It's a Busy Time
There's a lot of stress in the air. The whole Televison Issue is driving us nuts. Then there's the weather -- we've had rain and more rain, and an episode of 60-mph winds that -- well, it didn't do our garden any good. And I'm not making much headway with the garden this year anyway.
On top of that! Oh, yes -- this is where I'm going -- I have a book coming out in less than a month! I've picked what I want for the cover (a super luxury ebooks have over print!) and am waiting for the editor's version so that all the things I've thought that I should have done better can get changed -- or not. I've got a personal appearance lined up -- one of those things that makes me very nervous. And I have another book that is trying to make me sit here and write!
Someone once said that the act of writing is opening a vein and bleeding on the page. I'm a little too private for that. But this series that I'm working on has developed into a big challenge. I'm writing about social issues and groups of people I haven't heretofore addressed, though I've given them a lot of thought.
Writing "sweet" romances protects me from having to face issues that aren't neat and comfortable. The most difficult things I've addressed before were the political decentralization of Europe (Once Again a Princess), a heroine who was physically challenged (The Hardest Step) -- and my struggles with my vision (Come Home to Love). Now I'm dealing with poverty, interracial relations and some minor class differences.
So, the first book in the series is Cricket's Moon, coming out July 10. It wasn't hard to write, I just had to use my imagination. The second book, Cassie's Flame, was a bit more of a stretch, into social problems. It won't come out for a while, so I may be toning it down -- or not. The third book will be Cleome's Garden, and Cleome herself is a piece of work. I don't know where this one will end up -- except that there will be a happy ending.
I like happy endings. I've seen too many unhappy endings. If I can make my people on paper happy, I do.
On top of that! Oh, yes -- this is where I'm going -- I have a book coming out in less than a month! I've picked what I want for the cover (a super luxury ebooks have over print!) and am waiting for the editor's version so that all the things I've thought that I should have done better can get changed -- or not. I've got a personal appearance lined up -- one of those things that makes me very nervous. And I have another book that is trying to make me sit here and write!
Someone once said that the act of writing is opening a vein and bleeding on the page. I'm a little too private for that. But this series that I'm working on has developed into a big challenge. I'm writing about social issues and groups of people I haven't heretofore addressed, though I've given them a lot of thought.
Writing "sweet" romances protects me from having to face issues that aren't neat and comfortable. The most difficult things I've addressed before were the political decentralization of Europe (Once Again a Princess), a heroine who was physically challenged (The Hardest Step) -- and my struggles with my vision (Come Home to Love). Now I'm dealing with poverty, interracial relations and some minor class differences.
So, the first book in the series is Cricket's Moon, coming out July 10. It wasn't hard to write, I just had to use my imagination. The second book, Cassie's Flame, was a bit more of a stretch, into social problems. It won't come out for a while, so I may be toning it down -- or not. The third book will be Cleome's Garden, and Cleome herself is a piece of work. I don't know where this one will end up -- except that there will be a happy ending.
I like happy endings. I've seen too many unhappy endings. If I can make my people on paper happy, I do.
posted by Jane Bierce | 8:02 PM
1 Comments:
I like happy endings, too. Books with happy endings are the only kind I like to read. :^)
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