Welcome 2012

January, February, March . . . I’m still working on Book 4.

 Due to circumstances in the Avalon office . . .

 I'm not in a rush to finish.

Happy Holidays 2011

December 2011: The Holidays will arrive soon, the children will be home, all writing will come to a halt. I’m not looking forward to that.

The Good News is I’ve discovered the release date for Book 3 is April 2012!

Work on Book 3

End of November 2011: Page Proofs for Book 3 arrive. I ::think:: it’s coming out in 2012 but I do not have an official date. They’re due: Dec 2^nd.

I send in my corrections, six of them, and return to Book 4. I’m still hoping I’ll finish this by the end of the year.

Back where it all started

Early November 2011: I’m back in Maui and still working on Book 4. I had hoped to finish it but as the “take off” date neared I realized it wasn’t going to happen. All I can do is work on it while I’m there.

I also want to plot out books 5 and 6. I manage to sketch out book 5 and book 6 is coming along.

I manage to hand write 10 pages on the first day of vacation. 

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.