What's Up? - Romance Writers Weekly - #lovechatwrite

In a lot of ways, September feels more like the start of a new year than January. I’m sure it has to do with the decades of years either going to school or shepherding my children off to their new classrooms. Even without kids at home, though, the end of summer and the start of cooler nights signals a “back to normal” vibe that hasn’t faded.

Which is what makes this week’s topic on the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop rather appropriate, I thought, since the beginning of a new year often means setting goals and resolutions.

What are your goals for the next six or even 12 months? What books are you working on? What's next for you?

At first, I thought I’d have only a couple things to mention in answer to this question. I’m not currently writing anything, which is where I usually focus my goals. But while my brain seems to have declared it is taking a writing sabbatical, I’ve realized I still have a lot on the go for the next several months. Here the (not comprehensive, because I’m sure I’ve forgotten something) list…

1. Confirm whether a short story I submitted to an anthology is accepted. If it isn’t, get it ready to share with my NL subscribers. (Are you on my email list? If not, you can sign up here!)
2. Step up promoting the anthology Never Too Busy, which releases November 16. My offering in it, Margin of Risk, is a companion short story to Loving Between the Lines.
3. I can’t forget about Turn the Next Page, either! Book Three in the Silverberry Seduction Seasoned Romance Series comes on December 1. (It’s available for pre order in both ebook and print here.)
4. Work with my cover designer to finalize the cover for Book Four in the Silverberry Series, Strictly by the Book, which is set to release April 15, 2023.
5. Speaking of which, I am waiting for my critique partners to get back to me with comments and suggestions on Strictly in order to get it ready for that release date!
6. Also in regard to my newsletter, I want to update the look and restructure my onboarding sequence (tech talk for welcome emails, LOL!)
7. And somewhere in there, I really need to get writing again!

What about you? Do you have things you want to accomplish in the next six months? I’d love to hear what’s going on in your life. Comment below! 
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Then hop over to Leslie Hachtel and see what she has lined up in her future!

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Coming November 16th in the NEVER TOO BUSY anthology...

Margin of Risk
(a companion short story to Loving Between the Lines)
 
His heart isn’t ready to heal. Her soul isn’t ready to trust. Neither is ready for a fake wedding date to restore their fractured spirits.

Memories Never Die

A serial killer in her small town in Florida has Detective Liza Boone challenged. Luckily, FBI agent Nash Corelli is on medical leave and living across the street. He cannot help her with the nightmares about the night her sister was assaulted and left brain damaged. But when Liza is terrorized, can Nash stop the threat?