Life goes on

Dad passed a few days after my latest post, sending me into a bit of a tailspin. Okay, more than a bit--in fact, it was one of those months (yes, the whole thing) when I spent half my time figuring out what I needed to do next, and the other half wondering why I wasn't better at the whole enlightenment thing.

Meditation and staying away from the drama is much easier when a) things are calm and/or b) it's someone else's drama. Me? I need work. Good thing that was my big goal for the year.

On the writing front, it's lots of fun. If you pay any attention to the rarely changing list on the sidebar, you noticed that Highland Fling got changed to done/queried after MONTHS of being stuck at the same word count. I spent a chunk of my vacation writing (long hand) and finished it up a couple of weeks ago. Am hoping my editor likes it enough to pick up. It's a bit unusual, and I'll post a bit of it after I've gotten word on whether I have a contract.

I also picked back up Heat Index, a fun short I started a while back and got distracted from. I'm in the middle of a challenge to complete 100 pages by the end of April, and part of that was finishing Highland Fling; it's proved useful (because it's a 3.3 pages a day challenge) to keep on track finishing Heat Index. In fact, I should be done with it within the next few days.

Had a second interview today with Jose Miranda on the show Yo Soy Latino; he's asked me to make semi-regular "appearances" (it's radio). Valentine's Day was my first visit--we talked about spicing up a long-term relationship. Today, it was more about the writing process. Where do ideas come from, why would a former lawyer want to write romance, that sort of thing. After I got over being worried about making the microphone screech, it was a lot of fun. I'll let y'all know when the next show is, in case you want to listen (it's broadcast online as well).

And I expect to be making more-regular appearances here, too.

Wish me luck with both!