One of those weeks!

Ack. I'm a day late! Yesterday was...well, yesterday. I'll spare you. I'm back, making coffee, lighting the fire in the woodstove as we face a couple of days of cold November rain.

COLD DAWN is in stores and I've been doing some fun radio interviews. To show what it's been like here, I had a interview on Monday and was having a celery-and-Laughing Cow cheese break (yeah, I know) and suddenly remembered I was supposed to be on the phone. That was a near thing.

Yep. Have all this on a calendar with an alarm but on a different computer from my deadline laptop, and it's just been one of those weeks. We've all had them. One major thing we've had on our minds this week is shaping up now: my sister sailed through her surgery. She'll make a full recovery in time for the holidays. She's a nurse and one of the most cheerful people you'll ever meet.

And my work-in-progress is going well. I have a November 15 deadline that I'm well on the way to making. But I'm not a well-paced, regimented writer. I'm sort of like one of those marathon runners who flails his way over the finish line, collapses to his knees and pours water over himself, glad he finished the race and lived through it.

That might be a slight exaggeration. ;-)

I love this phase of a manuscript, when the story is set in my head. It's as if the entire book is on the tip of my tongue. I'm in the zone. I could write 24 hours at a stretch if I didn't have to eat, sleep and exercise. And I'm having a great time with this story...but more about that another time.

Many thank s to Susan Andersen for her lovely um, Carla, reminder. Susan's the best!

I'll sync my calendars and see you all in two weeks. Last night I found out that COLD DAWN is on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists, for which I'm so grateful to readers. Many, many thanks! Have a great day, and let us know -- how's your week shaping up?

And a reminder to those who are having 'one of those weeks' as I am: It's Thursday. :-)

xoxo

Carla