Latest addiction!

I finished an Erotic Fantasy Romance and a Contemporary Romance about the same time.  I've decided to publish both on Amazon.
It's not easy writing a book.  You reveal more than you want to of yourself.  And there are so many parts of the process that can trip you up.  I'm talking to YOU "sagging middle".   bastard

But a wonderful part?  Shutterstock.
I'm addicted to thumbing through hundreds of pages of photos to find the PERFECT one for a book cover.  While looking, I often find inspiration for another book.  Scenes or faces that ping something in me that I know will, someday, become a story.

It took me no time at all to find the cover for Please Come Again.  I've already downloaded all the pictures for the Rivers' Sisters series.  I have folders for other stories and have started some for pictures that intrigue me.

I love it.

I will add a disclaimer telling you that you may not want to skim around on your work computer because some pictures are NSFW.  😁

I'm off to poke around and find a cover for my Contemporary Romance now.

Happy reading!

Always writing*

Puzzle Pieces

When I write, I have a "click" when I'm going in the right direction.  I hear it in my head.  Pieces have to fit juuuuuussssstttttt so.  No problem.  But that goes with a lot of other things in my life.  It's mostly intuition.  A quiet sense of knowing exactly what I should be doing.  And it's comforting.

I've finished a couple of works since the beginning of the year, and I'm looking at agents and publishers.  And they're looking at me.  A decade ago, you might receive an incredibly brisk dismissal and that was the end.  The agents now seem to be kinder and gentler.  I thank social media for some of that.  Word gets around quickly.

Some of the rejections are simply that the agent didn't feel strongly enough, and I respect that.  I don't want anyone half-assed representing my work.  I don't.  No one else is going to, either.  It's a partnership.

I've gone on agent sites where I didn't like the font and immediately crossed them off.  Didn't like some of the layout or colors with other ones.  Too utilitarian.  Several little things that I could not see myself working with. 

But I have hope that there will be a fit.  Pretty little puzzle pieces connecting in my writing journey.  Because I won't stop until I have that.  And if it means self-publishing, I've done it.  And I enjoy it.  It's not like that's a threat.  It's simply another direction.

I'll continue to produce my work while trying to find someone to help distribute.  That'll never cease.  My heart and soul require the writing.  And isn't that the best?

Always writing*

I'm not dead. No, really.

Hi everyone!

I've been busier than hell with my writing.  I started out in January with the five straightforward goals that I will achieve this year.  The first had to do with finishing my Women's Fiction/Contemporary Romance, "Over Her Head". 
Proud to say that's done, and I'm querying right now.  But in order to write all those lovely words, I'm using my entire weekend to write.
Second job is the forty-hour a week business with my ten-hour commute.  NOT A FAN.
Saturday and Sunday are the days I sit and write at least 3,000 words each.
Now I'm working on one of my Erotic Paranormal Romances.  Then I'll finish the third-book in my five-book series and self-publish that one on Amazon.  I love Megan.
Then back to either the OTHER Erotic Paranormal Romance or the Philosophical Fiction.
I only know that if I maintain the work ethic, as I have it now, I should be able to finish all these stories this year.
A major goal.
A doable goal.

I've found some kindred souls on Twitter.  You can find me @InmanBooks.  I'm also on Facebook at Inman Books.  I do a lot of contests on there.  Running one right now until 3/23/19 Midnight CST.

And last, but never least, I'm helping sponsor the OWFI Conference this year.

There you have it.  It's not easy, but I LOVE it. 

Hope your week is a good one!

Always writing*