Where to begin?

In case you missed it, Jon and Cole’s story has been given a title.  Unless I change my mind (which has been known to happen) it will be called Strawberries for Dessert.  I’m so excited about this book.  I just passed 50,000 words on it today, and right now, it almost feels like it’s writing itself.  I love this point in the game, where all of the pieces start to fall into place (hang on while I find some wood to knock on).  I hope to have the first draft done within the next week.  All I can say is, I sure hope you’re all ready for more of Cole!

The Letter Z has just entered the editing process with Dreamspinner Press.  I also received the first draft of the blurb for the book.  I hate blurbs.  Really.  I can’t say it with enough emphasis.  I hate blurbs.  It’s hard to know what to reveal and what to keep quiet, and to drop just enough information to interest readers, but not so much that you give the story away.  One more time: I hate blurbs.  But they must be done.  The Letter Z is expected to be released in e-book format sometime in May.  I’ll post more info on that right here, as it becomes available.

I’m going on a writer’s workshop cruise in late May with the fabulous Lynn Flewelling!  Info for the cruise can be found here.  Anybody care to join me?  I’ve never been on a cruise before, and I absolutely can’t wait.

On a more personal level, my husband and I have decided to sell our house.  We hope to have it on the market by the time we leave for the cruise.  And in case you’re wondering, yes, we must be insane.  I have no idea what we were thinking.

So, to sum it up, over the next six weeks, all I have to do is finish Strawberries for Dessert, get through the editing process on The Letter Z, get our entire house ready for the market (and let me tell you, right at the moment, it is a disaster), and pack for a cruise.  Oh.  I forgot to mention that we’ll have family in town for my daughter’s sixth birthday about three days after we get home from the cruise. And, I’ll be hosting a Dreamspinner Press table at the Des Moines Pride Parade the weekend after that with my fellow DSP author Heidi Cullinan.

Like I said: insane.

Well, I brought it all on myself, and the only thing to do is quit fooling around here and get busy.  Besides, I hear Cole calling me.  He’s such a pain in the ass.  And darling, that is not a sexual innuendo.