I’m just feeling a bit dry this morning. Anyone wanna water my blog?

No? Fine. I’ll do it myself.

I’m in a weird spot in my life right now. Two mortgages and a part-time job I had hoped I wouldn’t have to take—(if the house in Oxford would just sell….) The employer has asked me to extend my hours, which I really don’t want to do and I was very up front with them when I took this position that it was part-time. I have kids to fight with parent and books daydream about write at home.

I am waiting on copy-edits for BITE ME and working on LOVE SUX and also have another YA proposal (that I love, love, love) in the wings, ready to be shopped as soon as BITE ME is accepted. I am also writing a new adult proposal that I have high hopes for. It’s strictly chick-lit, kinda like Sophie Kinsella’s stand alone books (God, who wouldn’t wanna be like Sophie Kinsella???) It’s funny and I’m really enjoying writing it…but I’m stuck in a scene. So yesterday I did something I hate doing. I deleted 10 pages.

Yup. D-E-L-E-T-E

I had to do it because the scene wasn’t right. It was Boring. No conflict. Nothing there but a hot dude and some wine. So, it went bye-bye and today I’m going to move forward. Not sure exactly how, but I am.

It’s been hard fitting my writing back into my life after taking this job. I struggle in the afternoon with concentration. This didn’t used to be a problem when I worked full-time before. But things have changed. Expectations have changed. I’m the one who runs the kids around and cooks dinner, etc. It’s hard to do all that and sit down to write. But I’ll figure it out—I always do.

What’s going on in your world? Anything new, fun, or exciting?