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What's New with Renee!


Renee Stevens

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Hiya all!!!!

 

I hope everyone is doing well and had a wonderful Christmas!  This blog is going to be somewhat of a review of this past year and a look forward to what I'm hoping to accomplish in 2018!

 

In April, I published my story "Barbed Wire Cowboy" (the pre-revision copy can be found in Premium under the name Studly Ranch Hands). It did okay, but not as well as I had hoped. Got some good reviews, and some bad, but over all I think it was well received.

 

In October, I was able to go to GayRomLit (GRL) in Denver. There were a few hiccups, but it was a great experience overall and I met some wonderful people that I still keep in touch with and made a few connections that I think will be a great help to me in the future (if I ever manage to get back to writing).

 

In 2018, I hope to finish the rewrite of Forging Trust and post it on GA as well as prepare it for possible publication. I also would like to do another short story for the Something Unexpected series. One other thing I hope to get accomplished with my writing during 2018 is the revision and publication of Puppy Love.  But, while that may not sound like a lot to do, there are some changes going on for me that may make completing these tasks a tad bit more difficult.

 

Some might have noticed that outside of posting blogs, I haven't been very active on site lately and I may not be overly active on the site for days to come. Part of the reason for that is I haven't felt very well for the last couple of months, and sometimes being on the computer makes it worse, and on Doctor's orders have been taking it easy and I spend a lot of time resting on the couch. But don't worry, me not feeling well isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it's actually a good thing, as it means things are going well. I know, sort of an oxymoron there, isn't it. Usually not feeling well is never a good thing, but in November, my Husband and I found out that if everything goes well, we'll be welcoming our son or daughter into this world in July. Due to some early complications, my doctor has me on just shy of bed rest. (His exact words were he wasn't putting me on bed rest, but it would be close to it). We're hoping it's just the supplements that I have to be on that are making me so sick, and I only have to be on them for a few more weeks, but only time will tell. I don't have the greatest history when it comes to pregnancies, but this one so far has been extremely different than the others, and we're taking me not feeling well as a very good sign since I've made it to the almost 12 week mark, so we're cautiously optimistic.

 

So all in all, despite the lack of writing on my part, things are going well and look rather promising for 2018! 

 

I wish you all a wonderful start to the year!

 

 

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I know that took a lot to post. While I wish you were feeling better. I’ll be happy when you welcome that bundle of joy. You have a lot of love to offer him/her. Congrats!! 💋

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4 minutes ago, BlindAmbition said:

I know that took a lot to post. While I wish you were feeling better. I’ll be happy when you welcome that bundle of joy. You have a lot of love to offer him/her. Congrats!! 💋

Thank you, jp! i wish i was feeling better as well, but i figure it will all be worth it in the end and can't wait for July to get here!!!! :heart:

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I was hoping that was why you weren’t around as much. Such good news. Just made this cold day a lot warmer. I hope the sickies go away soon. Can’t wait to celebrate with you..  :hug:

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My family is very supersticious when it comes to this stuff, so I will not congratulate you yet, but I WILL say that's great, take it easy and if you need someone to vent at you know where to find me.  Not feeling so great could just be morning sickness, and hopefully will pass.  I used to get it around 8 pm, around 2 hours after dinner, every damned night!  Once that passed, pregnant time was the healthiest I ever felt!  Enjoy it as much as you can!

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1 hour ago, mogwhy said:

good reason to feel yicky. bed rest for you, the rest can wait! looking forward to july now

Thank you, moggy! I spend most of the time on the couch for now, but hopefully I'll get some energy back soon!

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55 minutes ago, Defiance19 said:

I was hoping that was why you weren’t around as much. Such good news. Just made this cold day a lot warmer. I hope the sickies go away soon. Can’t wait to celebrate with you..  :hug:

Thanks, Def! We're definitely excited and hopeful that this time things will go well. As much as I hope I start feeling better, I'll deal with whatever I have to. Just a couple more weeks and I'll at least be through the hurdle of the first trimester! :hug:

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26 minutes ago, Kitt said:

My family is very supersticious when it comes to this stuff, so I will not congratulate you yet, but I WILL say that's great, take it easy and if you need someone to vent at you know where to find me.  Not feeling so great could just be morning sickness, and hopefully will pass.  I used to get it around 8 pm, around 2 hours after dinner, every damned night!  Once that passed, pregnant time was the healthiest I ever felt!  Enjoy it as much as you can!

I definitely understand, we didn't want to say anything to our families too soon so waited until I'd hit the 11 week mark. We'd have even waited longer, but all my brothers and their families, and my grandma were here for Christmas. And my doctor had told us everything was progressing perfectly and he was fairly confident we would be safe to reveal while everyone was here. Still, every day it feels like i'm just waiting for something to go wrong, and every twinge I worry about what it means. Unfortunately, my cousin has gone through exactly what I'm going through and has told me to call her whenever i need to. I wish it was just morning sickness, unluckily for me, it seems to be all day nausea and achiness, but i've been reassured that's most likely because of the supplements i'm on and my doc is keeping a really close eye on me.

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My sister in law used to bitch morning sickness was not named properly.  She said it should be called all the f***ing time sickness!

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4 minutes ago, Kitt said:

My sister in law used to bitch morning sickness was not named properly.  She said it should be called all the f***ing time sickness!

I told my Hubby that I would rather have "morning sickness"

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Just stay focused on the end result. You will get through this and we will be arguing about names in no time!

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Just now, Kitt said:

Just stay focused on the end result. You will get through this and we will be arguing about names in no time!

Oh yeah, it'll all be worth it in the end :)

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Crossing all fingers and toes over here. Makes it darn difficult to write, but I so hope for the best for you and your husband!

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2 hours ago, Puppilull said:

Crossing all fingers and toes over here. Makes it darn difficult to write, but I so hope for the best for you and your husband!

Thanks Puppi! We've been crossing fingers and toes as well!

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This is great, renee. I'm happy for you and Duane and glad that you're in a spot where you now feel comfortable sharing the news with others.

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1 minute ago, MacGreg said:

This is great, renee. I'm happy for you and Duane and glad that you're in a spot where you now feel comfortable sharing the news with others.

Thank you, Sir!  We wanted to wait until our family knew, and while we know that it might never be completely "safe" the doctor feels like things are going well and that it's about as safe as it will be to share the news.

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Renee, I’m delighted for you and your hubby. I’ll be thinking a mountain of good thoughts for you. 

 

:hug::hug: 

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1 hour ago, Reader1810 said:

Renee, I’m delighted for you and your hubby. I’ll be thinking a mountain of good thoughts for you. 

 

:hug::hug: 

Thank you, Reader!  Good thoughts are always appreciated!!! :hug:

 

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1 minute ago, Slytherin said:

Yay ! :D  Take care of yourself, I’m keeping my fingers crossed :)  :hug: 

 

Thank you, Sly!!!

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