Today is the longest day of the year. Technically, there are more hours of daylight than any other day. It’s “midsummer day” even though it is the first day of summer. It should be mid-year day but…whatever. Yes, my brain is still not running on all cylinders so cut me a little slack, ‘kay?
So…I finished Red Dirt Royalty #5. THE BOSS AND HIS COWGIRL, Red Dirt Royalty #3 released–and did pretty well. I hit the top 10 on Amazon of Harlequin Desires. So…cool. And I got a contract addendum for COWGIRLS DON’T CRY, RDR#1. Harlequin is releasing it in audio book. In SWEDEN! Yeah, that was my reaction. 😆 So, who knew that my Oklahoma billionaires would be a hit in Sweden. Next project is DOUBLE TROUBLE, a Hard Target crossover with Roxanne St. Claire’s Barefoot Bay series. I have until August 1st, but I want it done before I leave for San Diego for RWA Nationals.
Speaking of…Cool invites received–a champagne reception with Nora Roberts (that’s due to my service award), and Grand Central/Forever Romance invited me to cocktails and appetizers. I haven’t figured out how I got on that list but dude! So goin’! And I should have checked a map before I decided whether to go with marina/ocean view or city view in my hotel room. I chose ocean but there would have been a chance I could see Petco Park from the upper floors because…All Star Game! No, I don’t have tickets. Yes, I’d sort of like to go because…BASEBALL ALL STAR GAME! But…CROWDS! Ick.
And further speaking of, my OSU Cowboys are in the winners bracket of their bracket at College World Series. They play again tonight against Arizona. Go Pokes!
Reading, I am. Just finished Rocki St. Claire’s BAREFOOT WITH A BAD BOY. All I can say is, DUDE! GABE ROSSI! Which, for me, pretty much says it all. 😆 I’m moving on to BAREFOOT AT MIDNIGHT because silver fox hero and I need to get a feel for the area as I start writing DOUBLE TROUBLE. My cover is REALLY COOL but no reveal until much closer to release in mid-August. And I don’t have a blurb yet because, you know how I love writing blurbs…NOT!
TV = baseball. I’m not really watching anything but baseball at the moment. I’m trying to catch up on reading when I’m not writing.
And that, is the sum total of my week/weekend/life. Y’all tell me what you’ve been up to. I need to live vicariously through all of you!
So…I’m running late. This should surprise no one. 😆 I finished the first draft of Red Dirt #5 (WINNING HIS COWGIRL, working title). Rough draft came in at 50,196 words. I need to get it around 49K so I have room for edits after Mr. HQEd gets his hands on it. But a late thread occurred to me so I also have to go back and layer that in so it’s not a complete surprise. Anyway, more work today and tomorrow. By Wednesday, I’ll either be hiding under the covers or feeling more human. 🙄
Stand by for gritching and a few high spots gathered from around the webz of the last few weeks while I’ve been in deadline hell.
So, y’all know my life is beyond crazy. I’ve had two books and was part of a box set that required a rewrite of a novella all released in the last two weeks. And Mercury was in retrograde. *nods* Plus the dratted deadline is looming ever closer. Six days and counting. As of my posting this last night, I need approximately 7300 words to the end. That’s to hit the minimum word count. I wanted to give myself a little room for the story. I want to be finished by Monday so I can hard edit before sending it off to New York. Trying to market, write, update things, and keep my sanity has been…interesting. I’m tired. I’m down because sales have slacked off of my self-pub. Things are tight–time, $$, energy. And then the Universe popped up, hit the nail on the head, and made me laugh. 
And yes, there is a story there. No, my lips are sealed because I’m pleading the Fifth! Or did I drink the fifth. I forget… 😆 So, let’s be positive. I’m celebrating that I can publish stories and put them out into the world and that some people love them. What are you celebrating today?
