Just popping in to post a short blog entry, and to say hello. I’m on deadline and the book is to be emailed to the editor on March 15! After that, I’ll be sure to choose a winner for the Heartsong Presents mysteries.
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Unblocked
Thanks to all for your suggestions. I got unblocked on Saturday morning. I wrote practically non-stop all day! I also wrote for part of the day on Sunday. I’m off from my day job tomorrow so that I can focus on my work-in-progress.
I’ll be giving away more books soon, however, I won’t be mailing out the books until AFTER March 15th(that’s my deadline!)
Writers Block
Anybody have a cure for writers block? If so, then leave a comment and let me know! I’m struggling to meet my March 15 deadline right about now!
Royalty Statement
I received my royalty statement from Barbour recently. Of course, there was no money enclosed since my books haven’t been released yet!
My Final Cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cover Mockup
I promise I’ll choose the winners for the books I’m giving away soon! However, today, I had something more important to blog about:
MY COVER MOCKUP!
This is not the final cover! Once the cover is finalized, after my input, I’ll be sure to post! Simply click on the cover to enlarge!
Still Writing
I’m still revising my manuscript to meet my March 15 deadline. I’m also reading as time permits. Currently, I’m ready a TOTALLY GREAT BOOK by Linda Goodnight! I’ll be sure to blog about it once I’ve finished reading it!
Everybody in my household is now healthy, so that’s a blessing!
My Interview
Here’s an interview with me that was posted on another author’s blog earlier this week! Enjoy!
Boo Humbug by Rene Gutteridge
Boo Humbug by Rene Gutteridge
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: WaterBrook Press (September 11, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400073537
ISBN-13: 978-1400073535
From Amazon.com
Book Description
It’s Christmastime in Skary, Indiana, but the holiday season has been hijacked by maverick director Lois Stepaphanopolis as she attempts to bring her horror-ific vision of A Christmas Carol to life. But the holly-decked path from page to stage is a thorny one, as Lois attempts to rally her skeptical cast, including new father Wolfe Boone, and then she learns that her reluctant marketing director, Alfred Tennison, is truly a Christmas Scrooge.
Alfred’s grassroots marketing plan proves more than successful as the buzz builds that Skary should anticipate an overflowing audience for their opening night– but a crucial miscommunication leaves the visiting theatergoers expecting of a very different Christmas production. As chaos ensues, can the actors pull off an improv miracle — and can the Skary community convince their own Scrooge to embrace the true meaning of Christmas?
Christmas comedy! That’s the best I can describe this novel! I found myself chuckling a little as I read the book. Two new fathers need to get out of the house. The trials of taking care of newborn babes take their toll on two new fathers, so they plan to spend time out of the house by working on Lois’s Christmas play. However, Wolfe and Oliver, find themselves estranged from their wives when their beloved spouses accidentally discover their reasons for undertaking parts in Lois’s weird and crazy play.
Melb and Ainsley struggle to raise their kids as Melb worries incessantly about the health and well-being of her child.
Then Lois’s scatter-brained idea to put on a new, updated version of Dicken’s Christmas classic will make you chuckle. However, when Alfred’s marketing plan creates a successful buzz for the play, it turns out he creates the wrong kind of buzz! With such a huge misunderstanding, Lois doesn’t know how she can turn her play around completely before the actors must perform to a packed audience.
However, perform they do, using a script with a highly unusual twist.
Enjoy this novel for the holidays!
Whittling Down
With all the rewrites and revisions on my manuscript, my editor has now informed me that I’m about 1,000 words over the word count. I need to cut a thousand words. Therefore, I won’t be blogging for the next day or so.