May 4, 2012

You can tell summer is approaching when the kids are antsy in the classroom. They’re ready to spend their summer days barefoot and carefree. But they still have a month to focus on their education before sleeping in and enjoying the great outdoors. My youngest is finding this to be the most difficult, while my oldest prepares for his final year of high school. My daughter, the middle child, is simply enjoying being a young woman. I’m not sure I’m ready for them to be around all day, as I appreciate my quiet time.

I don’t have cover art for Florida Heat yet, and as excited as I am, I’m learning to relax and ride down the river on the inner tube of life. There are some things you have no control over, and this happens to be one of them. A friend recently visited Florida and took some pictures of the house on the beach where my heroine lives. Yes, there is an actual house. I don’t know what it looks like on the inside, so that’s all of my own design. I’m hoping to possibly use the picture on the cover. Again, out of my hands but will see if it’s an option.

Rescue Me is finished and I’m working on going through the entire manuscript making notes and changes. I’ve had one person read the story and she loved it. She wasn’t expecting the final black moment and it brought tears to her eyes. What’s funny, I didn’t plot that moment. The characters took over while I was writing and I thank them for doing so because it added so much more to the story. The big question is – will my critique partners feel the same way?
               Jody