Updates on What I’m Doing

A lot has been going on, and to honest, most of it has been challenging. As a result, I haven’t been able to write anything in a couple of weeks. I am hoping that the dust is settling now. I spent yesterday getting things squared away to get ready for writing. Fingers crossed that tomorrow is the day I can finally get back to it.

I’m still wound up from everything, I guess. My husband just went to work, and I told him, “Good night.” Oh my gosh. Maybe I won’t be able to write tomorrow. I need to be coherent when I write or I’ll end up confusing the people who are helping me with the edits. Since I can’t go over a book like I used to because of my eyes, I need to be as focused as possible.

If this post is not coherent, I apologize. I haven’t gotten anything out in a long time. I need to put something out there so people know I’m still alive.

So here is what I’m up to…

Early release of Worth the Risk

Anyway, because I’ve been frazzled for the past couple of weeks with everything that’s been going on, I didn’t set Worth the Risk on pre-order like I had planned to give myself sufficient time to gather my links, make the blog posts, email announcement, and other tweaks I make when I have a new book out. Instead of putting it on pre-order, I ended up setting it to publish right away. It’s not a big deal. It’ll just be a little sloppy.

I’ll make a blog post and email announcing the links when all the places are “live” with the book. I don’t want to make multiple posts for each retailer. I’d rather have everything together.

I reached the final quarter of Tagalong Bride

I’ll miss this one. It’s been fun being out with this hero and heroine as they look for his sister. They are just about to find her. The deputy, who was supposed to help them, got caught up in some trouble. I won’t specify to avoid spoiling the book, but this presents the opportunity to bring in the man the sister was supposed to marry. This will hopefully help me figure out what to do with her romance. I know she will have a book. I just can’t decide which plot to go with. Depending on who the hero is in her romance, the plot will be different.

Things are going smoothly in Anyone But You

I’m nearing the 3/4th mark on this one. I think. Remember Guy from Midnight Wedding with all of his superstitions? Well, that comes into play in this book, and it’s influenced the plot enough to make it matter. Specifically, an owl statue becomes the main catalyst for the change between the hero and heroine. I wasn’t sure how I could get the hero and heroine to talk, and, thanks to Guy freaking out at the right moment, I accomplished the feat. I won’t say anything else in case I spoil the book.

My big problem at this point is whether to continue adding books to this series or spawn things into another series. Oscar has come up with a crazy scheme to sell love potions, and Grant (from The Earl’s Jilted Bride) was stupid enough to finance it, probably because his friend (Lord Dayton) is a part of it. Ever since I introduced Lord Dayton in The Earl’s Jilted Bride, I knew I’d end up writing his romance. But I still debating whether to launch this little sub-plot in this series or let it be the main sub-plot for a new one. I suspect that what happens with Guy in this book will end up answering that question. Who knew Guy would play such a big role in this entire series?

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I am also currently debating whether to take on another book in my “books in progress”. Long story short, I need to bring in more money. I have looked into getting an outside job to help out with the finances around here, but I don’t know if I can do that and maintain all of the responsibilities I have around the house. (It’s a long and complicated story.) Suffice it to say, I am thinking of trying to get back to three books at a time now that I have my writing mojo back and can type with my eyes closed. Maybe I’ll give it a try and see if I can make a go of it.