Shelli Stevens

What I’m listening to: Tomorrow Never Dies by Sheryl Crow

I have allergies. Really annoying allergies, and usually, by this time of year they’re gone. But every morning I wake up sneezing and blowing my nose. Sometimes I rub my eyes so hard my contacts fall out. And nothing works. Not Zyrtec, not Claritin. Nuthang. So this morning I tried something new…

After hearing stories about this totally natural method of allergy med’ing oneself, I’ve decided to give it a try. My friend swears by it. What am I doing? I’m taking up honey. Raw, organic honey. I’ve been told if you eat a teaspoon a day you build up all immunity to the pollen and crap. So I’m giving it a try. Now raw honey isn’t that pretty, smooth, clear caramel colored stuff. No this stuff kind of looks like someone ate apples and then puked it back up.

Here’s a glammed up pic of raw honey…

I was a little nervous to try it–not really caring for honey in the first place. So I bought some nonfat Greek yogurt to mix it with. This morning I ate my first batch and it was…freaking fantastic! So I’ll keep you posted in the next week or so on whether it works or not.

So yesterday I started my Sexy Beast novella. I’m really, really excited to be in this antho. But at the same time I started to get nervous. That’s a lot of pressure! Being with all the big guys. My book had to be good. It had to measure up. So every idea I got in my head, I’d immediately shoot down thinking not good enough. Yesterday though, I just got this first scene floating around upstairs, and finally I just started typing. And I liked it–and my crit partners liked it. So I’m going with it.

I’m debating going away for a few days. To the cabin. Not much internet (less I plug into the phone itself and use AOL), so lots of guaranteed writing time. At night at least. During the day…walks on the beach/over the hill, thrift shop shopping (I’m addicted to thrift shops!), maybe rowing in a boat. It’d be nice. I haven’t been up there since July 4th! I really need to go, but gas is…ack. If I’m not around much in the next few days you’ll know what happened