I just finished writing Year of the Dog ! It had a massive plot hole that I had to fix which turned out to be more work than I expected. Here’s a snippet: “Hey, Auntie Nell.” He wrapped his arms around her, bussing her on the cheek and breathing in pikake flowers and shortbread cookies. And suddenly he was nine years old again, and her solid presence had made his chaotic world stable once more. “What are you doing here?” He usually took her to dinner on Wednesday nights, but today was Tuesday. The edges of her smile faltered a little before brightening right back up again. “What, I can’t visit my nephew?” She angled around him to enter his home. “Is this your new house? Looks lovely.” Which was a blatant lie, because the fixer-upper was barely livable, much less acceptable to a neat-freak like his aunt. She also left four matching pink and purple floral suitcases on the stoop behind her. Only then did Ashwin notice the cab driver standing slightly to the side of the walkway. “Can ...
The following is a mashup from my November Camy Tang newsletter and Camille Elliot newsletter which both went out this past Wednesday, but I thought it might be nice to post it on my blog, too.
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My health this past month has been like a particularly gruesome car wreck. I’ve had IBS flareups and also sinus headaches, sometimes both at once. I had really thought I had finally started to get control over my IBS and the foods that I need to avoid, but I made a few mistakes (didn’t read ingredients lists closely enough). The sinus headaches have been a little more frequent because of the change in weather here in California and the increased rain showers.
I’m finally feeling better and continuing work on volume 4 of my Christian Regency Romantic Suspense epic serial novel, Lady Wynwood’s Spies. I started trying to train myself to write via dictation because once I get used to it, it’s supposed to be significantly faster, and it will help ease the workload on my hands and wrists.
I also realized that volume 4 ends on a cliffhanger, so I might delay releasing the book until I have written volume 5, so that I can release both books within a few weeks of each other. Unfortunately, that means I won’t be releasing volume 4 within the next few months. I had really hoped to release volume 4 in December this year, but because of my health issues and because it ends on a cliffhanger, it probably won’t be released until spring 2022. Sorry about that!
On weekends I’m also outlining the next series I’ll be writing, which will be a Christian Contemporary Romantic Suspense series set in Hawaii. The Warubozu Spa Chronicles will be more like my Protection for Hire series, with both comedy and romantic suspense, and the story won’t be taking itself all that seriously.
For those of you who like polls, next year I’ll be posting polls to ask for suggestions about the characters and plot of the Warubozu Spa Chronicles books. If I use your suggestion, I’ll include your name in the Acknowledgements section of the book!
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My health this past month has been like a particularly gruesome car wreck. I’ve had IBS flareups and also sinus headaches, sometimes both at once. I had really thought I had finally started to get control over my IBS and the foods that I need to avoid, but I made a few mistakes (didn’t read ingredients lists closely enough). The sinus headaches have been a little more frequent because of the change in weather here in California and the increased rain showers.
I’m finally feeling better and continuing work on volume 4 of my Christian Regency Romantic Suspense epic serial novel, Lady Wynwood’s Spies. I started trying to train myself to write via dictation because once I get used to it, it’s supposed to be significantly faster, and it will help ease the workload on my hands and wrists.
I also realized that volume 4 ends on a cliffhanger, so I might delay releasing the book until I have written volume 5, so that I can release both books within a few weeks of each other. Unfortunately, that means I won’t be releasing volume 4 within the next few months. I had really hoped to release volume 4 in December this year, but because of my health issues and because it ends on a cliffhanger, it probably won’t be released until spring 2022. Sorry about that!
On weekends I’m also outlining the next series I’ll be writing, which will be a Christian Contemporary Romantic Suspense series set in Hawaii. The Warubozu Spa Chronicles will be more like my Protection for Hire series, with both comedy and romantic suspense, and the story won’t be taking itself all that seriously.
For those of you who like polls, next year I’ll be posting polls to ask for suggestions about the characters and plot of the Warubozu Spa Chronicles books. If I use your suggestion, I’ll include your name in the Acknowledgements section of the book!
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