{"id":1537,"date":"2018-02-02T06:09:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T14:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2018-02-01T19:12:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T03:12:40","slug":"take-two-aspirin-and-call-me-in-the-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/2018\/02\/02\/take-two-aspirin-and-call-me-in-the-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Two Aspirin and Call Me In the Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\">A couple of years ago, when the family was in Vegas, I bought a group of tickets so fifteen or so of us could go see the Blue Man Group. In the warm up before the show, the announcer called out various members of the audience. \u00a0Judith Jance was singled out as having a headache. I guess buying that many tickets at once got someone\u2019s attention, and the skit they built around it was hilarious.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">This isn\u2019t hilarious. I don\u2019t have a headache today\u2014I have a cold\u2014a coughing, hacking, nose-blowing, eye-watering cold. And yes, in case you\u2019re wondering, I did have my flu shot. \u00a0Bill has come down with it, too. \u00a0It\u2019s bad enough that we\u2019ve canceled this week\u2019s workouts with our trainer and also, so far, this week\u2019s steps. \u00a0I tried walking yesterday and was so shockingly out of breath that I stopped after only a couple of laps.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">In other words, I\u2019m sick. \u00a0So don\u2019t expect me to be witty, or bright, or fun today. \u00a0I have a feeling all those things people expect to find in my blog on Friday mornings just won\u2019t be there. \u00a0Being sick and being witty at the same time simply don&#8217;t compute. \u00a0So what I\u2019m doing instead is passing along a nugget of writerly news.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">I\u2019m working on the next Joanna Brady book now, number 18. \u00a0I can tell you that very early on in this book Joanna has her baby. \u00a0When her son Dennis was born, she was pregnant for three books, and that was WAY too long. \u00a0So the new baby has a name, Eleanor Sage, and as of yesterday, so does the book. I had come up with what I thought was a brilliant title, and it was. \u00a0When I proposed it to my editor, however, I was told I that they are publishing another book with that same title in May. \u00a0So nope, back to the title-making drawing boards.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">And here\u2019s what I came up with&#8211;<i class=\"\">Field of Bones. <\/i>I have it on good authority that the art department is already working on a cover design.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">That means the deadline is actively ticking, so sick or not, I\u2019d better get back to work.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of years ago, when the family was in Vegas, I bought a group of tickets so fifteen or so of us could go see the Blue Man Group. In the warm up before the show, the announcer called out various members of the audience. \u00a0Judith Jance was singled out as having a headache. 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