Writing Update and Check In

 

It’s been a little while since I talked about what I’m doing, writing-wise, and I wanted to share some exciting news. Despite my weird funk at the beginning of the year, I’m writing again, FINALLY. I was working on The Walker Boys #2, but when my dad had his accident, so much changed. That, combined with working more, and the funk, and our AWFUL winter, really got to me. I stalled on TWB #2 aka Farm Boy Book, and since I’m NOT on an official deadline, I didn’t feel like I HAD to push through it.

Some writers would counsel you to write every day. To force yourself to write, even if you don’t want to. That’s fine if that works for them, but I can’t do it. The very minute writing becomes something I *force* myself to do? It won’t be worth it anymore.

So I breathed. I took some time away from writing and reading, because at the time, it hurt that the magic wasn’t there in the books I read (because of me) and that the words didn’t seep from my heart to my fingertips to the page when I tried to write.

But then I started thinking, slowly at first, about a project I’d been idly planning for awhile. I’d been calling it SOUTHERN REBEL BELLE for a good six months, and the main character had slowly formed in my head. I decided a week ago to take a chance. To see if the magic was back. And if FARM BOY BOOK isn’t working right now, SOUTHERN REBEL BELLE *is.* I already have a good, clear idea where the story is going, and who the characters are.

SOUTHERN REBEL BELLE is a lot different from AS YOU TURN AWAY. It’s set in the South, and it is a New Adult contemporary romance, but that’s where the similarities end. It’s light, funny, and the main character is sarcastic and a romantic. I’ve already giggled out loud working on it, and I can’t wait for y’all to read it. (

So, my publication schedule for the next while looks like this:

SOUTHERN REBEL BELLE (title + synopsis soon): fall 2014
FARM BOY BOOK: winter 2014/2015

With lots more books to come! I wanted to share this news while I had a chance. I’m hard at work on SRB and I’ll be back soon with the proper title, synopsis, and publication date — and hopefully a cover reveal in the next few months. The crazy ride toward publication begins again! Hope y’all will be with me for the journey again.