Ask any author how exciting his or her life is and you’re bound to get the same answer: not very. It’s always a kick to get an offer, always cheery (especially to the ol’ bank account) to sign a new contract. It’s great to see a book finally out and on the shelves, too. But in between those events . . . well, frankly, in between those few-and-far-between occurrences, the life of a writer is general pretty dull.

After all, we sit in front of our computers all day, every day. Not too much exciting about that.

This past week, for me, has provided a little change of pace. For one thing, we visited a “haunted” B&B in Cambridge, Ohio. The good news is that the Colonel Taylor Inn is fabulous. Great people, good food, a wonderful room, even a fireplace in the bathroom. The bad news . . .well, none of the five ghosts who supposedly haunt the place made an appearance.

No sooner had we returned from that adventure than I found out my agent was in Columbus, Ohio for a writers’ conference. She’s been my agent for almost three years and we’ve never met. You guessed it, I was back in the car in a flash and headed for the conference. It was great to finally meet her and we got along famously.

In addition to all that, I got the cover for “The Chick and the Dead,” book #2 in the Pepper Martin mystery series. It’s terrific and I will try to post it.

Also got copy edits to read for another book I’m working on.

Did I say a writer’s life was dull? Actually, after a week like that, I could use a little dull, especially since I have a deadline looming! Heading off to hide out with my computer.