Aug. 12, 2014

GREAT NEWS: I FINISHED Nemesis yesterday -- yep, all done. Once home from Mendocino, I'll start at the beginning and edit it all the way through. Needless to say the last twenty pages will need serious editing, but it's DONE. This is always an excellent feeling. This thriller only took about four and a half months to write. People ask me if after 73 books, it gets easier. The answer is a straight up NO -- every single book is different. This one really flowed (I think it's because J.T. and I outlined it together when she was here in April) Other books make me want to pull my hair out and rant and kick the nearest fern in my office, which I don't do because the ferns are delicate and I love them.
I still haven't heard if the publisher likes NEMESIS better than SHOWDOWN -- we'll see. I personally think Nemesis has more gravitas -- what do you think?

Taking three days off and to be honest here, it feels weird -- I've gotta do something splendid, something crazy, something sweet -- I'll give it a shot. As for you guys, you have only one big responsibility: Keep your lovely bodies moving and twisting and stretching. As for your mouth -- keep smiling, if you want to twist it a bit, that's okay, too --