Editing and Pre-Birthday News!

Oh, hi, world. That’s what you look like again. *blinks*

I know, I know. I’m slacking on the blog, but I have a good excuse. I’ve been editing, and last night I turned in my edits for IF I LIE, and my stomach kind of clenched after I hit send. I kept wondering if I did enough, too much, or was completely off base with what I did. Time will tell.

So what’s next, you ask, now that I have all this free time on my hands? This is where I laugh hysterically. Next month, I’m going to Italy for two weeks for my MFA residency. Between now and then, I have lots of homework to do, including books to read and workshop pieces to crit. All things I love to do, which makes it less homework and more fun. On top of that, I am hard at work on the sequel to TOUCHED. I’m so glad I get to write this book and revisit these characters that I love, but man, oh man, am I going to torture them. *rubs hands*

With everything on my plate, I am in a conundrum with this blog. I’m not really sure how to fit writing posts in with everything else. For the near future, it looks like my posts are going to be infrequent at best.

In other news, today I get to send a huge shout out to Taryn Fagerness, my translation rights agent, and Laura Bradford, my agent, because my TOUCHED trilogy will be published in German, with TOUCHED set to debut in 2012. What can I say, ladies, except to express: Ein herzliches Dankeschön!

BTW, for those following along, I think it’s important to note that the offer came in on my pre-birthday (which is a holiday in my family). That means that my holiday luck is holding, and every holiday is like my birthday.