still working on chapter 12
Okay, so I got thrown a little off track. I did at least start ch12. Unfortunately, it was very slow-going yesterday & gave me a lot of problems. And since I don't believe in Writer's Block, I suspect my problem is that I was going at it from the wrong angle. Gave that a lot of thought last night--especially as I was trying to fall asleep :-)--& I think I may have figured out how to fix it. It means backtracking a bit, but will totally be worth the trouble if it works.It's also been kind of a neat mail day. First, I received the Reversion of Rights contracts from Dorchester for my last three historicals with them--WALKER'S WIDOW, CALLIE'S CONVICT, and HANNAH'S HALF-BREED. They've been out-of-print for quite a while now, and according to my contract, I could get them back after a certain amount of time. So a week or so ago, I requested them, & today they arrived. I already signed them & got them ready to return, but nothing will be official until The Powers That Be at also sign & finalize them.
I don't know what I'm going to do with the books yet, if anything. At the moment, it's not like there's a market for them. But you never know. I could become as big as Nora Roberts & have publishers scrambling for my backlist, right? (Hey, it could happen!) For the time being, tho, I'll probably do with them what I did with CINNAMON AND ROSES, A PROMISE OF ROSES, and ALMOST A LADY when I got the rights back to those...I agreed to "sell" them to E-Reads, an e-publishing venture my agent started. It's a long process, & the first three historicals aren't even available there yet, but at least they're in the process of being made available again instead of just sitting here, collecting dust. :-)
I also got a package from Entertainment Weekly. I just renewed my subscription & told them to send me my free "mystery gift" instead of asking for one of the CDs they were offering, which I already own. (I've been a subscriber for so long, I swear I own every special giveaway they've ever offered. :-P) The last mystery gift they sent me was a water bottle I ended up giving to Goodwill, but this time they sent me the DVD for Spider-Man. Now that's what I call a mystery gift! :-) Too cool! All right, so it's not a movie I love, but it's still decent & was definitely a pleasant surprise. Not to mention that it totally beats the more typical mystery gifts--water bottles...baseball caps...t-shirts...--any day. My only complaint is that it's the full screen version when I prefer widescreen. But beggars can't be choosers, right?
All right, I'm off to see if I can salvage the beginning of ch12...
Currently listening to "Kissing a Fool" by George Michael
Currently reading Bump in the Night anthology, Perfect for the Beach anthology, and Kill the Messenger by Tami Hoag (yes, still, but I am getting closer to the end :-p)
Currently watching The Dukes of Hazzard (movie remake, not TV show)
