Oh the wonderful world of words...

So here I am... procrastinating.  Less than 5k short of finishing my sequel to Blame The Wine and finding the words are jammed inside my brain.

Jammed.  Great word that.  But it's an apt description.  They are stuck.

S.T.U.C.K.

 

and totally unconvinced that they should come out now.  I need them to escape.  To flow like the Orinoco River. I want to finish this story.  Much as I love Jane and Davis, I want to get onto Simone and Jake. Grr...

So... what shall I do? So I've blogged, Facebooked, Tweeted.  Had a coffee. Eaten Breakfast. Fed the cats and dog. Grumped at the daughter. Cursed the internet. (Yeah, I'm finding it frustrating.)

But to be honest, I think a large part is my brain is still in editing mode. It wants to evaluate word choices, flesh and fill out the bones of the story. I'm just not ready to do that yet.

So... In honour of my "Jammed" imagination, I'm looking for input.  What do you do when the words get jammed.  When the 100 words a day fairy hits?

Please share your words of wisdom for everyone :) For those times when we too suffer from the S.T.U.C.K. Syndrome.

Imogene

Cover Reveal and Another Contract

Yep... I did it again.  This time, my short story A Soldier, My Soldier has been sold to...

Evernight Publishing!

The title is due for release in August 2013 - but you can read a teaser here:  A Second Chance Soldier

This now takes me to a grand total of 14 contracts... Woo Hoo!

In other news:

COVER ART REVEAL!

Are you ready?  I think this must be about the most GORGEOUS cover art I have ever seen.

I have to send a huge thank you out to Emmy Ellis from Total-E-Bound for this!

And to think!  You only have to wait until August for this baby!  I love this book so much!  It's totally squee-worthy!

Now, I know there is more news coming... but to be honest... I'm working madly on finishing off the sequel to Blame The Wine, so I will be back with more goodies soon!

Imogene

News... Again!

Yep... Contract #13 is signed, sealed & delivered.

Loving Memories

my first ever Romantic Suspense is now contracted to 

 

with a release date of 15 June.  So I guess more edits will be coming my way very soon!  

Woo Hoo!

Imogene

2013 - Starts with a Bang!

So the first quarter of 2013 is nearly done.  It's been a huge year for me.  Starting with floods...  (Yep we had more than one...)

Then comes releases - I have now got a whopping 9(?) titles that should be releasing in 2013...

STARBURST

THE PLAN

BLAME THE WINE

THE BLOOD BRIDE

HESPARIA'S TEARS

THE SHUTTLE

THE SHOE SALON

THE CHOCOLATE AFFAIR

And of course, there is one more which I still can't tell you about. (Hopefully soon I can announce the who and where...)

On the blog I've been inviting lots of friends to come talk about their journey in writing... Have you been enjoying that?  I do hope so.  If not, please let me know.  I love to make the blog as interesting as possible.

On the writing front:

I've finished one novella (which is currently on submission), nearly finshed the sequel to Blame The Wine (Hiding In Plain Sight), started the sequel to The Blood Bride (The Illuminated Witch).

(And this is the year I promised to slow down... uh huh!)

On a personal level - traveled to New Caledonia and Vanuatu... (hence my great new Facebook profile pic!!)

My oldest has started her last year of high school and my youngest is now also a senior at high school.  I've continued on my Rotary commitments :)  And applied bunny ears to my car - yes, I'll even add a photo later! (Thank heavens for the joys of the editing widget on Blogger!!)

 Attended the ARRA Conference in Brissy and met up with some super fabulous authors!

The second half should (hopefully) be a little slower.  (Well mind you, with my release schedule, I think I'll be hopping from one blog to another over the next month or three...)

So - have I been busy enough?  Let me know your thoughts!

Imogene