I Has More Ouchies...

Okay, I'm back from my doctors appointment and found out I have a Basal Cell Carcinoma... I freaked out for a little bit, until I actually looked up what it is... for those who don't know here's where you can read up on the subject:  BCC LINK I'll find out by Monday if I need to have more of the area removed... Lesson learned: Always be sun protective = sunscreen, hats, long sleeves, and sunnies... it's not worth the risk of it turning out to be something worse.

Other than that I'm sticking to my end of June writing schedule... because I'm determined to have those 5 projects finished and subbed.

Today I'm also filling in all the forms for Totally Bound Publishing and once I've finished I will send everything back in to the wonderful Faith B-B. I've learnt one valuable lesson through all of this - I need to clean all the crap out of my files so that it's easier to find stuff - that's what took the longest - just locating where I had saved the information.

I Got A New Contract!

I got the contract for The Connelly Chronicles 1: Family Connections. I am so fricken excited right now. I will be filling out all the much needed paperwork for Totally Bound Publishing after I get back from the doctors today.

<= This picture inspired the basis for my character Ray Connelly, I don't know what it was about this picture, but it's my Ray. The only difference being is, my Ray has closely cropped hair... what can I say I'm a sucker for a guy with a shorn head... but I think it was the look of surprise on his face that won me over.

Today I Am...

Today I am... mainly going to be off line as I try and catch up and get ahead of my writing schedule... I have a doctors appointment tomorrow so I probably won't be on line then either... definitely back on Thursday though.

Today I am... also doing the washing as apparently no one else in the house knows how to use the damn washing machine.

Today I am... going to stay in my pj's today as I'm freezing my arse off all because winter has finally decided to come out and play.

Today I am... cleaning out my birds cage as the little bugger has ripped down all the hanging toys and dropped them onto the bottom of the cage.

Today I am... going to finish doing all the annoying little cleaning jobs around the house which I keep putting off.

Today I am... not going to panic because I haven't heard back from the Publishing houses I've subbed to. I'm going wait patiently--well patiently for me...LOL

Back At It...

I'm definitely back to working on the story for Toowoomba Boys 3: Dancing with Demons. I've given myself until the end of this week to have it done and sent to one or both of my beta readers. Graham is tired of waiting for his story to be told.

I'm still to hear back from a couple of publishers--and we all know how patient I am at waiting--NOT!

I have done myself up a minor list of wips that I want to have finished before the end of the year and it goes a little something like this:

1) Toowoomba Boys 3: Dancing with Demons

2) Lancaster's Way 2: A Different Way Of Seeing

3) The Diamond Rose 1: Undiscovered Hearts

4) A Moon-Runner Story 1: To Be The One (re write)

5) Hidden Hearts 2: One Last Kiss Goodbye (re write)

OMG ~ It's Done...

At 10:07 pm I wrote the last words (27,210) in the freebie: Trying Not To Love You that  I did for Goodreads. the story of Keagan and Alistair will be sent off to my beta readers in the morning... Okay, that's a fib... my beta's will have it first thing after I get back from bootcamp (exercise training group).

I weirdly am sad to see this story end and would probably have liked to write some more for these two characters. I can only hope the rest of you enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed writing them.

Tomorrow I'll once again start on finishing off Toowoomba Boys #3: Dancing with Demons. Damon and Graham need their story told.

What's The Goss!!!

I'm at the stage where my brain is on overload and if I don't get those stories out then we're in for one hell of a mess...

Why is it when my schedule is chocker's I have new story ideas jumping at me left right and centre? I've now constantly got a note pad and pen sitting beside me at all times so I can scribble down all the fragmented thoughts that are screaming to be heard.

Looks like winter might finally be starting to show itself... I had to put my slippers on today, but that could be just because it's all overcast and rainy.

OMG people: you are never going to believe what I found... The missing keys to the safe--I've only been looking for them for over a year... Better late than never I suppose... maybe I should clean all the crap out of the office drawers more often. The real question is: why did I keep all the crap in the first place?That one may never be answered.

On that note I'm outa here or I'll never finish writing: Trying Not To Love You...

Updates On My Work...

Just heard from Totally Bound... I have a good feeling about getting the contract with them for The Connelly Chronicles. I just have to tweak a couple of the synopsis for future books to fit with their needs... so that's what I'm doing today. Even if I don't get a contract, then at least I have the course plotted for the following four books in the series. So for me it's a win-win situation.

Over the weekend I'll finish off Trying Not To Love You, and then on Monday I'll start on finishing off Toowoomba Boys 3: Dancing with Demons. After that I'm not sure what's on my list. 

I'm still waiting to hear back from Wayward Ink Press about The Gaean Prophecies: Admetus Gaea ... and after talking to Bronwyn H, I know I'll definitely be re-working both A Moon-Runner Christmas (which may have a name change) and One Last Kiss Goodbye, because I want to write Micah & Sammy's story as well.