did somebody sprinkle fairy dust on my head?
Seriously. Because I'm suddenly feeling very, very lucky. Or maybe I should say very, very blessed.I've always said that this business--as well as life in general, really--is sort of a feast or famine proposition. Either nothing is going on & you could just about slip into a coma from all the monotony, or everything is happening at once (be it good or bad) & you feel like tearing your hair out from the stress & busy pace.
I've also always said that when it comes to good news in this business, when it rains, it pours. Truly, on several of the loops I'm on, things were dead quiet all winter. Nothing was happening, everyone was just moving along, working on their current projects & minding their own business. Then suddenly, just about the time the snow started to thaw, there seemed to be this dominoe effect of good news. People getting new agents..selling first books & fifteenth books...finaling in contests...hitting bestseller lists. Like, every day, someone seems to post some new piece of good news. Which is great, I just find it amusing that we, as a group, seem to hit dry spells together, & then get flooded with exciting news together.
Anyway, I've been lucky enough to be able to celebrate the three contest finals for WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN, which have happened really close together. Then I was invited to participate in the "Dakota Fortunes" continuity series. And now...
drum roll, please... :-)
Late yesterday, I was asked to be part of a "sexy beach read" anthology for Harlequin in the Summer of 2007. I'm so excited! I've never done a novella or been part of an anthology before, but have always wanted to! And Stephanie Bond and Leslie Kelly are the other two authors who will be participating...could I be in better company? :-D
Of course, I'll also admit to being a little nervous, since the outline is due soon after I'll be turning in the manuscript I'm working on now, & the actual story will be due soon after my deadline for the "Dakota Fortunes" book. But I can totally do it. If worse comes to worse, I just won't sleep, eat, go to the bathroom, breathe... :-P
Then comes the part where I'm on my own for coming up with the "sexy beach story" idea altogether. That's kind of nice; it will offer me a lot of freedom. But it also means I'll have to do a bit of thinking (uh-oh :-p) & brainstorming, since I don't actually have a beach-themed plot in my head at the moment. Something will come to me, tho, once I've had a little time to let things simmer. I even have a couple of friends in mind who will totally come to my aid if I need someone to brainstorm with or bounce ideas off of. (They don't know it yet, of course, but they will. :-))
So that's my news for today. Still doing a little happy jig...in between swigs of cough medicine, because dancing apparently makes it harder to breathe when you've already got a chest cold. :-/
