Taking some time…

All I want to do right now is curl up in bed and rock, surrounded by my piles of tissues. Mountains really. Like Seneca Rock level of tissue piles. But I can’t, because I have a book to finish. So I’m feeling super whiny, because I need to get better before Comic Con and the LA trip. But this round of ickiness means it’s time for me to talk about something I’ve been considering the last two months.

I can count on one hand how many times I’ve actually gotten a cold/flu in ten years. Two of the times have been this year alone, which pretty much cements my decision that once I finish this book, I have to take time off.

I haven’t taken a vacation longer than a handful of days not counting the time I moved since 2009. Since I started writing full time somewhere around 2012, I’ve been working roughly 7 days a week for about 8-10 hours a day unless I’m traveling for an event. My choice. I happily signed the contracts and happily agreed to attend the events.

To be real honest, it’s caught up to me, especially after the RP diagnosis. This year has been super stressful and I’ve been treading water. Books and edits due literally at the same exact time. Not able to write as long as usually do, because my eyes seriously start hurting. There’s a lot more offline business things that have to be handled, and then there’s trying to have a life outside of writing and events. Something I haven’t really done.

I had to rearrange my work schedule this year to squeeze a mammoth book in (Oblivion), and it pushed other works back, which makes me freak out internally and stress the hell out, but like my agent has insisted for well over two years now, everyone will understand if I take a much needed break. I know that. At least, I hope that’s the case, but I HATE doing that. I hate having deadlines hanging over my head and hate having to push stuff back.

But the break is much needed, guys. I’m not just tired. I’m le tired. I need time off.

So after finishing the book I’m working on, the one that is contracted w/ a publisher, I will be taking a month off from writing. This means there are at least two books that will be pushed back until next year. That is Torn and Fire In You. The reason why it’s those two books is because they are not contracted. These are the books I choose to write when my head was way above water.  They will get written, most likely in the beginning of next year to sometime in the spring. I hate to do it, but I have to take some non-writing time, for actual health and mental health.  Cuz…

Fire In You (which is not contracted but is the last book in the Wait for You series) – still has a tentative March/April release date. If that changes, you’ll know.

Torn (book 2 in the Wicked Saga) will most likely hit sometime during the summer. If that changes, you’ll know.

2016 is still going to be a bit rough with the traveling and multiple books scheduled, but taking this break now will get me through the year. Not taking the break means crashing and burning in the most epic way.

Thank you for being amazingly understanding and supportive of this. And who knows? Maybe I take two weeks off and that’s enough and everything falls back into place. Maybe not. But thank you for being the awesome readers that you are.

Meanwhile, don’t forget Forever With You is out, available in all formats, click HERE. Bonus scene (if you filled out the form and all that jazz) will be emailed to you after October 7th.

Also, aspiring authors, you can enter a contest for a fully paid trip to RT. Details HERE.