I started out well and then I slacked off with the posting. Stupid holidays and side projects. Though, ultimately, I have no one but myself to blame for slackage. Bad author, bad.
Not that I’ve been much of an author the last two months. I’ve had my editor had on for a project that turned out to be way more involved than I expected, and thus sapped my personal creativity. There’s been some good out of it, because I do love helping other authors shape their craft, but now I remember why I stopped editing as a side job–my solo writing suffers horribly for it. Save my werewolf idea I got in San Francisco, I haven’t really written a word on any of my solo stuff since late-October/early-November. And it really shows in my moods. I’ve been irritable and cranky and slightly depressed… How my friends put up with me sometimes, I honestly don’t know. But the end is in sight with the editing and I’m trying to turn my attitude around. So, hopefully…
Writing with Grey, on the other hand, has been going really, REALLY well. We started our fifth book in the Arcana Ancien series in early December and hit 30k on it last week. That’s amazing for us. What’s even better is that we learned that our beloved characters aren’t done with us yet. Always a relief. We had a bit of a dry spell with a couple shorts that stalled, but when Graeme, Diana, and Peter started talking, there’s just been no shutting them up. *cheers* Grey also did a fabulous job updating and redesigning our India Harper site yesterday. We’re going to be much better about keeping that current.
On the release schedule, Grey and I have two shorts coming out in February for ARe’s American Heart Association 28 Days of Heart fundraiser. One is fun, fluffy het short under both of our names: Unshuttered. The second is as India and set in our Creatures of Sin universe, following Commander Montgomery’s amorous pursuits: Sea of Sin. Additionally, our third Arcana Ancien book, A Blanket of Bitter Frost, should be out before winter’s over. And last, but certainly not least, Last Thought, the first book in my new solo series will be coming out soon as well. Yes, The Misadventures of Landa Carson will be an actual series, unlike my doomed The Affairs of Morton’s Pointe with the second book that would never let itself be written (I have six, seven? half-novels sitting on my hard drive for that).
Of course, there’s not going to be a series or anything else until I get back to being an author again. But it will come.
In happier news, I successfully hung drapes to replace the Killer Industrial Blinds. Successful in that the drapes and rods are even and good looking, as well as the fact that I didn’t fall off the ladder and almost kill myself. Always good.
Off to put on my editor cap so I can soon reclaim my author hat. Cannot wait.
