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Day 2 of me kicking my own ass is going well. Not quite as well as yesterday since I had my page count done before noon. I still have a few left on today’s goal but I plan to have those done before bed. The cool thing is I’m getting back into the story. This is my second Berkley book and has a tentative release date of May 2008. I wrote the proposal back in November so it took me a bit to immerse myself back into the story. The working title is Dark Desires but no idea if that’ll stick or not. I’m very unused to coming up with titles before I finish the story.

My brain is also actually cooperating with me (Ok not fully but I’ll cut it some slack since it’s only blanking on ONE of my projects) and I have an idea cooking for my next Berkley proposal. So at least I won’t have to worry about getting down to the wire and having nuttin’.

I’m also trying to decide when to put up a blurb and excert for “For Her Pleasure.” I’m thinking maybe around March or so. I’ve said so little about this story to anyone other than my editor, agent and writing pal, but I’m very excited about it. It was very hard to finish those stories because I so hated to say goodbye to the characters.

Oh and before I go, Jessica Jarman’s “The Boy Next Door” just released from Samhain, and it’s a fantastic read. Incorporates one of my fave themes, friends to lovers :guitar:

I’m already dreading Monday and it’s still Sunday night. It’s because I got a start on my “to do” list early and not only did I make this to do list but I made a freaking calendar. (That thump you hear is Amy fainting from shock that I would so something so eeriely ORGANIZED)

Monday is day one of the kick ass writing schedule/calendar. In theory, it’s simple. I follow the road map, then I get from point A to point B. Couldn’t be easier. Uh yeah. I like this in theory. It remains to be seen if I actually follow through with it.

At least Im getting all itchy again, which means I’m dying to get writing. I need one good burst of mania that lasts through May 1 :lol2: (I don’t ask for much I know)

If you’re interested in winning a free book, your choice of Colters’ Woman or Caught by Cupid, hop over to Writeminded. But make it fast. I’m drawing the winner at noon CST :banana:

Here’s the cover for my September 2007 Berkley Heat release, For Her Pleasure. What do you think? Like it or hate it? And yes, I invite honest response :lol2:

:weee: :drunk:

See ya Sunday night!

Overheard is now available from Samhain Publishing. :elephant: It went on sale last night and this morning when I got up at dark thirty, it was listed in the top ten at My Bookstore and More giving me three titles in the list. :banana: Won’t ever happen again so I had to oggle for a bit and enjoy the sight :lol2:

But what an awesome weekend. Had more fun than a human being should be allowed. :weee:

Spent the weekend in West Texas (beautiful country!) hunting, hanging out at the deer camp, bullshitting and having fun. Froze our ASSES off mind you. But still, couldn’t have asked for a more fun trip.

This week is insanely busy. I have list day duties today. Release day is tonight/tomorrow. I have a mountain of laundry to do before I fly out to Washington on Thursday. OMG I can’t WAIT! :drunk:

Overheard releases tonight in ebook format. :elephant: AND Colters’ Woman releases in print AND the Caught by Cupid print anthology also releases. :whoo:

Exciting week shaping up around here :cheer:

Just wrote this big ole long rah rah pep talk kicking my own arse blog post, hit publish and got a stupid error message and lost the whole damn thing. I’m sick and am in a Nyquil induced coma, and Im SO not in the mood for wordpress’s shit. :cursesign:

Ugh. Maybe I should go to bed because clearly the rah rah happy happy crap just didn’t cut it. Maybe it was a sign from God that he can take only so much gushing from me in a day.

So I’ll steal Jaci’s Monday “to do” list since I think it’s cool and maybe I can kick some hiney tomorrow when the kids FINALLY go back to school. :elephant:

1. Kick it in gear on my Berkley single title. It’s all plotted out (no one have a heart attack, it was a necessary evil because I had to turn in a proposal for it.)

2. Finish a short story project I’ve been sneaking pages on. (only after meeting the targetted page count for the above book)

3. Figure out my work schedule, write it out, stick to it.

I’ve not exactly been in a creative mood for the last week or so. Things have been nuts. Christmas, kids are at home, hubby’s been at home. :help: So I haven’t been getting much done, and I’ve been waiting for my characters to start talking to me again. They tend to shut up when they start getting drowned out by all the other voices around me.

Sigh…

And of course, they choose the time when I’ve gone to bed to start yammering. And not just one set. No, that I could handle. But I literally have characters from three diffferent stories all vying for my attention. They talk and talk and talk. Then they get louder and I get snippets from all sorts of different people.

Is it any wonder I’m up trying to sort through all the shit in my head? My head is a very, very scary place to be right now. Trust me. :beam:

I’m sooo excited because my first adventure historical, Her Majesty, My Love which is published under my other pen name, Sharon Long is now available through Samhain Publishing. I love, love, love this book, and I hope that readers enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.