Sanctuary's Cover

Here it is, the cover for Sanctuary!

Click on the cover for a larger view.

Thanks to cover artist and graphics designer Valerie Tibbs for doing such an awesome job. ;)

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Cover Art

I received the draft version of the cover art for Sanctuary, and it's awesome. I can't post a picture of it until it's official, but I'll post it up as soon as I'm allowed. I can't wait until Sanctuary comes out. Next month!

Strange Familiar

As you can see from the progress meter on Strange Familiar, I'm getting a lot closer to the end. I have so much to clean up, to edit out, and add in, but once I reach the ending, the rest is relatively quick and easy. After I send it in and it gets accepted, more work.

Strange Familiar has been a bit difficult for me because with everything that happened, my mind was not on writing. I was away from Strange Familiar for a long time, and that distance means that I was no longer in the book's 'head'. I had to get that back, and get the enthusiasm back for this book.

I have to get the fun back in this story. If you're not feeling a book, the readers will know it. What a writer feels comes through in her words. Trying to force the story before I was ready to come back to it was not working.

Strange Familiar is taking its time getting to the finish line, but it is getting there, thank goodness. I'm ready to move on to the next one.

Finishing Edits

I'm finishing up edits to turn into my editor, and will let you all know when to expect Sanctuary. It should be out in April, but I'll post a date when I'm sure.

Amber

My little Amber passed away on December 17th. I'll miss her forever. She sure was a special little girl.

My thanks to all of you who have sent emails and messages and words of support.

Home Again...

Okay, so I'm back online again. Amber stayed out of the hospital for a little while, but on the day after Thanksgiving, was admitted back into ICU. We just got out today. I'm hoping that this time we'll stay out. Poor kid is so bruised and tired from all the sticks and IVs and shots. Every single day she was stuck multiple times, and not only that but her veins wouldn't stand up to all the meds going into them, and kept blowing. So several IV changes later, we're home. Happy to be here, let me tell ya!

I just have to keep a close watch on her, limit company that comes around-like I didn't do that already-and keep my fingers crossed that she'll stay healthy.

As far as publishing news, everything has been put on a back burner. I didn't finish NaNo, of course, and since we've been in the hospital so much, don't even know what's been going on online.