Something yummy

There was something yummy in my inbox today.  My first peek at the cover art for Flawed.  And it was a truly delicious looking bit of art.  Anne Cain is an amazing artist, and I am thrilled she did this cover.  Hopefully I’ll get to share it in the next few days – be sure you have a bib, or at least a napkin, ready when you see it.  Yes, it is droolworthy.

I’m not sure what happened to April, but I woke up yesterday shocked to realize it was gone.  Then I did what I’ve been doing every week day for the past few works – sat down and got to work.  And a few hours later, I wrote The End on the Christmas novella I’ve been working on for the past 10 weeks.  I‘m letting it sit a few days, then I’ll polish a few rough edges and send it off to my Favorite Reader for her words of wisdom.  Then it’s off to Amazing Editor to see what she thinks.  I did a lot more editing as I wrote on this one than I usually do – I’m loving Liquid Story Binder – so I’m feeling pretty good about it, for a first draft.  We’ll see if I still feel that way after a fresh read through though

The big breakthrough for me was staying consistently focused and sitting in that chair every day.  I think the changes I’ve made to my diet, and the schedule I set with the gym and the treadmill, are starting to pay off in more ways than just the scale.  Fingers crossed I can stay so focused when summer gets here.

That leaves me facing a blank WIP page Monday morning.  I’ve got a few things simmering in my head, but have no idea yet which one I’ll be starting in 36 hours.  I’m thinking it might be more elves though.  With five weeks of school before the kids are home for the summer, I could possibly get the first draft of the next novella in the Flawed world finished before the summer break hits.  Maybe.

It’s kind of exciting, not knowing what I’ve got in me next.