Updates on What I’m Doing

I figured this is long overdue, so I better do a “what I’ve been working on” post.  :-)

Catching Kent

I’m happy to say I’m getting close to the end of this book.  I hesitated to go in a direction that the book kept leading me, but I figure it’s the only way it can end so I have to do it.  I won’t say more than that because I don’t want to spoil it for anyone.

I should be done with the first draft by the end of this month.  I’m hoping to publish this and Kent Ashton’s Backstory by the end of October.  I won’t be doing a pre-release for those books.

I do plan to get the rest of Kent Ashton’s Backstory posted on this blog.  It’s taken me a while to get back into the swing of things, but I think I’m finally back into a routine so I feel comfortable posting the rest of the scenes.

The Stagecoach Bride

Book Stephannie Beman and I are working on.

The estimated publishing month on this one is December.  This one is with a beta reader on Stephannie Beman’s side.  After that, it comes over to me where I’ll go through the initial proofing then send it out to my team of people to look over.

Bride by Arrangement

The Anthology Janet Syas Nitsick and I Are Working On

My novella, The Purchased Bride, is over the halfway point.  I’m very pleased by this story and am enjoying it immensely.  It has the same tenderness found in Eye of the Beholder and all of the books in the South Dakota Series.  Of all the books I’ve done, I’d have to say those are my top four favorites.  This will be added in the top fifth.

Anyway, I expect to have this done by either the end of this month or in the middle of October.  During November, it will be time to polish it up then submit it to the publisher.  Janet Syas Nitsick is working on her part of the anthology with her novella and from what I read so far, it’s really good.  I can’t wait to find out what happens.  :-)

We’re looking around the end of December/early January for a release date, but I’ll let you know for sure as we get closer to the date.

Boaz’s Wager

I’m in chapter six and surprised by a few unexpected reactions from the hero and heroine.   Just when I think Boaz or Eva will react a certain way, they turn the table on me and do the opposite.  I can’t tell what is going to happen in this book.  All that’s gone as planned is the first three chapters.  After that, it’s been up in the air.  This is why I never outline a book before I write it.  There’s no telling what can happen.

The Earl’s Scandalous Wife

I’ve gotten Perry married in haste, but at the moment, something is “off”.  Everything up to where I’m at now is fine.  It’s just a matter of what to do next, and since I don’t know what that something is, this book has been unofficially on hold.  I can’t proceed forward until the missing piece falls in place.  In the meantime, the other books will get more of my attention.