October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

I did not bulldoze my site.
I got rid of some stuff and moved some other stuff around.
It’s kinda like when your mom would get pissed and she would make you help her rearrange all the furniture  in the living room.  OK- maybe my mom was the only one to do that.
Anyway, things are a little simpler here at DFB. Subscribe to the feed to get posts in your email. ( If you are an old subscriber, you’ll have to sign up again-sorry about that, couldn’t be helped). Or just stop …

Diva Fiction Bytes is looking for a few good writers of short stories and/or novellas. Send an email to: submissions@divafictionbytes.com for details.
Did I mention royalties paid?
Can’t wait to hear from you.

I’ve got a new project underway.  As a matter of fact, I’ve got several irons in the fire.  Which can be a problem.  Means I tend to bounce around like the ball in a pinball machine (remember those?). 
My goal is to finish project one by the end of the month. 
And post on DFB, of course.
Anyway, the writing is coming after the bill paying gig and the parenting gig.  And the house painting.  And the soon to be packing for moving day in less than four weeks. But it’s getting done- …

If you’re from the south, you know what that term means.  
Fixin’ to eat.
Fixin’ to leave.
Fixin’ to work on the car.
Well, all week, I’ve been fixin’ to write.  
I don’t know what happened.  It’s like I’ve been in a vortex for the last week.  I’m going to get beamed up out of here so that I can get back to writing.
And as soon as my web diva is back from vacation, she’ll teach me how to download my freakin’ podcast (no- I still have not figured it out-I didn’t realize …

My series, Claire’s People, starts tomorrow.  Claire, a popular writer, finds herself returning to Charleston after 20 years of living it up in Chicago. She’s successful and happy, and yet longing for home.  
A busy body mother, an eccentric neighbor, a long distance boyfriend, and the big brother who never grew up are just a few of Claire’s people.  
I hope you enjoy.  
(Claire’s People is only available to paid subscribers.)
In other business, the Diva of The Spring Chronicles is continuing to do her thing. Her next journal entry …

As you can see, there have been some changes here at Diva Fiction Bytes. A little less color, a bit more structure.  Everything has its place.
And, just in time to start the year off on a positive foot.  Whatever.  I had to say that because it’s still January.  Seems like whenever somebody makes a change in January, it’s attributed to the New Year.  But I digress.
 I love the new layout.  It’s better organized and brighter.  Exactly how I like things.  
And it is just beckoning me to get my ass …

I have a few things to confess about Twitter.
First of all, I had an account for months before I learned out how to really “use” it.
I figured out how to send a “direct” message from my Beloved Blackberry just yesterday.  What can I say, I’m a little slow.  Thank goodness for Tweetdeck, Suzanne, and Yas.
I will say that I learned very quickly not to receive messages from EVERYONE I am following on my cell phone.  Non-stop dinging or buzzing (when on vibrate) is very annoying, and  marathon Tweet reading leaves …

Like half the country this time of year, I have recommitted myself to exercising.  
Hold the applause.
While dropping a few pounds, having a positive way to deal with stress, and an overall healthier lifestyle are great benefits of exercise, the truth is, I just don’t want to have to buy new clothes.  
I dropped a few pounds a couple of years ago and bought myself lots of jeans that weren’t from the “Mom” category.  They look great with my standard white button downs, white pullovers, white T’s, and of course …

While everyone else is contemplating changes for the new year- things they are going to stop doing, as well as things they are going to start- I decided to come up with my Brokeback Mountain list:  things I wish I could quit (but most assuredly won’t, even with a magic wand).  

 Watching the View
McDonald’s french fries
The Real Housewives…. all of them
Never letting the Crackberry out of my site
Chocolate covered pecans or almonds when I’m pmsing (like now)
Coca-cola (but I am going to cut back- really)
Yelling out the f-word at stupid …