What Am I Doing?
Sometimes my blog writes itself. Other times, it's like pulling teeth. Sometimes I write about something I've seen in the news or on Facebook. Some days I write about my life. But that's the great thing about having a blog. It's mine and I can write whatever I want to write. Right?
So today's blog is about what I'm doing. I published Delaney's Peace at the end of June. Literally, within days people were asking what was next and when it would be out. Seriously. Part of me finds that very flattering and humbling. Part of me finds it somewhat ... pressurizing. Is that a word? I'm sure it must be.
As an author, there's a certain amount of pressure to keep your readers interested. There's a pressure to earn royalties, especially when you've had a couple of slower months. But more than anything, I want my readers to be pleased with what I do finally publish. Having said that, I'm here to say (or write), be patient.
The working title of my WIP is Love's Aim. This is a stand-alone, not part of either of my series, although Sam and Sophie Maxwell are in it. Remember them, from A Ghost of a Chance, in Seasons of Love? Yep. Just like Jazz and Riley got their place in Not His Type, Sam and Sophie are pretty important in this one. This one is about mistaken identities, quick judgments, and forgiveness. The heroine's name is Josephina Maria Santiago Vega, or Josie for short. The hero is Finnegan Maguire, or Finn, Chief of Police in Cupid's Hollow, Texas. That's the good news. The bad news is, I've only written about 15 chapters, and have only taken 11 of those to critique group. So yes, it's going to be a while.
Fear not. I'm also working on a short story for Christmas. It doesn't have a name yet, but I'm having fun with it.
There's also a story somewhere in the back of my brain about a reporter and a woman he meets while doing a story on speed dating, online dating, and dating services. I think Luke and Callie, from Reindeer Games (also from Seasons of Love) might make an appearance in that one.
Oh, and yes, at some point, I'll sit down and finish Maddie's Faith (Book 7 in the McKenna's Haven series). At some point. ;-)
So there you have it. That's what I'm doing. Hopefully a short story due out next month, Love's Aim maybe in the summer of 2015, and who knows what else in between there. Be patient. Y'all know my mantra by now, right?
You can have it fast, or you can have it good, but you can't have it both.
So today's blog is about what I'm doing. I published Delaney's Peace at the end of June. Literally, within days people were asking what was next and when it would be out. Seriously. Part of me finds that very flattering and humbling. Part of me finds it somewhat ... pressurizing. Is that a word? I'm sure it must be.
As an author, there's a certain amount of pressure to keep your readers interested. There's a pressure to earn royalties, especially when you've had a couple of slower months. But more than anything, I want my readers to be pleased with what I do finally publish. Having said that, I'm here to say (or write), be patient.
The working title of my WIP is Love's Aim. This is a stand-alone, not part of either of my series, although Sam and Sophie Maxwell are in it. Remember them, from A Ghost of a Chance, in Seasons of Love? Yep. Just like Jazz and Riley got their place in Not His Type, Sam and Sophie are pretty important in this one. This one is about mistaken identities, quick judgments, and forgiveness. The heroine's name is Josephina Maria Santiago Vega, or Josie for short. The hero is Finnegan Maguire, or Finn, Chief of Police in Cupid's Hollow, Texas. That's the good news. The bad news is, I've only written about 15 chapters, and have only taken 11 of those to critique group. So yes, it's going to be a while.
Fear not. I'm also working on a short story for Christmas. It doesn't have a name yet, but I'm having fun with it.
There's also a story somewhere in the back of my brain about a reporter and a woman he meets while doing a story on speed dating, online dating, and dating services. I think Luke and Callie, from Reindeer Games (also from Seasons of Love) might make an appearance in that one.
Oh, and yes, at some point, I'll sit down and finish Maddie's Faith (Book 7 in the McKenna's Haven series). At some point. ;-)
So there you have it. That's what I'm doing. Hopefully a short story due out next month, Love's Aim maybe in the summer of 2015, and who knows what else in between there. Be patient. Y'all know my mantra by now, right?
You can have it fast, or you can have it good, but you can't have it both.
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