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Which starts next week and at last count was going to last for three weeks. We have lots of shit to give away and lots of fun to be had by all :whoo:

To get a start on the festivities, I have some fun news. My new agent and I just wrapped up a deal for the next two books in my “Sweet” series with Berkley HEAT. Sweet Seduction (Nathan’s story!) and Sweet Temptation (Micah’s story!) will release in October 2009 and April 2010 respectively. I’m very happy with the way things shook out.

I also got new release dates and delivery dates for my Kelly series that I sold to Berkley Sensation earlier in the year. These books will be mass market originals instead of going the trade to mass market route which means they won’t release in trade in 2009. They’ll release in 2010 as mass markets and will have a close release schedule for the trilogy that kicks off the KGI series :woot:

So it’s been a good day and I get to settle down and do some rearranging in my writing schedule which will be fun.

Now less than two weeks until Into the Lair releases and just a month until Be With Me releases! Fun times to be had :banana:

to release day for Into the Lair :woot: I’ve re-entered the blogging world and have a post up over at Writeminded today. I’m still busier than a one armed paper hanger, but hopefully things are starting to calm down around these parts.

Starting to get some wonderful reader feedback on Into the Lair and Be With Me. Getting some nice reviews too. These were two books I was worried about for very different reasons. One was a whole lot easier than the other to write, which brings it’s own set of concerns.

Some books are hard. Really hard to write. I put everything I have into every single book I write, but sometimes they come easy and the words flow and the characters speak to me and it’s all I can do to keep up as the words spill out. Other books it’s like pulling teeth. Each and every word is agonized over, second guessed, reworked. I tears stuff up, tell my editor I quit, tell anyone who will listen that I can’t do it and that I’m currently penning the worst piece of shit ever known to man.

It’s THOSE books that are soooo satisfying when they turn out okay and readers tell me they love them. I’m always so surprised, shocked and so very grateful when a reader tells me they enjoyed one of my books, but when it’s a book that I’ve struggled SO much with, it makes me even more grateful that I fought so hard to get it right.

We’re heading home tomorrow, armed with groceries of course. The good news is we’ll be home and can start repairs. Bad news is no internet :crying:

I don’t like being away from home. I mean it’s different if I’m on vacation or gone by choice. I don’t like being away from my little piece of the world when the rest of the world around me has gone bonkers. I’ll be soooo glad to get home to my comfy chair and familiar surroundings. I hate feeling like a guest even though I’m with family.

No word yet on when the kids will return to school. We know definitely not this week. Two of the campuses sustained damage while the other tree got lighter damage. Then there is the power situation. I want to say they were out two weeks for Rita. I don’t really remember to be exact but it was something close to that. At the end of this week our schools will have been closed a week and a half.

So anyway, that’s what’s going on with me. If you don’t see me for awhile, it’s because Im back home and have no internet. But think of all the work I’ll get done :woot:

Ironically my last blog post was about not knowing what day it was, evacuations and kids being out of school and I find myself once again evacuated due to a hurricane. We actually stayed through the hurricane this time. Not something I’d recommend but I honestly felt safer at home than out on the roads with the evacuation crowd. Traffic was just insane here. There were several accidents including a 7 car pile up at the only major intersection in my little pissant town. No thanks…

I’m at my sister’s. We left Saturday morning after the worst of the hurricane was past us. It was still quite windy and rainy and getting around debris in the roadways were tricky, but we made it. The one positive of having stayed through the hurricane was that we knew what damage we incurred before we left. When we evacuated for Rita three years ago, we didn’t know anything, just that our area had been devastated. It was a very stressful time as we didn’t even know if we had a house to go back to. At least with Ike, we know what we’re facing when power is restored and we go back home. (Sooo not looking forward to the insurance claim process *sigh*)

The weather is cooperating better in Southeast Texas this time around for which I’m grateful. With Rita, we experienced record high temps and power was out a long ass time. We had temps well over 100 and it was just bloody miserable. A cool front passed through the area and it brought cooler, drier air so I’m hoping that makes things a bit more bearable for all the people who are still in the area with no electricity.

what day of the week it is. Kids went back to school today. Evacuation order was lifted Tuesday so I guess they felt everyone needed an extra day to get back. I have cable back, so I’m a much happier camper. Hurricanes and evacuations are not good for the deadline, ya know?

I’m so dedicated because my first thought after dropping the kids of at school was that man, my bed sure would feel good. And it’s nice and quiet and another hour of sleep would be really really nice.

But no, I’m cleaning the rubble after blowing up that cement wall that had plunked itself right about chapter 8 and now I’m trying to piece together the mess I made. It feels like Monday. Is it Monday?

Someone asked me last night what I thought about Sarah Palin. My response? She doesn’t want to raise my taxes or take away my guns, so she can’t be all bad…

at least it’s finally getting better. I have this problem. See I’m stubborn. STFU, Amy. I mean even when I know something isn’t working, I still get all stubborn and I’m determined to get through it even though the logical thing to do is go around it for awhile.

But there’s that whole linear thing I have such a problem with…

So I was hitting a wall with The Darkest Hour. I mean like banging my head repeatedly against a 14 foot cement wall. I argued for a few days and got absolutely nothing done, sulked, whined and bitched. Then finally I did what I knew I should have done from the start, which was put it down and work on something else.

I wrote some scenes on one of the subplots for the book, and gee, imagine that. 10 pages in half an hour. Yeah, I know, I’m a dumbass for not doing that three days earlier.

There’s that whole stubborn thing at work.

So I’m writing, and at some point I’ll go back to the cement wall with some C4 and blow it all to hell :pffftt:

so I’ve been writing along on Ethan and Rachel’s story. Only last night I realize that the last 30 pages or so have to go. Away. As in they’re all sorts of fucked up and I have to rewrite them completely. I can barely contain my enthusiasm. :cursesign:

So yeah, I’ve got a lot written today. Too bad it’s not progress and it’s just me fixing what I screwed up to begin with. So in essence I lost a bitchload of time that I can’t afford to lose.

To that end, I’m going underground for the next two weeks. I’m hoping by the end of the month I’ll have blazed through a good portion of this story so that September can be spent figuring out if it makes any sense. :headscratch:

Try not to have too much fun without me…

Which I’m not sure why I’m so excited. I’ll be way more excited when the kids go back to school. Not that I’m counting the days or anything. :pray:

Headache is gone. Stress level is back down. Hope to resume writing, which has taken a big hit this week. This weekend, well again, WHY am I looking forward to it?? I have grocery shopping to do, back to school shopping to do, a house to clean, okay so it’s a shithole.

I think I’m going back to bed. :sack:

I think I’m going to need copious amounts of alcohol to get through it.

Oh, and before I forget, the new website should be going live soon. It’s a completely different look but I believe it’s more functional and easily navigated. Less confusing and focuses on what’s most important. The books!

I’m out of migraine medicine, out of refills. :sack:

Need more. Waiting on doctor to give more :pray: