It is December 14, 2007... my last day of work for 2007 (at least with my day job). Coincidentally, I am working in Tampa for this week; and also leaving on my next cruise from downtown Tampa this coming Monday. It is the second annual cruise trip that I have taken with my friends. We did a four day cruise last year from New Orleans. This will be only my third cruise since I started cruising back in 2005... that seems such a long time ago.

That cruise back in 2005 was also the basis for my novel, "Out on Deep Water". The cruise from last year was going to serve as the basis for my second novel, but writing on that one has been sidetracked by my day job and my real estate deals and promoting my first novel. I am thinking about taking this cruise and taking the time to dive back into that second novel. I already have many, many pages put into it already. I just have to get 'back on the horse' and start typing. I will either do that or take time to add to some of the other books that I have started. There are about five that might eventually make it to the printing house.

My last blog entry was very depressing. I was going through a very depressing time. There were a lot of heartaches chipping away at my usually upbeat personality and character. Those heartaches are less now or at least I am managing them slightly better.

I am still working hard at finding ways to increase traffic to my web site (http://www.Novels-by-Noah.com), but that seems to be an uphill battle. I blog. I invite comments. I link to other sites. I request links from other sites. I use metatags. I list with search engines. I email.

I believe all of these things need to be done plus a lot of other ways too that I have yet to get around to. It does take a team to do this. I will have to start enlisting help from friends or college kids that want to co-op for free. If you read this and you are interested, email me (noah@novels-by-noah.com) with the subject line "I can help".

I will keep you posted as soon as I return from the cruise. Until then, Merry Christmas!

Noah Reilly, author
"Out on Deep Water"
http://www.Novels-by-Noah.com

noah@novels-by-noah.com

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