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Monday Yay!
Today is a good day, even if it is a Monday…lol. Actually I have today off, so I’m thrilled about the start of the work day.
I’ll have some good news shortly. Just need to finalize some things.
Writing went well this weekend. Didn’t finish anything, but did add some chapters to a couple of stories. 🙂 At some point, I should be able to say I finished something, shouldn’t I? Oh well….at least I’m writing, right?
Hope you all have a great Monday.
Waiting…
I sent in a proposal to one of my publishers a couple weeks ago. Now I’m just waiting to hear back from them. As soon as I do, I’ll tell you what the book’s about…lol. Just living up to my ‘tease’ nickname. 🙂
Did some reading and writing last night. Oh, I finally figured out what Rover’s hero in the next Canis book is going to be. That makes me happy. I’m not ready to write his story yet, but I’ve been struggling with what he was ever since I introduced him in Allergies. Of course, he’s the one who is watching the pack. But that’s all you’re going to get out of me until I’m ready to start working on it.
I hope you all have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend.
Coffee, Anyone?
Hmmm….that’s a sight to wake up every morning, huh? Great scenery…oh, there’s a river and nature out there as well. Didn’t notice it. 😀
Yesterday was a good day. Got more writing done and chatted with a certain author about doing a co-writing venture with her. 🙂 There will be more about that later, once we both finish a few of our individual projects. I have to talk to another author about a joint project as well. Definitely things in the works.
Hope you have a great Hump Day, everyone.
Lick the drops
off his stomach. 🙂
Had a good weekend, though it got hot and humid by Sunday. Ugh! But did some writing in an air conditioned house. lol. Didn’t get as much finished as I’d like, but I’m getting closer and I can see the end in sight for a couple of stories. Which is good.
I hope you all have a great Monday (even though it is Monday.)
Weekend at Hand
Yikes! Nine more hours until the weekend officially starts. I’m really not in the mood to go to work today. Maybe I should call in and take a ‘mental health’ day. lol. Of course, I won’t and I’ll go work and be a good boy. 🙂
I did some writing last night, which is a good thing. The stories are coming along and hopefully things will straighten out, so that I can focus on one story instead of three or four.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Hump Day
or should I say Hunk Day? lol
Not much to report, I guess. Nowhere Diner: Finding Love was #4 on Amber Allure’s Top Ten Best Sellers for July. Can’t complain about that, considering it was only out for five days. 🙂 So thank you, everyone, who picked it up. I hope you enjoyed it.
I have to go over my galley for Nick of Time..so it can be published at the end of the month. Woo-hoo!
I’m writing, but it’s more doing a little on a bunch of stories than a lot on one. My mind isn’t willing to focus all it’s attention on just one story. I’m going with the flow and hoping something will come of it. Maybe I’ll get a bunch finished at the same time. That would be cool. 🙂
Well, I hope you all have a great Wednesday.
Monday…Monday…
Well, I hope you had a marvelous weekend. I did some writing and some golfing, but other than that, it was a lazy two days. 🙂
I don’t really have anything new to report, so enjoy the eye candy and have a great Monday. 🙂
Hunk Day, anyone?
This guy reminds me of one of my characters in one of the zillion stories I’m workig on. He’s an undercover officer with the A.S.P.C.A. (my character, not this guy..though I guess he could be..lmao..don’t know.)
Okay, today started out much better than yesterday. That’s always a plus…lol. I have my flash drive, so I can sneak in writing time at work. 😉 Though I might sneak in some reading time. I downloaded Jordan Castillo Price’s newest book, Hemovore (out yesterday at Samhain) and I meant to read it last night, but friends and dinner distracted me. But I will get it read tonight, if not sooner.
Oh, plus Dana Marie Bell has a new one out as well… Dare to Believe…that looks awesome. That’s on my list to grab and read this weekend.
Writing is going well. My brain doesn’t seem to want to focus on one particular story, so I’m working on a bunch of them, hoping one will grab me and force me to finish it. We’ll see what happens over the next month or so. Maybe once summer is done, I’ll knuckle down and get at least one story finished…lol
Hope you all have a great day.
What do you think?
I’m thinking of putting them all together and writing a story from them, but I’d like to know what you think about it. It’ll be in the vein of Angel’s Evolution, where it’s in 1st person pov and present tense. Of course, it’ll be a contemporary.
