New WIPs

I haven't worked on anything, really worked, in about 6 weeks. I've edited, I've researched, I've thought, but not really worked. I now have 4 stories I'd like to have finished by October. I don't know what happened here, but there it is, NOT in the order I intend to write them!

• 1 paranormal contemporary
• 1 War of 1812
• 1 American Revolution
• 1 Crimean War in Russia

I've taken out books from my library that haven't seen the light of day in a decade. Children's books I didn't know were even available! (Nice condensed versions with nifty pictures.) I've exhausted Wikipedia and their reference links. And still, I can't get "In 1814 we took a little trip, along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp..." out of my head. I'm not writing in 1814 OR about New Orleans! Burning of DC! I wonder if there's a song about that.

Oh, songs! Hmm, a new avenue of research to pursue. I love songs of the time. Hmm, thinking...

Promo, blogs, chats, and more!

I'm doing a lot of it lately, and it's taking up a lot of time. But in the process, I've discovered a lot of new places: blogs, authors, sites. I've met some fantastic people along the way and have made new online friends. It's been a lot more fun than I anticipated!

I'm now trying to organize a blog tour for my Scandalous Victorians and our anthology which is released the end of July. This will be loads of fun and a chance to see even more blogs I didn't know about until, well, yesterday.

And I now finally have a plot outline for an historical! Not colonial, for some reason I couldn't wrap my brain around conflict (see yesterday's post) in pre-Revolutionary times. I have NO idea why. Probably because I didn't want it to be set during the war. Go figure. Anyway, I'm in 1811 Washington. And I've got angst! And conflict! Loads of conflict! And a big sexy hero...yum.