New month, new goals. Again, haha. Last month got a little off-track when I got sick, but I'm working on getting things back on-track right now, plus looking a bit further ahead--I have two trips to New Jersey in the not-so-distant future, both for booksignings, and I can't wait. So this month has both writing and revising on the writing side of the goals list, and on the non-writing-but-still-related side of the list is booksigning prep (gotta order enough copies of Freeing Medusa, narrow down my list of swag for the goodie bags at A Day (or Two) of Wine, Romance & More, check on bookmarks and other things), as well as looking for images for a new book cover (yes, I am forging ahead with the plans for the first in the short contemporary romance series!) and thinking about what a series logo might look like or include.
This week, I also wanted to send out a big thank you to all the readers and my writing friends for the support on release weekend for Freeing Medusa. Even though I was still sick, you all made me feel much better. And I hope those of you who've already gotten the book are enjoying it.
Before I get back to the last two things on my weekend chore list and to the revisions I have open in the background, I have a quick snippet for you this week from Light the Way Home.
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Lucie had been on Mac’s Light Island for almost three weeks, but the view from the back door of her temporary home still took her breath away. Right now, she realized she’d been standing there staring, slack-jawed, at the sunlight glinting off the grey-blue ocean waves for a good five minutes. Shaking her head, she pulled the door shut and stepped down onto the sidewalk, feeling in her purse for her car keys.
She closed her fingers on the fob as a giggle reached her ears. She turned to the white picket fence that bordered the property next door as a big multi-colored ball sailed over it, toward her. “Oh!” She caught it before it hit her in the face, then started across the grass, balancing the ball on her hand.
Another giggle sounded as she neared the fence, so she adjusted her direction a tiny bit and came to a stop looking directly down onto a tousled blond head.
“I think you lost something,” she said.
The little boy’s face tipped up quickly, his blue eyes wide with surprise–as if he couldn’t believe she’d found him already.
Lucie grinned and held the ball higher.
He smiled as he got to his feet, brushing off his jeans-clad knees.
From seeing him playing outside several times already, she’d guessed he might be four, but now at close range, she scaled that back to three.
“Hi, I’m Hayden,” he said, holding out his right hand.
It was her turn to be surprised. She shook his hand, bemused. “Hi, Hayden, I’m Lucie.” Not too many three-year-olds had such good manners. Aside from the ball toss at her face, that is. “Nice to meet you.”
He glanced up at his ball. “Me an’ my dad are your neighbors.”
“I see that.” She noted he hadn’t mentioned his mom. “Who were you playing with?” She gave the ball a little bounce.
“Maybe you wanna play with me.” Guileless blue eyes locked on her face.
Ah. She squelched the pang in her chest. “I wish I could, but I’m on my way to town. Maybe we can play another time?” she added when his grin vanished.
“Like this afternoon?”
“Hayden!”
The deep voice got her attention–and the boy’s–just before a tall, sandy-haired man rounded the back corner of the next-door house.
Lucie’s mouth went dry. Wowza!
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The first of the New Jersey signings is two months away right now, the first weekend of May, 5/2-4, kicking off Friday evening with a Meet & Greet with the authors that also includes readings by seven of the attending authors, and then Saturday and Sunday will be the booksigning, noon to four each afternoon. So many authors, lots of genres, so there'll be something for every reader. This will be my third year there, and I can't wait to do it again. I hope you'll come out and join us at Brook Hollow Winery for A Day (or Two) of Wine, Romance & More. Then I'll be in Atlantic City for the Aces Wild Atlantic City Author & Reader event June 13-15. Check out the Facebook group for more info, and get tickets here. This one is a new event, and I am really excited--books at the beach...two of my favorite things together!
Do you have March goals, too? Read more? Spring cleaning (yuck! haha)? Something else? I'd love to hear about them!
Until next week, happy reading!
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