Lemon Trees and WIPs
The PJ Daddy has been taking care of my Meyer Lemon Tree for me. This past Thanksgiving, the tree had plenty of lovely lemons, all sweet and fragrant. If you’ve never had a Meyer lemon before, it’s sweeter than a normal lemon and less acidic. It’s lovely.
During the year, though, PJ Daddy kept thinking I was wrong about the tree and it must be a lime tree because the flowers appeared in January and the fruit grew over the course of the year – always green. It took pretty much the whole year for the fruit to mature and finally turn yellow in November.
Growing Meyer lemons requires patience and faith. It is indeed a lemon tree. The green fruit will eventually mature to a gorgeous yellow, maybe even with a sunset orange tinge. The mature fruit will be so aromatic, it can fill a room with its sweet scent and the taste is wonderful.
My writing has been like that this year.
There haven’t been many releases this year from me. I’ve had a lovely short story, but other than that, all of my projects are requiring time to mature. I look back on the year and feel as if I’ve been in stasis. Behind the scenes, I feel I’ve been taking one step forward then falling two steps back. But I have faith. There’s a lot in store for 2013.
My first major release will be BITE ME, Book 1 of the London Undead series, in June 2013 from Carina Press. This is a 3 book contract and books 2 and 3 are already outlined and queued up. There won’t be a long wait between releases for these books. I’m really hoping you all enjoy this series.
FIGHTING KAT, the sequel to HUNTING KAT and next book in the Triton Experiment series, has been submitted. *crosses fingers* Also, I released a free holiday read A GIFT FOR BOGGLE, as a present to my readers. I’m so very glad The Galaxy Express and other fans of this series enjoyed Boggle’s story. I really enjoyed the challenge of writing it.
I’ve got other projects, big things, in various stages of “almost ready” and official announcements have to wait just a little bit longer. There’s also WIPs (Works in Progress) outlined and ready to be drafted. There’s a whole lot in play.
So I hope my readers will be patient and stay with me. There’s many more stories to come. It’s just taking time for the fruits of my work to mature.
