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Nope, not looking my manuscript until next week. I am officially sick of it. I wonder if published authors feel this way just before they send off something? Anyway, Christmas will be the perfect break – especially as we are going to up north to the family holiday home, which is on the beach (see … Continue reading “Not Looking”

I wasted precious hours today reading a manga romance online (damn you Smart Bitches!) . Apparently Mills and Boon publish some their romances in Japan as Manga but this was definitely not one of them. Though it was very Presents with an arrogant boss and a shy secretary. Boss turned out to be a vampire … Continue reading “Second Draft Complete!”

So I can wade through the rest of this damn book! My word count is sky high and will no doubt get longer. The doubts are also setting in. In particular, I’m worried my hero’s conflict is too complicated – I’m a terrible complicater when it comes to emotional conflict, adding bits to it, more … Continue reading “Pulling on My Waders”

Knew it would come to this. Doubts already and I’m only up to Chapter 4! And I’m finding myself unnecessarily sensitive when it comes to criticism of my baby. Normally I don’t have a problem with people telling me what works and what doesn’t but it feels different now that this one has been requested. … Continue reading “Bogged Down”

Okay, so I got my call from Anna last night. Woohoo! She was very, very nice and we had a great chat – after the initial weirdness of long-distance calls between complete strangers! Basically she just asked me if I had any questions about the comments she had emailed me earlier and I did, but … Continue reading “Finally! Consultation Achieved”

Sorry, sad play on words there. Two days to go and am editing my Nano. Aren’t I a good girl? However things have been made more difficult by the crash of our home backup server. Along with many WIPs, my working copy of Kate is now inaccessible. I am stupid. I should have backedup the … Continue reading “The weight of the wait…”

Waiting until Thursday (the call, though not, sadly, The Call). Apparently I will be emailed some ‘points to consider’ before then but until that happy day, I am waiting. I could polish my Nano WIP which is in desperate need of attention or I could…play with my blog instead! To that end, and getting inspiration … Continue reading “Wating, waiting…”

For the cover of this Mills and Boon book? The Guardian is running a title competition and the prize is The Art of Romance, a book full of Mills and Boon cover art. The Millionaire Pilot’s Innocent Virgin Stewardess anyone??

Welcome to the wonderful world of publishing! My phone consultation is not going to be today (tonight NZ time), it’s now going to be next Thursday to give Jenny Hutton a chance to go over my other partial (the non-competition one)… Sigh. But I’m okay with it. Definitely want to have Jenny’s comments about both … Continue reading “Consultation Date Delayed”

Yep, Anna from M&B emailed me to say that she’s going to ring me on Thursday (pending consultation with Jenny Hutton)! Yay! Either that or next week. Sigh. Still, want to get the best advice possible so I’ll wait till kingdom come if I have to (but I hope not that long). Still wish they’d … Continue reading “Consultation Date Set”