I hit the midpoint on my rewrites yesterday, and it’s so good to be half way through MST–that’s around 200 pages. Cutting a lot and adding a lot as I go, and yes, it’ll need another good editing before my cps see it. With a little luck and a lot of work, I’ll wind this up before National the end of the month. Yay!… Read the rest »

Color me slow, but I just realized we’re about two weeks away from RWA National conference in Atlanta. *gulp* I’m so excited to meet my online friends for the very first time, meet my incredible editor, meet my super savvy agent.

Now in those two weeks I have to get through the rewrites on My Sweet Thief. Gotta do it. I have way over a third of it revised and liking the characters. Actually I love the hero, but that’s another blog, lol.

Oh, and in the lastest RT is an ad from Samhain publishing. Check out Seducing Simon, penned … Read the rest »

I’ve finished my proposal for a new series and sent it off to my agent, and now I’m ready to dive into the rewrites of My Sweet Thief, second book in my Born in a Brothal series.

I’m excited about getting back into MST. As I wrote the first draft I made a gazillion notes on things I wanted/needed to change. A few are substantial–like Mr. Arrogant who insisted he have a bigger part.

My goal is to wrap up the second draft before National, which is the last week of July. It’ll be a push, but I work well … Read the rest »

No, I’m not digressing into disco mode. I came across this quote that is great advice for writers.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas Edison

The worst thing an author can do is sit around waiting to hear from an editor or agent. Better they dive into another project, if only brainstorming ideas.

That’s what I’ve been doing ever since I got serious about writing. I hustled. When I sent one work out, I got busy on another. I studied the craft and successful authors.

But now that I’ve sold two books, can I sit back … Read the rest »

Remember me saying I wasn’t going to enter any contests for a good long while? Well, guess what?

Friend and cp Karin Tabke is running a great contest on her website blog and I jumped in with both feet. I made the first cut and posted my second line, so hop over and take a look. … Read the rest »