Elizabeth vs Darcy: She certainly did not hate him. No; hatred had vanished long ago, and she had almost as long been ashamed of ever wishing to drink the blood of his severed head.
True love, yes?
Over 80,000 words on Any Wicked Thing! But I’m not drinking blood from severed heads to celebrate yet.
I celebrated by watching Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall. While my school is nothing like the gray, dismal place depicted (and as far as I know, we do not grind up kids for burgers), I do question at times the efficacy of public education especially after i read an interesting article here : https://www.wentworthcollege.com.au/chc52015-diploma-of-community-services. It certainly hasn’t seemed to work on a lot of adults I encounter. 😉
So it’s back to waking up at the crack of dawn to write before work. 15,000 words to go!
Nothing! But I did go slightly crazy when I discovered that Susan Gee Heino’s debut Regency Mistress byMistake is coming out in December 2009 from Berkley. My debut Regency Mistress by Mistake is coming out in May 2010 from Kensington. I e-mailed Susan and she’s lovely. Her book won the 2008 Golden Heart when it was Mistaken by Moonlight (also a great title*g*). So—2 books, 2 authors, 1 title, 5 months apart. My editor says stuff happens like this all the time. She told me to breathe (sensible advice). So I hope everybody buys both books and loves them!
Isn’t this a beautiful cover? I’ll post mine when I get it. 🙂
So I’m liking my mini-blogs. They’ve been very liberating, and I don’t have to drone on about drone-able subjects. Since school has started, I’m even more goal-oriented. I’m hard at work on Any Wicked Thing and hope to have it finished by mid-October at the latest. 23,000 words to go.
Some months ago, the clever ladies at Risky Regenciessponsored a contest. One had to find a suitably vintage picture and caption it in the manner of LOLCats. I entered a bunch of them, and I won, but not with this particular illustration, although it is my favorite. It works very well for AWT. 🙂 Check back here for my other entries in the upcoming weeks for your amusement.
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