The vagaries of time

Last week, I escaped for a few days to my mother's home in northwestern Ohio, and enjoyed every second of it. As I was leaving, I was reminded of how time never flows the same.

At home, the days would have dragged on as usual with work, home life and the demands of my dog and cat. At my mother's, the time flew, although we really did nothing of any importance. In fact, to be honest, we did nothing of importance.

Remember how the last days before summer break dragged when you were a kid? And remember how fast the first weeks of school flew by?

It hardly seemed like we were back in school before it was time to celebrate Columbus Day and get excited about Halloween. But didn't the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas drag, where these days, they seem to fly by?

Of course, anticipation makes time crawl. No matter what you're looking forward to, it seems an eternity until the moment arrives. For some people, it's their wedding day or the birth of a child. Right now, in this moment in time, it's the publication of "Out of the Shadows," the first book in my Shadow Ancients vampire romantic suspense series. The book will be coming in March, 2010, from Resplendence Publishing, which seems a million years away right now.

I realize the big day will be on me before I know it, and then I'll be looking forward to the next book debut and the next Big Moment in my life -- and to sharing it with all those who love me, like my dear mother!