Adventures in Reading

What's Next for Perilous Pauline?

September, 2008:

A Death in Texas  has released!  You can buy it here:

Buy A Death in Texas from fictionwise.

Buy A Death in Texas from Amazon.

Survived Ike pretty well. Now trying to get my writing mojo back again! I feel like I'm caught in a causality loop!

I'm involved in the CFS Unleash Your Story for September. Our nest is empty and I'm still trying to get my writing mojo back with the fund raiser for CFS. And the launch of A Death in Texas! And then there's the hurricanes....

I need chocolate!

August, 2008: Non-fiction is out! Woot! (links on my home page!) Son back in school. Me trying to work on Girl Gone Nova.

Okay, I took my son to see The Mummy. I owed him big time because he helped me get my computer back up and running after I upgraded my hard drive. Despite the setbacks, I did get some work done on Girl Gone Nova (the title is growing on me. Or growing on the story. It fits in some weird ways.) If you Twitter, I'm paulinejones. I know, original. I need to work on my marketing. **g**

My publisher tells me that my two non-fiction books should go live on amazon be the end of August or sooner. Fictionwise release is coming, too!

July, 2008: Didn't see any movies, so had a pretty productive week. The release of my first two nonfiction books is imminent!

This last week in July has been a mixed bag. Got a lot of family stuff done, and worked on the non-fiction, but not a lot on paper done on the fiction. Lots going on inside my head, though! If I can resist the urge to go to the movies, should be a more productive week from now until the end of the month.

Here's my research for the nonfiction: Perilous Pauline on You Tube

Also involved in two birthday celebrations this month, one at Author Island and one Long and Short Romance Reviews:

I passed most of the Fourth WRITING! Woot! I have a working title for the book, though it's possible that will change over time:

Project Enterprise: Girl Gone Nova

I'm not quite ready to post an excerpt, but hopefully soon!

I also finished Sunbeam, the short in my newsletter, so it will conclude in the next newsletter (subscribe link in the navigation box above). You can read the first part by going to Adventures in Reading or clicking here.

I'm working on the non-fiction, the fiction and mulling contest ideas for the cool stuff my sister sent me, which you can see here. Also updated my blogs and joined Twitter. I'm out of control!

June, 2008: Well, I'm back from the cruise, rested and refreshed and anxious to get moving on the books! Still haven't tackled the novel, but its there in my head, demanding attention! Just need to get the nonfiction out of the way...

May, 2008: I recently read a blog that said readers want to know what an author is working on next. Usually I don't post an upcoming title until:

• I have a title
• I have a publication date

Usually I have a title before a publication date. Right now, I have a project in the queue that has neither. I'm hoping that further into the project, the title will come to me. I will tell you that it is:

• Set in the Garradian universe from The Key
• Is a stand-alone, spin off or next in the series. I'm not quite sure. I thought it was a sequel, but a discussion on another list made me wonder. It will have characters from The Key, but won't feature Sara and Fyn as the main characters. Fyn does make an appearance in my short story in the Death in Texas anthology, being released by my local chapter this fall. But he hasn't decided if he will appear in the new book. Sara's conflicted about it, too, now that she's a mom.

If you've read my blog or subscribe to my ezine, then you know why I've been slow getting a book out. I actually started this book last summer, but then real life whacked me upside the head, so I'm just getting back to it. I'm really enjoying getting back into this wild and whacky universe I created and I hope readers will like it, too.

My goal is to have a rough draft by the end of July. We'll see how that goes. If I make my deadline, then it should release in 2009 and should have a title well before then. It might even have a cover by the end of 2008. :-)

If you browse this website you'll also notice that I have two non-fiction books releasing the end of June, two more in the pipeline for a fall release and several short stories in upcoming anthologies (still waiting for release dates). So I haven't been sitting on my hands the whole time.

I want to thank all you wonderful readers who have bought/read The Key and written me or posted reviews. The great feedback has helped keep hope alive while life was kicking me around. :-)

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