Another book turned in

I've been staying very busy on the writing front, I just turned in Melt My Heart - which I hope it will be part of the Candy Hearts series by The Wild Rose Press.

This was a fun book to write, I really enjoyed Lexi's sensual journey, and Gabriel's need to help her understand giving up her control wasn't such a bad idea.

I'll announce more when I have news.  In the mean time, I have a revise and resubmit from my editor on two more books she was reading.  It's not a bad thing, she wants me to to lengthen one book and add a bit more BDSM to the other.  All doable, now to just find the time.

And I've been outlining my newest book, which I hope to be part of the Real Men Wear Kilts series coming out from The Wild Rose Press next year.  It is only in the Scarlet line, so you can be assured there will be lots of kink going on.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous summer.  Even if it is a bit to warm here in Western Washington.

Revision on new Book

I've been working on revisions to my third book "Saddle Up."

It's always interesting when I have to do revisions because it almost as creative as writing the book the first time. I have to do a bit more thinking than creating due to deletion and addition of scenes, but it keeps me busy and happy.

Many writers hate the word revision, I don't, at least not yet. It helps me see where I can make my book better, and allows me to see what I can do better in the next book.

The First Week After The Call

It was a busy first week. The title of my novella had to be changed before I could sign the contract, I had a new author package to read, and forms that needed to be filled out. Plus start in on the revisions.

I worked with my critique group and we brainstormed new titles and I sent them to my editor. Once we had the new title, I filled out the contract, signed it and mailed it off.

Then I read the new author package, filled out the forms I could fill out at the time, signed up for author loops and began looking at where I needed to make revisions.

During this time, I realized that while I was spending more time on my writing than ever, it also meant I'd not been spending the time on writing I could have been. Well, that was partially true. What I did was take a little bit of my normal evening down time where I sit back and relax for an hour or so, and worked on getting everything done.

At the end of the week I was a bit more tired than usual, but it wasn't too bad. The weekend I started the revisions in earnest, and while still keeping my eye on my time I started to learn about promoting myself as an author.

My editor and I stayed in contact, I gave her a date when the revisions would be to her. I filled out the last of the paperwork and sent it to her.

The revision had to be to her by the day I promised, as I was going on an almost 3 week vacation that had been planned since April.

I sent the revisions off to my editor by the promised date. Now I could go on vacation with a clean slate. Clean but not clear, I needed to start thinking about the next book and planning it out.

Everything my editor suggested that needed to be revised, strengthened not only the story, but strengthened me as a writer. I found words I used over and over and over again, I deleted them and used better words. I found different ways of saying the same thing, but the new evoked more emotion.