Yes, just about everything I’m writing or supposed to write is late and delayed. The primary reason is my mother’s health. I have no control over her condition or the toll it takes on the entire family, and specifically on my ability to write as much or as effectively. At the moment, I am finishing […]
More writing News etc
The RWA National Conference was last week. Since I’m currently on the Board of Directors, I was in Florida from Saturday through the following Sunday. Conference was great for all the usual reasons: information, networking, seeing friends in person, celebrating Romance and Romance authors. So, at the moment, Surrender to Ruin is sitting in a […]
RWA National Conference
I am in Orlando, Florida where the RWA National Conference has kicked off. I arrived Saturday since the National Board met Sunday and Monday. Tuesday was a day of rest, napping, writing, and ice cream. Conference has started and it’s high energy. If you see me, say hi!
More News on Surrender to Ruin
I have the MS for Surrender to Ruin back from the 2nd editorial round and hope to have the adjustments made shortly. I hesitate to give an estimate to done, but I am thinking this weekend to finish the adjustments and 1-2 weeks to check for silly typos etc. Then it goes to copy-edits. I’ll […]
News! Progress Report
Today I finished revisions for Surrender to Ruin. It goes to my editor for a final pass edit. Hopefully after that it’s minor issues quickly addressed and then it’s off to copy edits.
WildLife and an Update
Update first Am about a quarter of the way through some additional revisions to Surrender to Ruin. It’s going well. I promise you. I did mention over at my Facebook Author Page, that the health of a family member is impacting my writing time. This book will be done soon. Wildlife! Not mine. My brother […]
Updates!
Writing Updates I have a a few updates for everyone. First, Surrender to Ruin is back from it’s additional read through. I have a few tweaks to make so things are moving ever closer to done. I’m doing another historical anthology with Grace Burrowes, Miranda Neville, and Shana Galen. I started that story while STR […]
Heriot: A Death Tax
So, I was reading this book from 1806 about the duties of a Steward. It’s got loads of interesting information and some examples of the different types of accounting. One of them made me just shake my head. The ledger example is for recording income received and money spent for tenant and household-related expenses. This […]
Updated Chapter 1 for Surrender to Ruin
I updated my website with the latest version of Chapter 1 of Surrender to Ruin.
Read the current Chapter 1.
Progress Report: Surrender to Ruin
As many of you know, I have been working on revisions to Surrender to Ruin. The good news is that I’m finally feeling like the story is where I want it to be. I’m in a paper read through stage with the book. When that’s done, I’ll be sending it back to my editor for […]