Here’s a little bit of what I wrote yesterday.
Excerpt:
I wrap my arms around his waist and bury my face against his chest. I try not to cry because I don’t want his fellow soldiers to ask about the tear stains on his uniform. I breathe deep, savoring his freshly showered smell, plus the faint scent of gunpowder that lingers in his clothes, no matter how often they’re laundered.
His arms embrace me, crushing me tight to him. His lips brush my ear and he whispers, “I’m so tired of all of this.”
Part of his weariness is because of me. I accept my guilt. My need for him and his love for me weighs him down.
Easing away, I meet his gaze and cradle his face in my hands. He stares at me with such exhaustion and pain in his eyes that I want to burst into tears.
“I’m sorry, love.”
He shrugs, not moving from me. “Is it all worth it?”
Fear races through my heart and I gasp. “Is what worth it?”
Hoping, praying he doesn’t say ‘us’.
He gestures to the uniform, to the duffle bag by the front door and to the picture of him graduating from boot camp without me there to see.
“Serving my country. Keeping you a secret.”
I grasp his hands and lead him to his favorite chair. The one I will sleep in most nights while he’s gone. He sits and I kneel, pressing a kiss to his scarred knuckles.
“Never say this isn’t worth it. This is all you’ve ever wanted to be and I would never have you be anything other than this. Your strength and belief has gotten you this far, don’t let them wear you down.”
“It’s not fair to you to hide who you are.” He pulls a hand free and runs his fingers through my hair.
I shake my head and laugh. “I don’t hide who I am. The only thing we hide is what we mean to each other. I will freely admit that it’s hard sometimes not to throw my arms around you after you’ve been gone for months. It’s hard not to come and meet you at the base, but I’ve learned how to deal with that. Don’t I make your homecomings special?”
Blushing, he nods and I can see he’s thinking of the last time he came home from a deployment and how I greeted him in the privacy of our home.
“None of them matter, love. None of it matters as long as you love me and know I love you. I can deal with anything as long as I know you will keep my heart safe in your hands.”
Dropping to his knees with me, he pulls me close and demands entrance to my mouth. I open to him like a flower to the morning sun. Denying him isn’t in my vocabulary or within my ability. He sweeps his tongue in and strokes mine, drawing a groan from me. I flex my fingers against the back of his head, his hair cut too short for me to hold on to. His large hands slide down to grip my ass and rock me into him.
A horn honks outside and we break apart. It’s time to say good-bye for another six months. My heart cracks a little more, but I smile, not wanting him to know how much it hurts to watch him leave.
“I’ll write,” I promise like always.
“I know.”
We stand and I follow him to the door where he grabs his bag. I give him another quick kiss before stepping back, so his friends couldn’t see me. They know me as his roommate, nothing more, and I know it kills him to not tell them the truth. Too much is at risk for him to share our reality with others.
He shuts the door behind him and I move to the window, peeking from behind the curtains to watch him toss his bag in the trunk and slide into the back seat of the car. He doesn’t look back and I understand, though it hurts.
Once the car is out of sight, I turn to stare into the living room, seeing only the picture of him in his uniform. I pick it up from where it sits on our mantel. I run my fingers over the cool glass covering his face.
Is all this pain worth it? The nights of loneliness when he’s not around and I have no one to talk to about my fears and wishes. I’m being over-dramatic. I have friends who know about us and who listen whenever I need to talk, but if I call too much, it sounds like whining and I don’t want anyone to believe I hate my life.
The circumstances surrounding my life suck, but it is a choice I made when I fell in love with him. The truth of it all is that every moment of doubt and pain is worth it for each minute I spend in his presence. It’s worth it for the knowledge that he loves me more than anything else in his life.
He doesn’t have to tell the world about me. He simply has to show me he loves me and I will stay with him forever.
What to say…
It’s Monday and I admit my brain isn’t working yet. I’m here at work, wishing I was somewhere else…lol. But don’t most people feel that way on a Monday? 🙂
Oh well, the weekend was good, if a little cold. I’m not sure if we’re having summer or still in the middle of spring.
Got some writing done and now I have to finish up edits on one of my upcoming releases. Woo-hoo! Actually I don’t mind edits, so it’ll go pretty quickly, I hope.
Have a great day, everyone.
