You know that saying, “Make hay while the
sun shines?” Well, out here in
Vancouver, we do pretty much everything while the sun shines: riding bikes,
swimming, hiking, shopping farmers markets, and on and on. The only trouble is that the
sun has been shining for almost two months, and while that has meant a fabulous
summer, it’s also meant not enough time for writing.
But today, it’s raining. I must be a true
Vancouverite now, since I found myself staying outside long enough to get soaked,
and then feeling completely energized. I’m set for a full day of editing and
rewriting, and I’m going to come out and commit to an October publication date
for my new book. I realize that October is not a date, but it’s a lot closer than just saying soon. I have my fingers crossed for October 1st.
The book has a new title now: How The Cookie
Crumbles. Still food-oriented, of course, and I have to admit that writing this
book often makes me quite hungry since there are tons of eating scenes. I have
a new cover too, and that involved trying to get exactly the cookie I wanted
from the puzzled girl at the bakery: “No, not that one, can you give me one
with more blue Smarties?” My cookie model was quite cooperative, but
unfortunately by the time the photo shoot was done, it was too stale to eat.
I have the first half of the book completed
written, edited, proofed and beta-read. So, that leaves the second half, which
is all written, one-third edited and completely unproofed and unbeta-read. But I’m committing to a blog hop on
September 30th,
with the hope that a deadline will get my butt in gear. I think you’ll find the
hop quite interesting, since it’s all writers who write about hot hockey
players. More details to come when I find out what exactly a blog hop is.
What I loved about online serial writing was the fixed deadlines, churning out a chapter nightly or semi-nightly. I proofed but I never worried about errors. But publishing is different, and I’ve been a little angsty around the perfection of the finished product. No more though, I want to get this book out there…so I can begin on the next ones.
What I loved about online serial writing was the fixed deadlines, churning out a chapter nightly or semi-nightly. I proofed but I never worried about errors. But publishing is different, and I’ve been a little angsty around the perfection of the finished product. No more though, I want to get this book out there…so I can begin on the next ones.
