[flickr id=”6367108607″ thumbnail=”small” overlay=”true” size=”small” group=”” align=”left”]Side Note: I am featured on Band Back Together this week. Post went live today.  Please click on over to read “Broken Trust“.

A month ago I had that ‘lightbulb’ moment when you face the great errors of a manuscript you’ve set aside for its ‘resting’ period.  My Historical Western Romance had made a round on the agent circuit last year, and I have plans to go through the epub submission rounds very soon.

The Muse (the crazy, demanding bitch) giggled, “Just two minor character changes.  We’re going to shove a backbone into that one, and turn this guy into a slimeball bastard that makes you gag just with his presence. Simple. A few minor changes.”

Simple.

Three weeks later I’m half done with a partial rewrite (we have added 5 chapters at this point) and editing overhaul.

Now the crazy bitch…~ahem~ Sorry, that’s “The Muse” is impatient. She wants to start submitting the beast all over town when we aren’t even done.

Oh, and did I mention we have another novel that hovers in mid-draft as well?  The Paranormal Romance blasted through my free-write of 4 books and now sits half done with the second draft of book 1.

We have reached the “head spinning” realm of too much to do.

So this week writing sits on the sidelines.  The Muse is heading off to Mexico to drink tequila and get high on whatever recreational drugs she so chooses. She needs the breather (and to chill the f*ck out) – and so do I.

Fortunately her vacation falls in the most timely way.  I am heading to St. Louis w/ the husband for a combo business trip/romantic weekend.  On Saturday I’ll have my ‘business’ portion of the trip (Bloggy Boot Camp – which includes a writer’s workshop Woohoo!), but the rest of the time it’s me & the hubs. No kids. We might be just a little excited.

Once I return,  the blog will face its overhaul & redesign.  Even if The Muse returns refreshed and decides to get down to business so we can start submitting again – the blog will be cleaned up.  She needs work – but i’m already working behind the scenes to prepare for it.

Maybe the conference will beat me over the head and get me to manage my time better so that I can do it all?

I know…I need a damn [amazon_link id=”B004A7XQNM” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]egg-timer[/amazon_link].