It’s Coming!
kimberly on Jul 2nd 2008 02:35 pm
| July 2, 2008 |
My novel is on the coming soon page of the MLR web site! WooHoo! Look!
http://www.mlrpress.com/upcoming.php
How cool is that?
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Phoenix Taking Flight
kimberly on Jun 27th 2008 04:44 am
| June 27, 2008 |
I have news to share.
Last week I learned that my novel, Phoenix Rising, will be releasing from MLR Press later this summer rather than next year as I had originally expected. How cool is that?
In addition, my friend and crit partner, Anne Cain, is doing my cover. Anne is the goddess of cover art of all time so I’m just as excited about that as I am about the release. *happy dance*
I don’t have my cover yet, but as soon as I do I’ll post it here so everyone can share the yumminess. Likewise, when I know my exact release date I’ll post it here.
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And now on to something new
kimberly on Jun 16th 2008 08:47 am
| June 16, 2008 |
Okay, it’s not something completely new. But now that Phoenix Rising is in the edit phase, I need to get to work on another story.
So I’m planning to return to the Shifting Sands Ranch, just outside San Antonio and revisit Cy and Bobby Lee, the heroes of my short novella, Snake Charmer which will appear in the anthology Shifting Sands due out from MLR … sometime. *g* The antho has yet to be assigned a slot in the publishing schedule, but it’s coming. I promise.
All the stories are set on a ranch in Texas. Daniel, the ranch owner, and the men who work for him have been cursed by a witch. Doomed to assume their “alternative forms” during the full moon, each must find love and acceptance in spite of the curse. Only when they have all done that can they hope to be free.
I turned in the partial for this story a couple of months ago, and the full manuscript isn’t due to the editor for another couple months. But now that I’m sort of between projects I want to get it finished so I can get started on another novel-length work.
So that’s the plan.
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Round One of Edits Done!
kimberly on Jun 14th 2008 11:57 pm
| June 15, 2008 |
Today I sent the first revision of Phoenix off to my editor. Yay!
I wrote an entirely new chapter and did extensive tweaking throughout the manuscript which grew the story from approximately 76k to 82k. I just hope the changes are good ones.
I got an email back saying that she should be through a first pass by the middle of the week, so I’ll be waiting to see what she says. *is nervous*
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The Edit Process
kimberly on Jun 2nd 2008 09:19 am
| June 2, 2008 |
Editing what I’ve written is much harder than writing it in the first place. Imagine that. Just when I thought writing a novel was the most challenging thing I’d ever done, along comes the edit process.
Of course I’m talking about editing my novel, Phoenix Rising.
The changes my editor asked for are totally reasonable and I agree that they will make the story stronger, but figuring out how to make them is still hurting my brain. *g*
Right now I’m working on a brand new chapter to be inserted between what is now the break up and the reconciliation. It’s sort of a time passes, moving on without moving on kind of chapter. As such I’m afraid I’m not making it interesting enough.
I need to show my heroes during their time apart. Their lives are going on, sure, but they’re still longing for the other, measuring any and all new partners against the one they still love, their soul-mate. *sigh*
At least I want it to be that romantic and sigh-worthy. Whether or not it will be …
We’ll see what my editor says when I turn it over to her.
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So Much To Say … So Much To Say …
kimberly on May 22nd 2008 02:28 pm
| May 22, 2008 |
Wow, it’s been so long that I almost forgot how to get here. *g*
I have much to get caught up on. So where to start …
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Books Books Everywhere But No Time Left To Read
kimberly on May 7th 2008 02:41 pm
| May 7, 2008 |
I’m still slogging through my story for the hot comfort anthology, The Shape of a Heart.
The good news is that it has to be finished in a week. And the bad news is that it has to be finished in a week. Lol!
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Peeking In From The Writing Swamp
kimberly on May 1st 2008 02:51 pm
| May 1, 2008 |
I know it looks like I’m reverting to my old, lazy blogger ways. But I’m really not. Honest!
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I Got a Contract!
kimberly on Apr 17th 2008 06:43 pm
| April 17, 2008 |
This morning I received some fantastic news. My m/m contemporary romance, Phoenix Rising, has been accepted for publication with MLR Press!
Yeah!
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Still Alive
kimberly on Apr 16th 2008 02:32 pm
| April 16, 2008 |
Just popping my head in to say that I’m still alive.
RL is kicking my butt lately, and I’m typing my fingers to the bone working on my story for the hot comfort anthology. That’s why I haven’t been around here very much for the past week or so.
But the story is half finished and RL looks like it’s settling down too.
So thank FSM for that!
I’ll be back on my regular blogging schedule — whatever that is — when the writing binge is over.
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