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lydamorehouse) wrote2009-05-13 10:17 am
lydamorehouse) wrote2009-05-13 10:17 am
It Needs to Rain
Here in Minnesota it's one of those days when the wind is chilly and the sky is overcast and gray. It would be dismal, except that today is the day that all the lilacs are blooming and large portions of Saint Paul are decked out with their purple and white buds. The air smells like spring. I just wish the clouds would make good on their promise and rain. We could use it. The grass seed is languishing without any moisture.
Also, I'm a bit down today because I have some sad news to convey to all of you ARCHANGEL PROTOCOL fans. I'm not going to make my June deadline for RESURRECTION CODE. Tate has been just too damn busy; she sucked up a lot of my time. I've asked the publisher for an extension, but no one has gotten back to me yet (perhaps the Mad Norwegians are angry?) Fingers crossed that everyone will be amenable to the new proposed deadline... which I've set for December. Though hopefully that's conservative.
Sorry everyone. I think if I hadn't had so much trouble starting this book, I'd have been a lot further along by now. But it's a book that's close to my heart and that I want to do justice by and all that ends up making it that much more difficult to write, you know?
I need to get working now, honestly. I've got a proposal for more Garnet books that need finishing, a YA to start, and, of course, Mouse to continue on. Sometimes I think about that phrase: "Be careful what you wish for" and remember all those times I said to myself, "I hope I get to the point where I'm writing more than one book a year!" (How about three? Is that enough for you!)
It's especially hard right now because of Mason's schedule. He's off school in his crazy year-round schedule until just after Memorial Day. So my daytime writing time is shot all to heck (I wouldn't even be on-line, except he's into video games right now.)
Well, wish me luck.
Also, I'm a bit down today because I have some sad news to convey to all of you ARCHANGEL PROTOCOL fans. I'm not going to make my June deadline for RESURRECTION CODE. Tate has been just too damn busy; she sucked up a lot of my time. I've asked the publisher for an extension, but no one has gotten back to me yet (perhaps the Mad Norwegians are angry?) Fingers crossed that everyone will be amenable to the new proposed deadline... which I've set for December. Though hopefully that's conservative.
Sorry everyone. I think if I hadn't had so much trouble starting this book, I'd have been a lot further along by now. But it's a book that's close to my heart and that I want to do justice by and all that ends up making it that much more difficult to write, you know?
I need to get working now, honestly. I've got a proposal for more Garnet books that need finishing, a YA to start, and, of course, Mouse to continue on. Sometimes I think about that phrase: "Be careful what you wish for" and remember all those times I said to myself, "I hope I get to the point where I'm writing more than one book a year!" (How about three? Is that enough for you!)
It's especially hard right now because of Mason's schedule. He's off school in his crazy year-round schedule until just after Memorial Day. So my daytime writing time is shot all to heck (I wouldn't even be on-line, except he's into video games right now.)
Well, wish me luck.