Updates, Panicking, and Knitting

First off, Sharing a Pond has now been out a week. You can find it on Less than Three Press's website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, All Romance ebooks, etc, etc.

You can also find a short side story on Joyfully Jay. This isn't in the main story, it's just a fun little side bit. And there's a giveaway, so check it out!

Okay, enough PR BS :)

If you've been following me on Twitter, you know I've been working on a short story, which isn't my usual stuff. It mostly came about because I said, "Hey, I want to write a short story." I checked out what pubs had what calls for anthologies, found one I liked, then whipped up 7K to go with it.

I love writing novels, but sometimes the immensity of it makes it difficult. For my writing group, it's hard for them to see the larger pictures and work with me on plot, pacing, and climactic moments when they're only seeing 1K at a time. While they aren't going to see this in its entirety before I send it out (because I picked one with a Jan 1 deadline, because ME), I can easily read through this story and nitpick it (and fix it, hopefully). So it's not only working muscles I haven't used in a while, but it's also a good exercise for getting my brain to look at the plot and fix it.

I'm also not expecting AMAZING THINGS out of the story. It's not meant to be great literature or high-brow fiction. It's supposed to be fun and cute and sweet. (Which is the shit I LOVE, so you'd think I'd write more of it :P )

So the 7K is written. Now I just need to sit on it a week (while I do the developmental edits that came in that I'm not panicking about at all. Nope. Not at all. Not panicking. Not even a little.) And then I'll read through and see if it's utter shit and if it's not then I guess do self-edits because I'm guessing I won't get a beta reader.

Oh, and did you know the holidays are coming up? I survived Thanksgiving, so that just means Christmas and New Years. And Amy Lane keeps posting fun knitting patterns that I want to try. AND I'm trying to use up all my extra yarn from the Christmas stocking I made, by making a Christmas shawl.

Oh, and I have 3 beta feedbacks in (with one more coming, not to mention the R&R that's been sitting around for a year or so...). I may have put too much on my plate. But I wouldn't be Alex if I didn't!