Wow, it’s been a grueling month with revisions, compounded by my mom being very ill. Not so easy to stop in the middle of edits (especially if it’s one of those intense scenes) and rush to doctors and hospitals. I can’t just tuck the worry away either when I get back to the computer, at least now right away. But I finally got it done before deadline. Yay!!!

Mucho thanks goes to multipubbed author and cp Sharon for the brainstorming session over the phone. Talking out and resolving a plot problem was invaluable, especially since it was done two weeks before deadline. Two freaking weeks??? What was I thinking??? The pep talk was an added bonus I sorely needed. 🙂

More thanks goes to super Super author and cp Amy for reading and critting the revised version, all 411 pages, in two days. Also for the contant emails cheering me on. It’s humbling when friends’ faith in me is more than I can muster at the time.

I owe you both!

Now the really good news. I FedExed the manuscript to my editor this morning, so now it’s just a matter of waiting to see if she likes Gil’s and Josie’s story. I’ll let you know when I hear from her. 🙂

So I’m taking friend Liz’s advice and chilling for twenty-four. Then I have a Christmas short story to write asap. Will tell you more about that one later.

Until till next time– Adios!

No, I didn’t drop off the face of the earth. I’ve been busy doing edits on My Sweet Thief, and it’s coming along really well. Actually I wasn’t sure but Amy and Karin assure me it’s good, so I’ll take their word for it. Which of course is a huge relief since I have to hand this over to my editor the end of the month.

I also was able to get down the gist of a secondary’s big problem so I could write his story, should my publisher want another story. Yes, I’m being optomistic so I don’t go totally crazy.

And under the heading “what good friends are for–”

Sharon, incredibly prolific author, friend and cp, drops me an email last week and asks if I can get a short story written for a Christmas anthology to be published by Samhain. This Christmas.

It’s very tempting. The market for short western anthologies with romance are virtually non existant. And as Sharon reminded me, having this come out before my first novel could garner more readers. Always a good thing.

All Samhain wants at this point is a proposal–synopsis and first chapter. Note, Sharon can be extremely persuasive.

I let the idea cook and voila, my characters pop into my head, both carrying enough baggage. Then I started writing. First chapter is done, and I have a synopsis that doesn’t suck too badly. At least I know where the story is going. 🙂

So after I polish it one more time, I’ll pop it off to the editor, and get back to the edits on MST. If I’m really lucky, both editors will like my stuff. 🙂

I’ll let you all know…