Author: Maya

I’m not generally an anal person. I think some degree of organization is required and well, I fail miserably at anything resembling organization. So it might be contradictory when I say I LOVE lists. I like making lists. It’s something I do quite often. See, they make me FEEL organized even though I know I’m not. They make me feel like I have some control (when in fact I don’t) but I get a nice calm, comfy feeling when I make them.

So uhm I make them a lot. They usually get discarded. I don’t think I’ve ever actually FOLLOWED one, and I change them often. It’s just the act of laying out in black and white and itemizing things I need to do. I visit Jaci’s blog on Mondays because her lists give me the warm fuzzies. (I’m a sick sick person)

So my latest list went something like this:

1. Finish Undenied
2. Finish Dark Desires
3. Write next Berkley proposal
4. Finish Brazen
5. Do mini ARCS for RT
6. Do promo packets for For Her Pleasure
7. Figure out my Romance Sells Ad
8. Set up my office
9. Find roommate for RWA

Eh well, one out of nine ain’t bad right? And I’ll get to cross of number one on the list Wednesday :banana: As for the rest, I’ll see them on future lists. At least a dozen more times before I actually get them done.

Sick of this yet? :lol2:

Here’s the third version. And hey, Anne, they toned down the blur! :purplelaugh:

So here is the new cover for “For Her Pleasure.” What do you think? I’ve had split opinions so far :lol2: It’s running about 50/50 on whether the new one is better than the old one. BUT I do think it is an improvement over the first one because my original issues have been erased with the new one, so maybe it’s just me, but hey, I’m neurotic that way.

It’s gorgeous here today. 70 degrees. Bright blue skies. Im so itching to hit the beach and do some fishing :fishing: It’s just as well that the water is still a tad too cold because I have lots more writing to do. Uhm like writing nonstop until May or so :oops:

The good news? Wes’s story Undenied has taken shape and I’m having a lot of fun writing it. This story has undergone some major changes since its inception. I think I’ve ditched no less than a dozen plot lines because none of them felt right. None of them captured the tone and feel that I envisioned for the characters. I should be finished up with this one by early next week. :drunk: I’d say I would take a break and throw a partay but I have two other projects that I’ve been working on that have looming deadlines. So uhm anyway, Im thinking around the end of May or so? I’m gonna have one hell of a throw down. Should be just in time for vacation. :banana:

So anyway, back to Wes. He’s soooo yummy. I lurve him. And his heroine so takes him in hand and knocks him for a loop :lol2: This story wraps up my novella trilogy that began with Understood, and so I’ll be laying these characters to rest. :crying: But then I get to concentrate on some other really yummy stories so I’ll get over it quick :purplelaugh:

I’m looking forward to Monday. Anything to close the door on this past week. It’s been stressful and an all around degree of ickiness to it. I got a lot of writing done on my Berkley book, but not as much as I wanted. The problem is, when I have emotional stressors, I don’t work well. I’m not able to shut everything out and crank out the pages. So yeah, my productivity has a LOT to do with my emotional well being :eatchoc:

Starting tomorrow, I’m on a short deadline to finish one of my writing projects. Now I just have to hope all the ickies and stressors stay away :lol2:

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: