Michelle Diener got the call!!!!!! She sold two historicals to Pocket Books. It’s so well deserved. I read the book she sold and LOVED it. I love all of her books. She amazes me with her brilliance. You can go to her post at Magical Musings and read more about it.

I’m so close to the end of my first draft. Except for the next scene, I pretty much have an idea of the way the rest of the book will go. I even have ideas for the next scene, but that’s the problem. It’s ideas, plural. Too much choice. I need to sleep on it.

In one scene, my hero was in a blues bar. I searched YouTube for an appropriate song and found the one below, with Otis Taylor and the Black Banjo Project playing “Hambone” at the 2008 Chicago Blues Festival. I listened to it as I typed, replaying it about 5 times, my fingers going twice as fast as normal. I dare you to listen to this and not type fast.

I think I’ll be finished within a week. And then revisions!

How far are you on your WIP?

May all your dreams come true
as 2010 comes dancing in.

Happy Holidays, Everyone! Enjoy the singing cats.

Edie

I started this year writing about four sexy women from another galaxy and a couple sexy guys. Once that was done, I had a fling with two half-demons, the hero and heroine, and the villain was the angel. Much as I liked them, I could tell it wasn’t going to work. So I threw myself into another fling with characters who had supernatural powers. Again, it wasn’t true love, though it came close. Sometimes it’s better to make a clean break while you can.

I almost forgot the two-week stand I had with the archaeologist and the dog walker. I was just trying them out, so no big deal that it didn’t lead to anything. Now I’m halfway through my WIP, which I don’t want to say too much about, except my characters are giving me a hell of a ride. Despite the bumpy relationship and my characters’ misbehavior and the plot that won’t come together, I’m sticking with this. It’s true love. Until I’m finished, and I fall in love all over again with new characters.

Who have you been hanging around with this year?