But I'm not sure it's because I'm having fun... *cackle* I just noticed I hadn't blogged in two and a half weeks. No idea where the time went. Working full time seems to have created a time warp of some kind. However some of the time was really fun! High points of the last two and a half weeks...
My last post was about the release of RIVER OF NEED (TN Cop #4). So far, I've had some wonderful feedback from readers. Love that!
Big highlight! Wicked! The Broadway musical about the real story of the witches of Oz opened in Little Rock on November 3. My sister--who never wins stuff--won tickets to opening night and invited me to go with her. Freakin' awesome show!
The 1939 film The Wizard of Oz began airing on TV in the US before I was born and it seems I watched it every year from the cradle on. I'll never see the show in quite the same light again. The clip below is from the Tony Awards with the original Broadway cast and only shows a small part of the sheer awesome known as Wicked.
I finished and submitted my short free story to Ellora's Cave. Haven't heard anything from my editor yet. I hope it passes muster for the Naughty Nooners freebie series. It's a glimpse of ICING ON THE CAKE's Jeff and Ollie three months later tentatively titled ACQUIRED TASTE (Thanks for the title, Debbie! *cackle*)
I started a new story on November 1st as yet another attempt at the annual writer phenomenon, NaNoWriMo. NoNo is an attempt to write 50k word novel in a month. Considering today is the 13th and I'm barely 4k into the story, I'm guessing I won't make it again this year. Work has me drained in the evenings and my weekends have not gone as planned. But hey, I started a new story! This one has a BDSM theme and the idea is begging to get out. I have to make time to let it. The book is tentatively titled AFTER HOURS.
Oh, and I had an offer on another short story--my lesbian vampire one. I'll wait to go into details until the contract is signed.
So a lot of good things going on. I just wish they'd figure out how to come up with 36 hour days!
Most of today has been dedicated to resting. Guilt plagues me when I do this but sometimes it's necessary. I've been on the go and out of the house every day except one for the last three months. Hard to believe I've been back at the full time EDJ that long already. Things are going better than expected there. Me being the pessimist I am, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. LOL Kind of like I keep waiting for someone to tell me my publishing career is all a joke. *cackle*
Hope life is treating you kinder!
Hugs!
Shayla
3 comments:
WOW! So much news!
Congrats on the almost sale and I SO hear you on NaNo. I'm at 11k.
I LOVED Wicked.
It was a fun flip on the classic story.
No wonder time has flown by for you. Do you have to remind yourself to stop and take a breath? Best of luck to you. :-)
Thanks, Cynthia! I wish I could have seen Wicked every night it was here. Great show!
Hiya, Maeve! Sometimes it does feel like I have to set a reminder for things like breathing, sleeping, etc. LOL Thanks!
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