Silk Monsoon: Thread of the Storm series

Well, here it is! After months of edits, emails, and stress, I have finished the edits of Silk Monsoon and am on the final stages! I can't believe it. I've learned so much through the wonderful editorial staff of Dreamspinner Press, and know that they have polished my mashup of manlove into something beautiful!
LC Chase took my vague description of a cover, and made it a reality that I am beyond pleased with <3

Keep an eye out for upcoming blurbs and snippets from my first novella! Now I just have to learn all this promo stuff ;)

New Route

So, the 8 week waiting period completed, and I emailed the publisher but never heard back. Off to another publisher it is! During this process, a friend suggested a new scene to close out the book, and I think it is perfect! Editing that last bit up tonight so it will be fresh and ready to send off! Though I need to write up a longer synopsis and a query letter. Hopefully that should all get done tonight so I can send Silk Monsoon off again, into the slush-pile of another publishing company. Hopefully this one will respond :(
I'm also debating on starting my book about Elijah Rathbone now to give myself a break from Peer Pressure. I've gotten hung up on the simplest of scenes! Sigh, as long as I'm doing something!
Pushing off my writing has become too much of a habit lately, but I have been working on my social life, which is important! We went kayaking with some friends, and got stranded on the water well past nightfall. NOT GOOD, seeing as that's when the gators and snakes come out. Needless to say I was terrified, because I was in a deflated tube! We ended up pulling up on a sandbar and walking to the nearest road for help. We still had a couple hours to go on the river, and I was NOT gong to make it lol. It was a long, rough adventure, but definitely fun. A couple days after that, we went out to the beach and got beaten up by the waves lol. It was very rough and the waves were huge, but we still had a blast. Maybe I worked off some weight with all that excursion? I can only hope!
Anywho, I hate to say that I don't have an excerpt to share. But hopefully that will change! Fingers crossed that Silk Monsoon gets picked up soon!

Slow Going...

       So it has been 6 weeks and 6 days since I've sent my lovely Silk Monsoon manuscript to the publisher. No word yet. Of course, I can only imagine my reactions are what any newbie author feels. I think back on my plot and I feel like its weak, I wonder if I should have spiced it up somehow, oh crap I said that! how cliche!...and so on.  I've been assured that my fears are silly and that no news is good news at this point. I sure hope so! That 8 week mark is closing in, and I hope to hear from them by then! If not, should I try another publisher and take it as a bad omen? Or nudge them and say HEY look at my book! lol. I guess we will find out in a week!

         Besides that ever-looming thought, I've been editing for an author friend Tedi Sinclair :)  SO excited to see these books that have been on the back burner, get edited and hopefully submitted soon! Any fans of paranormal and shifter erotica MM books should check out these series! Supernatural Royalty and Strays Series! 

          I've also been tweaking bits of my current WIP, Peer Pressure. Its so touchy with the content, seeing as Jax is a Senior in highschool, and Ryan is his substitute teacher. Although Jax is 19, having been held back a year, I don't know if it is too taboo to be picked up by a publisher. This book is my heart right now, and I will see it through to the end! Hopefully, if any changes have to be made, they won't be too severe! And I will always have this original copy for any fans to read in the future. 

Hmm, what other news is there? Plot bunnies have been bouncing in my head for new books, and possibly a series in the works. Shifters, paranormal, historical, all kinds! Which reminds me! I wonder if Silk Monsoon will be considered a series, or a stand alone? My idea is that all of the historical plots I have, happen in the same 'world'. They all exist in their time period, in different areas. Like Jake and Maxwell are in India. Well, Maxwell's friend, Elijah Rathbone, who is mentioned in Silk Monsoon, lives in England and has his own story to be told. Would that be considered enough of a tie for a series? Hmm, we shall see what the publisher says. IF I EVER HEAR FROM THEM! ok calm down, Jamie...lol.

Hopefully my next update will have more exciting news!

Impatiently Waiting

So I submitted Silk Monsoon maybe a week ago, and I've been checking my email constantly lol. I know it could take weeks, but that doesn't keep me from opening gmail like its Christmas lol. There will be an email in my inbox before I know it! After all, I should be focusing on Camp Nano!
It started this week, and I have a goal of 30k. Not alot, compared to some, but at the writing rate I've had, I will be amazed to have that done lol. So I suppose that means its time to crack open my WIP and get to writing! Like, NOW! I wonder if any of my cabin mates are writing?
Anywho, I'm taking a trip to Tennessee on the 11th, so maybe I'll get inspired up there to keep writing. I have a feeling my plot bunnies will be running rampant! Which is good for future books, bad for this one! But how can one not be inspired by the rushing waters, the green hills and forests, the foggy mountains, and the banjos?!  I can think of several M/F plot lines, but hmm, what about an M/M set in the logging era? GASP! We shall see! Oh yes...see we shall ;)

POV issues

Apparently I am, and forever will be, terrible at POV issues lol. I see things in my head, and write what I see. To me it makes sense, and I think to others it does as well, but alas, there are RULES that must be obeyed! So, I am dragging with the edits! Having to re-write whole scenes when there are so many distractions is difficult! I will take it all as a learning experience though. After all, I am just starting out! I have lot to learn if I want to make it as an author.
I suppose my biggest step right now is to find a 'zone' and sit my butt in the chair and just write. Set a certain time for myself to be working and get something done! I can always work on my off time, but I need 'on the clock' time if I want to see more books out!
So today, after some grub and chores, I am going to plop down and see what I come up with! Maybe an excerpt like I promised? lol
Anyway! Here's some eye candy! Hmm, he looks like two characters of mine: Aaron and Strauss <3