Finished!!!

I finished the first major revision of Manor House Mystery Book #2 - (Murder Most Civil? Grace Under Fire?) and I'm feeling pretty pumped. I really like this ending. Sometimes I waffle and have to rewrite the ending until it feels right. This one felt right immediately. Love that!!

Anyway, now that it's done, I'm going completely offline for a few days. Gasp!! No checking email! No checking blogs! Will I be able to survive?

I'll let you know...

Slow Boat to China

Although the next Grace book (tentatively titled MURDER MOST CIVIL) isn't *exactly* finished yet (I have a couple of final scenes to write), I've gone in to begin the revision. I've found this method helps me a great deal. I don't know about other writers, but I often forget a few throwaway details along the way. It's exactly those details (if not attended to later) that can pop readers out of a story. Inconsistencies are just wrong...

Plus, revising before I write the final scenes helps me keep the flow going. At least I think it does.

In any event, this revision is going *very* slowly. Too slowly.

I wanted to jump in here today, however, to let you know that Grace really will be blogging at Killer Characters this month. As a matter of fact she's scheduled for Sunday, July 18th. Last month, as you may recall, she was detained and Ronny Tooney (that annoying PI-wannabe) had to step in. If you have a chance, check out the blog today, Angelica from Lorna Barrett's Booktown Mysteries is holding court. And that's no exaggeration. That girl likes attention!

*grin*

Okay, now that the commercial break is over, it's back to work for me!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

Julie

Three fabulous new books debuting today

Coming out of lurkdom long enough to announce that three of my friends are releasing new books today:

Avery Aames' debut mystery THE LONG QUICHE GOODBYE

Mary Jane Maffini's CLOSET CONFIDENTIAL (I have no idea why I can't make this image the same size as the other two)

Riley Adams DELICIOUS AND SUSPICIOUS

Please check these writers out! I know you'll be glad you did. These are talented ladies and excellent friends, too!