Bacon Bits:

If you're one of my 12 fans, you would have noticed that I abandoned my blogging duties this week.   I was busy getting caught up on my publishing deadlines.   I'm not sure about other authors, but I just can't write at home.  It's not that I don't have a home office – I do.  It's just that my home office isn't 3 stories underground where my family can't get to me. 

It's not really Mrs. Pig that disturbs my writing progress; she's not that keen on talking to me anyway.  It's the kids.  For some reason, they still love me and want to be around me.  In time, they'll learn to ignore me too.  But for now, they keep busting in and asking me questions like "Are you still working" and "Why don't you love us anymore". 

I honestly don't know how people can work from home.  Between the family and my tendency to gravitate toward the refrigerator, I would never get anything done. 

I was thinking about getting an Outdoor Office Pod.  But this might be a bit much.

This is why I spent my week huddled up in my local Starbucks.  There are several pros and cons to doing work from a Starbucks. 

Pros: 

• No internet (so I can't get distracted by on-line goodies)
• Easy access to good coffee
• No one asks you to leave, even though you've been there for eight hours.

Cons: 

• If all you consume all day is Coffee, you get what I call the "Jittery Poops". Not cool man….not cool.
• Starbucks likes to play some really obnoxious music really loud.  It's a little hard to concentrate.  If your extremely lucky, some jackass employee will pull out his guitar and play one of his "original songs".
• After three days at Starbucks, they start looking at you like you're a homeless man.

In any case, I'm pretty much caught up on my writing – thanks in part to Starbucks.

Regular posts will start  again next week.  I've got some good stuff planned.

Now it's time for a shower and a shave.

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