I like to blame it on Mercury being in retrograde.  Messing up my writer’s brain and functions.

It sounds so much better than “in a funk” or “writer’s block”.

Either way, that’s where I’ve been.  The only thing that has been written are the 100-words pieces.

A few weeks ago I got a rejection from a mid-size pub that was helpful. It had plenty of notes, and it really got me even more wedged into my ‘stuck’ place.  Once that came, not a word was written for the third book in the series (which I’m only 1/3 done with).

The past few days I’ve begun to find a bit of hope underneath all the negative ‘blah’ energy.

I’ve been playing with some alterations for Train to Nowhere and have been working on a mock-up cover (which I always love to do).  The characters are changing just a little, and every time they do it excites me even more.

I took Changing Tracks back out of it’s nap. Started a new file and edited the first few chapters according to the notes I received.  I’ve set a tentative schedule of 2-3 chapters a day of actual focused editing. I’m changing the font and trying to catch what I missed.  There are some things I won’t get after all the edits I’ve done – but I’m hoping to make it just a little tighter and nicer.  The good thing is that the first 3 chapters now sound much more like the rest of the books, I didn’t have to change much so the difference was not as tremendous as I thought.

On Thursday I’m pleased to say that I’ll be posting an interview with Sandra Worth.  I’ve been privileged enough to get a chance to review the last two novels she’s had published.  With a new novel coming out in February 2011, she was kind enough to agree to an interview now – and a review at the release!  So keep an eye out for that Thursday.

Either Friday or Saturday I hope to post the net 100 words – but as the word this week is ‘Rotten’, I’m not sure if the muse will grant me such cooperation.

On a side note – my L key keeps skipping. That’s way too many typos for my liking.  I need to fix it fast.