It’s been sometime since I last did one of these. I’ve been uberbusy lately because of the desk job, writing projects and prep for a convention. Things got changed up at the desk job (Yey!) so life has certainly gotten calmer (and WAY less stressful, not to mention less time consuming).

I did take a week off writing after I turned in Break Me In (Geek Kink #3) and played the crap out of Dishonored. Since I bought it for myself last Christmas, it seemed the time to finally hunker down and give it some attention. Now my daughter is trying to get her way through it after watching me. There’s been a lot of grrrrs coming from the Ye Olde game room. And “Mom! How do I [insert appropriate action here].”

Convention-wise, I’m heading off this week to attend Romanticon in Canton, Ohio. I’m going to swing by and pick up the lovely Lisa Fox on my way and we’re going to break into a package of Tim Tams I’ve been hoarding since April. On Thursday, the Java Karma gang has a basket up for grabs during karaoke. There’s some awesome swag in there, not to mention two bags of custom blended coffee. On Friday, I’ll be joining some of my fellow On The Hunt authors for the Bounty-ful Fun panel. We’ve got games, prizes and we’ll, of course, be talking about what makes bounty hunters sexy! Then, on Sunday, during the book signing, I’ll have print copies of Taking Over Me hot off the press. This will be the first time I’ve even seen the paperback! The book doesn’t actually release until January, so, if you’re in town, it’s a great place to get it now.

Also on the convention front, I’ve registered to attend the Romantic Times Convention in New Orleans in May 2014. I’m going low key for the convention and have decided not to sign at the book fair this year. But I will certainly be around, looks like a great signing and some awesome workshops on tap. This is also going to be a mini-vacation for myself and a few author friends as we’re meeting up the week before the convention to celebrate our awesomeness and get some major decompression time in. It’s a girls weekend of epicness!

On the writing front, I finished my fast draft of Glad You Came (Geek Kink #4). That just simply means I brain dumped everything for the story out as fast as I could. Since I’ve had the story in my head for a while now, it’s was quite the dump (nearly 30K words worth!). I’ll let it sit for a few weeks to cook while I focus on something else. Even with the story in my head, the characters offered up a few surprises. Love this.

I’m working on something right now that doesn’t have a title and I’m not even 100% clear on the story yet. It’s just flowing out and I’m letting everyone do as they will as I find out what’s going on. This is the beauty (and frustration) of pantsing.

Edits for Break Me In and the 3rd book of the Body Masters series are pending. Because of some shuffling with schedules, my editor and I decided to get Break Me In finished first and then focus on the next Body Masters book (yes, it has a title, I just haven’t announced it yet ). Doing some calculating, by the time the Body Masters book finishes edits, I’ll be just about ready to turn in Glad You Came.

I will be participating in NaNoWriMo again this year. If you’re over there and want a buddy, I’m flogtheauthor. I haven’t decided on what I’m going to work on yet. It really depends on when those edits I was just talking about hit my inbox.