that used to be my thyroid. Two weeks later, I received the results of the post-surgery biopsy and the news wasn’t what I’d hoped for. Folks, no easy way to say it, but I have cancer.

The good news is that they think they got it all, but I will have to undergo more tests and a special radiation treatment (called RAI 131), followed by a total body scan to determine if the cancer has metastasized.

If you Google the RAI 131 treatment for hurtle cell carcinoma, you’ll note I have to be in isolation for a period of time, since I will be radioactive. Yep. That’s me, Radioactive Girl. I joke that now I will glow in the dark, but in reality, I probably won’t. I hope.

Not sure if I will attain any superpowers with my radioactivity, but should you read of a woman in a glowing cape shooting arcs of light beams from her fingertips…or anywhere else, well, I’m just sayin’. LOL.

Gosh, the writer in me is really itching to pen a story about a woman with cancer who becomes a superhero. Who knows, I just might jot down story notes between radiation treatments. :)

Anyway, this is nothing more than a side path of my journey before I get back on the main road. I plan to rest, read, and write when I can, and when I feel like it. I am even doing edits on some of my upcoming books, taking my time to make the stories the best they can be and enjoying the process.
Hey, I might actually learn something! LOL.

To those that have emailed me with notes of encouragement or get well wishes, I want to say how much I appreciated that. ((hugs))

With much love,
Cass