All Done!

[lydamorehouse]

Yesterday I finished Tate's revisions of Romancing the Dead.  I'm actually a lot happier with the finished product than I thought I'd be. I don't know if it was all the slash reading I've been doing, but I had another epiphany, which was, there wasn't NEARLY enough sex in a book that was supposed to be a romance. I must have added three or four new sex scenes.  Because, you know what?  I figure that the romance readers might forgive me some stupid plot if there's lots of hot sex.

Hell, it works for me when I'm reading romance.

But instead of being relieved and and excited to be done, I'm feeling a little post partum depression or something.  I woke up grouchy and feeling like I had too much to do.  (You'd think I'd feel the opposite, right?)  I'm feeling overwhelmed by the dishes in the sink, the fish tanks that need cleaning, the garbage that has to go out, the little errands that need doing, and all of that. 

So I decided to cope with that by avoiding the various messes for an hour or so.  Mason and I are watching Fantasia, while I type. I had my morning coffee.

Oh, but there's a few bits of good news:  1) Dead Sexy made this month's Locus bestseller list for trade paperbacks.  It is #4.  2) My agent sold two new Tate books: Dead If I Do (yes, Plaid Adder, that's the title you offered) and Honeymoon of the Dead.  The books should be fun to write, I hope.  The money is certainly darn good.  So, whoot.

Comments

[tlmorganfield.livejournal.com]

But instead of being relieved and and excited to be done, I'm feeling a little post partum depression or something. I woke up grouchy and feeling like I had too much to do. (You'd think I'd feel the opposite, right?)

I recently finished writing a novella I'd been punching away at off and on for about 5 months--though the last two were spent solely on it and no other projects--and when I typed the last words and was done, I felt horribly depressed as well. And it was a happy ending, to boot!?! Perhaps it's depression about not getting to spent time anymore with these characters I'd grown so fond of. It felt kind of like when I was a kid and I had to leave friends behind because my folks had to move.

[tlmorganfield.livejournal.com]

Oh and congrats on selling the next two books!

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Yay for more sales!!!

I think more sex scenes can't hurt.

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

Congrats on completion and on the two new contracts, and here's hoping the crankiness lifts soon. Might I recommend some therapeutic chocolate?

[skylarker.livejournal.com]

Dead Sexy made this month's Locus bestseller list for trade paperbacks.

Congratulations!

[oneminutemonkey.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, I'll forgive a book for the sex scenes, if it has a good plot.
That's how I get through most Laurell K. Hamilton these days. :>

Wow, I actually made a useful suggestion!

[plaidder.livejournal.com]

I'm so pleased. Good luck with both of them. Tate Hallaway is an unstoppable juggernaut!

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[xochiquetzl]

Woohoo! Congrats on finishing, and woohoo for hot sex! :D

[holy-toledo.livejournal.com]

Congrats!!!

I always feel depressed at the end of a book, reading one or writing one, because, well, now it's over. We may move on to new plots with these characters, but they will never be the same again, this moment is done.

-Mel

[tiernsshadow.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on finishing and the book sales and the hot sex! Post-partum book depression bites. Moving on to the next story has been helping me (and when I want to slack off, I just write silly "what if" scenes).