The Perfect Mother's Day Gift

Moms love a little titillating suspense, too.  Introduce her to The Sperling Chronicles novels for Mother’s Day!  And don’t be surprised if she falls in love with Ashton and his roguish charms and devious ways.  

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR

Be careful what you ask for, you might just get it.  It’s funny how “almost” everything I have wanted keeps coming my way, just not in the form that I expected or thought I had asked for.  For years, I said over and over that I wanted to write for a living.  Then I landed in the medical services profession in hospital settings for close to twenty years.  Most of the time spent in this profession was sitting in meetings, taking minutes filled with a lot of medical jargon followed by writing policies filled with dry legislative and accreditation regulations.  In addition to that, my job responsibilities included writing training manuals and developing guidelines (writing them).  After many years, I finally realized I was earning a living as a writer.  That is what I had asked for, right?

So to clarify what I wanted, my mantra became I want to write for a living and I want to work from home doing it.  A little later, I added travel to that mantra.  I wrote my wish in journals, spouted it to friends or to anyone who would listen, and I thought about it all the time.  I do believe that thoughts become things.  I wanted a writing career to earn a living, writing from home, and writing while traveling to become a reality.  And it did, somewhat.  I have written two suspense novels, and I am no longer the queen of minutes though policies are still a big focus.  I work full-time outside of the hospital setting now where meetings no longer permeate my entire day that included insanely early morning and maniacally late night schedules coupled with a long arduous commute through Atlanta traffic, congested no matter what time of day. 

Thank God I moved from hospital to managed care, which now fills my day with hundreds of emails, instant messages, and more policies to write or tweak.  The electronic conversations alone comprise more than enough words to write numerous books.  Though management is something that wasn't in the plan, I went from managing a staff of two to eight to twenty-six, most of them remotely from their homes.  I, too, work remotely on occasion and soon will be working from home, that’s right, full-time. And travel, right now it's mostly done for my employer.  Over the last two years, I have traveled across country, across regions, and most recently back and forth to Nashville so many times, I sometimes drive there in my dreams. 

Isn’t that what I wanted?  Remember, I wanted to work from home to write for a living and travel.  Oops, need clarification again of what I am asking for; so far I haven’t gotten what I truly wanted. So the mantra has changed to writing novels from home or from wherever I am and to traveling for fun or to promote my novels so that I can become a consistent New York Times or Amazon best selling author. And I have added, to turn those novels into movie scripts and television scripts and write non-fiction books on how to get what you want.   Is that clear enough?  I hope so.  I will keep you posted.

In the meantime, remember this secret which is not really a secret.  “Ask and it shall be given unto you.  Seek and you shall find.  Knock and the door shall be open unto you.”  But, don’t forget, “Be careful of what you ask for, you may just get it.”

Dilsa Saunders Bailey is the author of two hot, sensual suspense novels called The Sperling Chronicles.  She shares her random thoughts in her blog at simplydilsa.    Like her on Facebook’s page - The Sperling Chronicles and join her on Twitter at simplydilsa.

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Best Tacos Hands Down

For the past few months, I have been traveling between two cities for my job and when I travel, I eat out.  Last week I experienced the best tacos I have ever had at a little restaurant in Franklin, Tennessee called Sopapillas.  My colleague and I sat on the open air patio under an umbrella and perused their mouthwatering menu.   Never ever having heard of a sopapilla, I went over the list of menu items unaware of the delicious puff pastry I would soon devour.  I ordered the Mahi Mahi taco and was soon served a delicately balanced, inviting plate of a perfectly cooked fish, flaky moist and grilled in a soft yet crisp flour tortilla.  The Mahi Mahi laid in a bed of chopped red cabbage, topped with cilantro, avocado and kicked with a fresh pico de gallo then heavenly glazed in a cream cheese and jalapeno sauce that made me incredible quiet during most of the meal.  I savored every bite and couldn’t leave a crumb behind.  To make my stomach ache even more from fullness, the two scrumptious tacos were served with black beans tossed with pico de gallo and the most enjoyable, buttery Spanish rice.  It was to die for.    Can’t explain it any other way!  My mouth is watering now as I remember this delicious meal.  And to my surprise, our friendly waitress came back to offer us the desert menu.  When we declined, she said the sopapillas came with our meal and we couldn’t miss out.  I’m so glad we didn’t.  The light, fluff y pastry was perfect though I didn’t think I had room for anymore.  If you are ever in the Cool Springs or Franklin area just south of Nashville, check it out.  The cuisine is called New Mexican and I’m sold.  I will be looking for more Tastes of New Mexico.

http://sopapillas.com/

Dilsa Saunders Bailey is the author of the romantic suspense series, The Sperling Chronicles.  Her favorite past-time other than writing is finding an excellent restaurant.

Launch Party Update

My first Launch Party for the series of novels, The Sperling Chronicles was an outstanding success.  Friends, family, neighbors, and fans all showed up to support me at The Three Dollar Café in Atlanta.  This post is a thank you for being there.   If you were unable to make it, I hope you will be there for the release of the 3rd in the series. 

Just a reminder Dreams Thrown Away, the first novel and Split Images, the first sequel are available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble as well as iTunes in the eBook format for those with eReaders.  Print copies are available, too.  Thanks again for your support and making the afternoon so much fun.  The American Cancer Society thanks you, too for your support as well as $1 of each book sold was a donation for its cause to eliminate cancer in our lifetimes.