Caridad Pineiro® Romance Author
NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Romance Author
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I’ve been busy all week with a bunch of things and now it’s time to relax, put up my feet, and enjoy a slice of the Collin Street Fruitcake I was recently gifted. Nom nom. I hope you’ve all had a relaxing and/or productive weekend. If you’d like your own slice of fruitcake, you can order it at https://collinstreet.com/.
I mentioned at the start of the year that I had set a number of goals for myself for the New Year. I’m happy to say that so far I’ve been sticking to most of them. I’m doing over 10K steps each day, I’m eating more fruits and vegetables, and I’m making sure to get up and break up the hours of sitting while I write with a walk. Still working on the strength training, but that will happen in time. As for losing weight, I’ve lost another pound. Not a lot, but then again, you can sometimes not lose as much when you are building muscle. I’ll keep you posted on what happens over the next few weeks.
I love going to conferences. I always learn something new, meet new people, and come back inspired and ready to write! If you haven’t gone to a conference in a while, I highly suggest you think about doing it in 2023. This photo was from an RT Readers conference where we were having a fun time during one of the panels. I got my crazy on and loved letting my hair down with my friends. If you like reader conferences, check out the new Book Lovers Con where I’ll be in May! As for writing conferences, I always love my local Liberty States Fiction Writers conference. I’m actually the Conference Chair this year and it’s shaping up into a fab conference. In addition to the workshops and keynote, we have a Game Night where you can let your hair down and also win some fab prizes or baskets! Did I mention that there’s also a book fair that’s open to the general public where you’ll be able to pick up autographed copies of some of my books, including the South Beach Security series? You can check out the LSF Writers conference at http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/conference/.
Woo hoo! I wrote those magic words today: The end. Escape the Everglades, #2 in the South Beach Security K-9 Division spinoff is done. It’ll be off to the editor next week and hopefully, be out in late 2023. This is an action-packed book also filled with emotion as a single dad deals with raising his son after the untimely death of his wife and is also trying to stop illegal poaching. If you haven’t read the first three in the South Beach Security series yet, the first two are now available and #3 — Biscayne Bay Breach — will be available in 18 days. To learn more, please visit https://amzn.to/3i2QOgy. As for how I feel after finishing this book, this is how! LOL!
I plan on trying to get healthier in 2023 and one of the things I am going to do is make an actual plan. The first step is to set reasonable goals and here they are for starters:
To stay honest with myself, I’m going to write it down and also track what I can with the new Fitbit that hubby got me as a Christmas present! If you want to also track what you’re doing, you can get a free weekly workout planner at https://www.experimentsinwellness.com/weekly-workout-planner/. This website also has a free weekly meal planner and offers new workouts every week at their Facebook Page.
P.S. – If you have a moment, please take a look at my new romantic suspense series, South Beach Security, at https://amzn.to/3i2QOgy.
Wishing you a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2023! I am looking forward to spending time together in the New Year.
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! Now I’m counting down to the New Year and the release of Biscayne Bay Breach on January 24th and the December 27 book birthday for Brickell Avenue Ambush! Wow! So much happening it might be easy to forget there are only two more days to enter the Brickell Avenue Ambush contest! You can enter by either leaving a comment on this blog post or visiting my Facebook Fan Page at https://bit.ly/CaridadBrickellContest.
