Waiting For News

I remember last January. It was a desolate month for many reasons, but one of them was the day after day after day of nothing in the inbox, nothing in the post. I'm not a patient person by nature and I'm hoping there isn't a purgatory, because the wait for the celestial thumbs-up or -down would inevitably drive me to commit some heinous act, thus condemning me to the eternal flame by default.

So I wasn't expecting much of this month. But it has been altogether different – full of news, gossip, reviews, excitement. What has made the difference? A year of sheer graft, I think. I was inclined to view 2010 as a bit of a write-off, but now all the tedious spadework I put in seems to be paying off. Things Are Happening.

I have a contract with Carina Press, who will publish my erotica novel (tentatively entitled Amusements) in late summer/early autumn.

I am writing three (count 'em) other novels, in between various shorter pieces, and enjoying every minute.

My story Just Watch Me is the free sample from the anthology Kinky Girls at the Xcite website just now.

And I had news this week that my story, Mephisto Waltz will appear in Rachel Kramer Bussel's anthology for Cleis Press Obsessed.

Last January has already been beaten into a cocked hat, and we're only halfway through. I'm ready for whatever the rest of the month has to throw at me.