I honestly thought I'd feel a lot more excited about this... But I guess at a certain point you realize that getting the first 50k is a great milestone, but you are so far from done that it's a little bit "ho, hum, guess I'm still going into the office tomorrow." And by office, I mean Starbucks. The middle is looking great. I've still got to write the end...and the hero and heroine's entire relationship prior to the middle (so yes,...

I've been a little MIA recently because of all the NaNoWriMo madness ... oh and MOVING!  Hoping to get back into the swing of things and back to writing asap.  I haven't had a chance to write since Sunday.  Luckily, I had gotten ahead on word count before we moved so I'm currently only two days or so behind.   Thank you to everyone who entered my Fairy Tale Giveaway!   Mr. Random has spoken and selected  lucky comment...

It's here! National Novel Writing Month starts today!  I'm working on my Austenesque novel Attempting Elizabeth, which I am expanding from a short story I wrote last year with the same title.  My goal is to have this book out by August of next year . . . we are going to be having an Indie Jane meet up at the 2012 JASNA AGM (Jane Austen Society of North America Annual General Meeting) and I am looking forward to publishing Attempting Elizabeth...

The insanity known as National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short) is just around the corner! I will be working on my Austenesque novel Attempting Elizabeth as I also try to move and prepare for the holidays. My daughter, Maddie, loves fast rides. She puts her hands up on roller coasters. She's three. Actually, she's been doing this since she was two. Gadget's Go-Go-Coaster in Toontown at Disneyland? Front row. Hands up. Yes siree, Bob....