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Happy Thursday Folks!

I know it's been a while. My head has been in a whirl over everything going on these days. I never in all my years thought I'd see a pandemic like this, and it's even eerier than the HIV/AIDS scare years and years ago (yeah, I lived through that tense times, too--although that was a different situation--it wasn't as widespread). But, I'm certain you didn't come to my blog wanting to talk about that (or did you?)

Anyway, I'm no health expert, so I won't even try to say what's what about COVID-19. But I will say, I keep praying and looking for those glimmers of hope.

Book 5 of Immortal Dreams is in the writing stages...as it has been for a while. It's a tough book to write and once it's released you'll know why. I have to keep my characters' balancing the act between grief and emo-ness (we do not want to go down very far on the emo-ness path, that could get too depressing for what I write). Jason, Laney, Arion, and Hailey all make cameos, of course, but the story revolves around Nic and Sirena. No, it's not going back to when they were in high school and fleshing out all the details of what Sirena mentions in Perfect Love, but it will give the story of all that happened--what now? I haven't decided if it's the last book or not. We'll have to see. Probably. They're all grown up for the most part, so it kinda makes sense to end a YA (Young Adult) with this book.

I'm working on several other projects, as well. One is a YA fantasy, and the other is a contemporary YA inspired by some stuff (which I won't reveal just yet...I have to see if it pans out).

Big news:  In addition to the awesome group I work with already, I've added a new critique partner, Michelle Sinclair. I've already worked with her on my Jeannie Averie query letter and synopsis for the story I'm querying. She's really good and seems to get my vision from the get-go, so that's awesome. She also has some fun ideas for her own work and I hope her work gets published soon! (I had the honor of helping with her query letter, and she's definitely imaginative. :-) ).

What have I read lately? For that, I have to plug my new author friend, Fiona Woodifield. She's an author from "across the pond" who has a fun Contemporary romance entitled The Jane Austen Dating Agency, which I enjoyed. It was published earlier this year. It's not real hot on the steamy scale, but it is geared toward 20 year-olds and up, I'd say (I could be wrong, but it feels like it's geared toward that age group).

So, what are you all doing during this quarantine, my darling readers? Let me know in the comment section. :-)

Have A Totally Terrific Thursday!

Comments

SlimShelly said…
Thanks for the shout out Bethany! If anything I'm finding it more difficult to write these days (homeschooling my kids plus working my regular job, plus feeding my kids takes almost the entire day!)
SlimShelly,

I know what you mean. Without the usual schedule, and my evenings being free (courtesy of husband taking them to our gym, which has all kinds of options for families) it's harder to write. But chin up, it'll happen. Just write when you can. I'm hoping to have something for you to critique in the next several months (one of the newer projects). :-)
Fiona Woodifield said…
Thanks for the mention, so glad you enjoyed The Jane Austen Dating Agency, really hope it might bring some readers a happy place to escape to in the world of Jane Austen xx
Fiona,

I think it will! Best wishes on your future projects. :-)
bob said…
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Bob,

LOL! That's funny. I don't think I've ever had anyone show up on my page who was searching on how to change roofs. I'm glad you like the website and I hope you'll go check out my books on Amazon! (Paperbacks available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble).

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