Trading By Stormlight (The Magic Below Paris Book 7)

by C. M. Simpson

  In the meantime, I’ll start work on the next book in this series so you don’t have so long to wait.

  Author Notes - Michael Anderle

  January 27, 2019

  I spoke with another individual who is working in the background on The Kurtherian Gambit – Endgame Final 3 books, the conclusion of the fight between Bethany Anne, those on Earth, those in the Federation and that @#@#%! Kurtherian who screws with Earth in the future.

  Paris figures prominently in the story.

  Now, we just have to notify Colleen … Shhh, she doesn’t know about it, yet ;-)

 

  Diary Entry - Week of Jan 26th to Feb 1st.

  Thank you for everything…

  Full stop.

  We authors wouldn’t be able to do so much in our lives without readers and we recognize it. While we provide escape, excitement and friends you (hopefully cherish, or hate) you provide us with the means to travel, eat, have a roof over our heads etc.

  This past week, I’m still suffering.

  Mark W. Stallings (successful businessman who sold his company to pursue a writing career full time in 2020 and 2021) texted me this week asking how 2020 was treating me. I responded, “Like her b#tch.” I’m sorry, but 2020 is kicking my rear-end with this jet lag issue. I came back from Asia on Jan 12th and it is taking me two weeks to recover.

  It has been horrible for sleep deprived me to function. I hate it (sleep deprivation.)

  I’m not made for this type of abuse LOL. Write 10,000 words in a day? Ok. Fine. I can do it, I don’t like it but I can do it. However, make me stay awake at odd times of the day, sleep when it is light outside, be wide awake in the quiet of the morning when there are only the zombies or partygoers moving? That’s not me.

  No, really. I was NEVER a partying type person. I’ve never even been drunk. I didn’t go out and stay up until the morning regularly or call in sick to work.

  In short, I had a pretty ho-hum life as a young adult. Well, in reality anyway.

  As a reader I had a FANTASTIC life but that is another story for another time.

  Now, because of 20Booksto50k™ I have travelled parts of the world, and because of LMBPN Publishing I have travelled other parts of the world every year. The absolute hardest part for me has not been the hotel rooms, foreign cities or even (for those that know me) the food in foreign countries.

  No, it’s time changes and jetlag.

  I’m sure my parents wondered what was wrong with me as a high school kid. I would go to sleep at 9:30PM at night because I had to get up at oh-dark-thirty for school in Texas. Seriously, why the hell do they have teenagers get up to start school so early? Teenager bodies aren’t made to get up early. It’s a form of torture.

  I bet it really has to do with getting kids out of the house.

  So, that’s a long-winded way of saying jetlag won last week. As of this morning, I think two things have helped me almost get over it.

  I started walking to help lose weight (I have a menudo challenge (the soup, not the boy band) with my older brother Darryl… If I fail to drop 10% of my weight by June 30th, I must eat a bowl of menudo. While I eat more Mexican food than I eat hot dogs and hamburgers (or even steak), I have not found menudo very appetizing and I’m willing to move heaven and earth to lose the weight.)

  So, last week I went to bed late due to exercising late (solved the problem of taking naps at 5:30pm) and when I did rest, I had better, deeper sleep.

  I hope to wake up normally tomorrow.

  PLEASE OH GOD LET ME WAKE UP NORMALLY TOMORROW!*

  Ad Aeternitatem,

  Michael Anderle

  * It’s Monday night, Jan 27th…15 days after getting back and sleep is still screwed up. I think I might need to turn to something a bit harsher to get back on track.

  Other Books from C.M. Simpson

  The Magic Beneath Paris (with Michael Anderle)

  #1 Trading into Shadow

  #2 Trading into Darkness

  #3 Trading to the Light

  #4 Trading By Firelight

  #5 Trading By Shroomlight

  #6 Trading into Daylight

  Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey

  #1 Mack ‘n’ Me: Origins

  #1-1 The Depredides Dance (a stand-alone short story)

  #1-5 Rogue Retrieval (a stand-alone novella – coming soon)

  #2 Mack ‘n’ Me: Blaedergil’s Host

  #3 Mack ‘n’ Me: Arach

  #4 Mack ‘n’ Me: The Transporter’s Favour

  #4-3 What Happens on Axis 58… (a stand-alone short story)

  #4-6 Cloud Door (a stand-alone short story)

  I also write fantasy, urban fantasy and short stories across the genres, all of which can be found on my Amazon author page.

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