On half a dozen levels, this has been a weird year for me.
For one thing, I switched from being a Windows user, to being a Mac convert. Wow! What a change. I love my little Air, and still have to use Windows for formatting my manuscripts.
And those manuscripts are another thing of this year that is odd. I sort of have four releases. I know–how does one have four releases kind of?
Like this: In April, “Moonlight Promise” a novella, was released in a collection called Sincerely Yours, along with novellas by Amanda Cabot, Jane Kirkpatrick, and Ann Shorey. “Moonlight Promise” is set on a Hudson River steamboat in the 1820s at the opening of the Eerie Canal.
Also in April, I saw the release of A Lady’s Honor, a Regency romantic suspense set in Cornwall, a story I’ve been wanting to write for years. Then in May, The Honorable Heir released from Love Inspired Heartsong Presents, a division of Harlequin. That is set in Tuxedo Park, New York in 1900.
Whew!
Writing, editing, and researching all those places in a year was kind of weird. I had to work hard not to get my history entangled, put Regency speak into my New York society heroine, or have my riverboat captain be too much of a smooth English gentleman, since he was a bit of a rough-n-tumble American.Two things hold these three stories together, a common theme of faith, and the fact that I can’t seem to write a book without suspense.See, I can’t even write a blog post without a little suspense, since I know you are anxiously awaiting how I have sort of four releases this year. …In September, “Moonlight Promise” will be released on its own recognissance as a solo e-book novella. It’s another release, but not a new book.
To celebreat, if you can bear the suspense of waiting until September, mention one thing about one of this year’s releases, and you will be eligible to win one of the twocopies of “Moonlight Promise” I am giving away.
