Hello! I wanted to bring in a new update as we reach the end of November. My newest book, Hidden Agenda is ready for release. It will be available on December 10th but pre-orders are available. I had a big challenge for this book while placing an Author Copy order of the paperback. It's something new from Amazon. I was excited that I was able to get a copy before the book released. I paid for the book and waited for it to arrive. It was shipped and went all the way to Ohio, my neighbor state. Then the tracking for it stopped. I waited, Amazon kept saying the book was running late. Finally, I called Amazon and asked what was going on. They said the book was undeliverable because the book wasn't released yet. What? Someone could have told me that instead of saying it was running late. I was reimbursed for the payment. Now I have to wait for the release like everyone else. I sure hope Amazon fixes that or changes it so people don't make the same mistake! I was so upset by their screw up! On the brighter side, I was able to finish writing A Mother's Pain. I'm going to begin editing the story on December 1st. Meanwhile, I began writing the next book, Nanobytes. On the first day of writing this story, I managed to get down more than 5K words! I have to say, I was impressed by how quickly the words ran through me! Once I begin editing A Mother's Pain, I will put Nanobytes to the side. When it's finished and I'm waiting for Beta Readers, I'll go back to writing so the wait won't seem like forever lol. Then get back to A Mother's Pain for more editing. I am super nervous about this story since so much of my real life was put into it. I'll be crossing my fingers that people enjoy this story! Stay tuned for more edits as the days move forward. You're welcome to subscribe to my newsletter too! I'm always bringing updates there! A.R. Grosjean

I just wanted to share an #update with my writing. I am in full swing of finalizing my edits with #AlienTaskforce. This book is coming along better than I anticipated. I'm overly excited about that. Beta readers always help bring out the best in stories. Once this book is finished, it'll be uploaded to Amazon. Pre-order links have already been established and waiting for the day to be released in September. I'm ahead of schedule for it but I don't want to let down my guard. I still have some editing to finish before my deadline. I'm planning for September 15th as my deadline though Amazon's deadline is the 21st. That gives me a couple of extra days to make sure it's just right. I'll begin editing #HiddenAgenda and search for Beta readers once that's finished. While I wait for those readers, I can get back to writing #AMothersPain which I started a little while back. I changed the original plot to give it an inspirational feel. I hope it goes as planned. I have no control over those things lol. Are you a #planner or a #pantser? I'm a pantser, but I do like having a general plan. Mostly, I let my characters run wild and write down what I see them doing, but I always have some sort of idea already in place. Plots can change or twist into multiple plots, which can be fun. I find everything to do with writing fun. Marketing is the only part of the process that I struggle with. I'm sure a lot of other writers feel my pain. My newsletters are through MailerLite. They are making some big changes with their platform, forcing me to make changes as well. Do you use MailerLite? What platform do you use? I was using Classic, but in Feb they are cutting it. I was so used to it. I'm using their new platform now, which is going to take some time getting used to. But I will deal with it. Anyway, that's all I have for now. Looking forward to hearing your updates in the writing world. Thank you!!!

Well, I recently learned that my daughter is having a boy. A new due date was also given, March 13th, which means he probably won't be born on my birthday and that's okay. There's still a chance he could be but I'm trying not to get my hopes up lol. I tend to do that a lot and the letdown is always hard on me. When I'm upset, my husband gets upset, and then we're upset together lol. I am crocheting the baby blanket now for Damon. It's going to take some time getting used to that name. Ruth-Anne got it from a TV show that she likes, can't remember which one, and named him after one of the characters from the show. Damon. These are the only boy colors that I have but I'm loving the combination so far. What do you think?