There's still time to send me an email if you want to be entered to win a print copy of my first six "His" stories. I'll let you know when the contest closes but it's open right now.

In other non-news I am still working on Finding Forever, (Sutter's Bay 4). Still crossing my fingers I can get it done by the end of May. It's been more of a struggle than I thought it would be, but I hope it pays off when it's finished.

Hopefully, in June I can begin working on Waking the Prince again so I can get that finished. It's deadline is September, but really I'd like to get it done before that because then I intend to start a new series for me, probably a trilogy featuring three different couples.  

Updates

Updates are going here today since I’ve been posting free holiday stories on normal update days.


I’ve been working on Accidentally His again lately. I hope to have it completed by the middle of January, if not before. I should have another story related to this one but with different heroes later in 2011.

I’d like to turn my attention to Galaxy’s Heart, Sutter’s Bay 3, once Accidentally His is finished. If I can get that story done by the end of February or earlier, that should still give me plenty of time to work on my “Postcards From Paradise” story I volunteered for at AQ. My paradise vacation story will be in Ireland though. That’s paradise to me.

Once that is done, I have to look to my other obligated story, which is a ghost story. Yes, you can hear the enthusiasm, can’t you? Just how do you get a HEA when one of your heroes has been dead for hundreds of years? Beats me, too. But I shall try.

As you can see, this is already taking up the first six months of 2011. Sigh. And there is a story I really want to get to. Ah, well, I’ll get to it and several others before 2011 is finished, I am sure.

Speaking of free stories, Kevin’s latest free story, Viva Las Christmas, will be posted on Monday, December 20th, if it kills me. Might. At this point I am looking at one long part but I may be forced to split it into two. I’ll try not to make it too many parts though.

Once that free story is finished posting, I will be posting a best wishes for the holiday season blog and probably taking the remainder of 2010 off, with the blog returning January 03, 2011 (in time for a contest for my first release, Pulling Apart).

Tuesday's Ramblings

It took me a while to decide what to post today. I almost skipped it but I have been trying to make the blog pretty active. Nothing annoys me more than a blog someone posts on once every month or so (Shayne).

I'm working on Twice in a Lifetime. I finished a chapter yesterday and thought of several scenes in my head (no I don't write them down to remember them, if I forget, such is life, just the way I am). It's not going quite as fast as I would like. It took me a while to finish chapter 4. Funny some of the scenes I thought of made me tear up but I wonder how they will look once I get them on the pages.

I've also been thinking of what comes beyond the summer when I have finished both this and The Same Side. I'd thought of working on a historical but I'm not really feeling historically inclined these days. So I think I might be turning back to my cop story with Tyler and Eric in the fall. I had originally titled it Never the One but I don't think that goes as well for this story as it could for Maurice and Lance who were minor characters from Still the One (see previous post with my sample pictures of the guys). And for that matter I could work on their book as well to finish out the year.

Much to my chagrin, I thought of the beginnings of a new story yesterday. Not really sure where it would go but I think the beginning idea has potential and so I have filed it away in my mind for 2011 stories along with my Elvis impersonator Vegas story as well as more books in the Sutter Bay series (Sweet Reunion is number one, Twice in a Lifetime is number two, there will probably be a three and four). Also up for 2011 will FINALLY be Tempted to Taste, Devon's (The Other Side) story with his hot, little blond chef, Ryan. Wooo, I'm exhausted already, lol.

What I'm Doing

As I've made clear here, I have no "official" releases in October and November. Sort of weird for me to go two months without a release, but that's just how it ended up happening.

Anyway, as you know I'll be posting free stories in November and December, as well as my official releases in December.

So, you may wonder (or not), what the heck I am doing in the meantime.

I am still writing Twice in a Lifetime, Jude's story, and the second book in the Sutter's Bay series (Sweet Reunion being the first). I just broke the 6,000 word mark and am on the third chapter. Have no idea what the length will be on this when it is finished.

And also, I am working on a medieval paranormal story with good versus bad and all that. I don't have a concrete name for it at this point. It's called "Sinful" but I suspect that is a temporary name soon to be changed.

Barring any major difficulties these will be out early 2010.

Ah...the Heartache

Recently, several people have mentioned my latest release, Sweet Reunion, is me returning to the angst-loving voice. I admit I did have a few lighter romances recently, most notably Car Wash and Beyond the Norm, but others were probably not up to the angst found in Perfect Man or Trust or even At Long Last.

When I set out to write Sweet Reunion, I didn't really think, wow I haven't written anything pain-filled lately. Honest! It's just that as I started writing Jason Sweet the character went that way for me.

It's true I do like angst. I think that is why Ava March and I work so well together. We both like the angst. Though, you know, once I suggested only half-kidding that we should co-author a book together and she didn't even respond, lol! Don't know what that says.

I have to admit though, that my next few books are probably going to be on the more heart-breaking side. I don't mean my next two releases, Ticket to Ride (you'll have to decide if this is angst-filled or not) and The Best Gift (it's a Christmas story remember), but rather the next several projects.

So, um, yeah, I will say now, that if angsty romances are not your thing, you might want to stay away from those set in Sutter's Bay for sure. So, as my dear friend, Jack, said the "angsty Shawn is back".

Tried for Progress and Failed

I actually opened the file for Twice in a Lifetime last night all prepared to write the next part. Proud of myself even. Unfortunately the version I had at home was not the latest version, that version was at work. Sigh.

I shall try again today.

I've been talking with some fellow authors (Devon and Ava) about turning Sutter's Bay into a series. Sutter's Bay is where Sweet Reunion takes place and also Twice in a Lifetime. I already have an idea for a third story involving the diner owner, Adam, who appears in Twice in a Lifetime. I briefly mentioned his hero-to-be character in Sweet Reunion for those that read that book or plan to. Anyway the hero for Adam would be Harris who broke up with Danny from Sweet Reunion. Trust me, Harris will have his work cut out for him convincing Adam to be with him.

Anyway, that would already make for three books set in my fictional bay town in Northern California. So why not more? I'll have to give it some thought. I've had readers ask me to consider doing a series before so it is an option.