I’ve heard briefly from Sia and her hubs. Surgery day last Thursday was long, but Sia is at home now, floating on a sea of painkillers, and typing one-handed, but she’s recovering! YAY! She dictated a comment for her hubs to type for her on last Monday's blog that reads:
surgery went well but a lot more damage than we first thought. Serious recuperation time and still a lot of pain--thank God for pain meds. But seeing all these comments made the pain in the heart the heart, much better.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!
~Dan taking dictation from Sia~
I’ll be keeping the lights on and the coffee hot here at Over Coffee for the
month of April until Sia is back with two good arms! Sia wanted to participate in the annual A-Z blog challenge. I’ll be keeping that commitment on her behalf. Because the blog only appears three times a week, we won’t hit all the letters, but I’ll do my best to bring you content I hope you’ll enjoy, by the alphabet. Our theme is “Favorite Books and Authors.” I’ll have friends stopping by on occasion throughout April, talking about everything from Dwarves to Zombies, and I’ll be filling in with articles that reflect my weird, eclectic taste in books.
And of course, I'll be counting on all of you to help me keep the conversation going!
Here's a secret: I never meant to be a blogger. I admire folks like Sia, and many of the commenters here, who blog
regularly. It’s a huge commitment to keep coming up with fresh ideas and to
have the patience and skill to produce enticing content day after day and to build
an audience.
When I first started my own website, I had to decide if it
would be a fairly static site that would include only news of my books, or if I
would join the legions of bloggers on the interwebs. At the time I was working
60-80 hour weeks, learning my craft, and trying to fit in work on my fiction in
the odd leftover moments. I chose not to add blogging to that list. I’m
grateful to Sia, however, for inviting me to join her here as the occasional co-host
and accidental blogger! And of course, I love being able to "lend a hand" (LOL!) to a friend like Sia!
Though it may look or sound a little different in April, you can always count on this here at Over Coffee: we'll be talking about books and writing, there will alway be a pot of fresh coffee on the counter, and something good to eat! So grab a muffin and kick back!
Let’s talk: What makes a blog appealing to you? How did you find, and start following the blogs you follow? And if you're a blogger yourself, what made you start it and what keeps you going?
