Back to Work on the Book ... 3 not 4

October 2011: The hubby and I are still rushing around. I have a quarter of the book left to write. I’d like to finish the first draft before I leave for Maui. I can do it, there is time.

 A Grand Deception arrives from my editor. I’m to proofread it and answer the Copy Editor questions before they send this to press. I have a week to turn it around.

Taking Some Time Off

September 2011: Time to get the kids off to school. The writing is put on hold while I shuttle to and from Southern and Northern California.  I could consider this a brain vacation except the hubby and I are doing too much. We’re busy every weekend doing… something.

I know I need to gear up for the annual Maui trip. After being away from Edward’s story I feel I can take a few weeks and just concentrate on writing the book. But then there’s the . . .

1)    Moving back into my office… I’ve got to set up my computer, move my boxes of stuff and sort out the material

2)    Start packing for the trip that’s just around the corner

I’m trying to fit some writing in when I can. I’m using an Excel sheet to keep track of the different subplots. I’ve never used this method before and it seems to be working.

Just like Cooking with Gas

End of August 2011: I’m rolling along heading toward the end. I’m making my way through the middle, the very full middle, and it’s a pleasant chore to pick and chose the scenes I’ll use to make my way to the end of the story.

Casting Call

Early August 2011: Just as I had to find faces for Augusta’s suitors in Book 1, The Suitor’s List, I need to find pictures for the countless matrons, widows, and other suitable parti for Edward.

I must admit there are as many pictures of lovely ladies on the Internet as there are handsome gentlemen.

New Cover!

End of July 2011: I’ve just received the cover for Perfectly Flawed

The end of the Tunnel

Mid July 2011: I’m halfway finished with Book 4. There’s the beginning and the end … and ALL the stuff in the middle. 

There's a lot. I’m wondering if it will fit.

BACK TO BOOK 4

Early July 2011: I’m back from the RWA Conference and feeling energized!

 I’ve discovered Edward, Duke of Faraday, has “people”… well, it should not have come as a surprise, he’s a duke.