Meandering...

Fall in River's Edge
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 I got nothing today. Seriously. I’m deep into the throes of finishing book 1, tentatively titled The Flirtation Wager, (don't get too attached; it's sure to change) 
in the new River’s Edge series, trying to finish the last 6-8K words by the deadline, I just put three back-to-back editing gigs to bed, and my brain is fried.

Here’s the thing, I know where I want to go, obviously where it’s going to end up, so I’m not stuck exactly, just trying to feel my way toward that HEA. But writing the perfect ending to a book is sometimes, well…hard. I guess it depends on the book, because the ending of my last book. The BabyContract (see what I did there? Promo!), pretty much wrote itself. I was just along for the ride. It was the close-out of the Four Irish Brothers Winery series (Oops, did it again!) and although, I’m continuing this new series in the same small town of River’s Edge, Indiana, it’s not about the Flahertys, it’s about the Langes.

The River Walk
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But in many ways, it’s also about the town of River’s Edge and the people there, so some of the same characters from the first series turn up, which is the magic of writing a series. Readers get attached to your secondary characters and send emails messages asking if Noah and Dot will have a book or will Janet at the yarn shop find true love or whether Mac and Carly will ever tie the knot (probably not). Authors get attached, too, I confess and we love to get our secondary characters engaged in the new story.

Anyway, my imagination is already writing book 3, which is a bit of a problem because book 2 comes next. Writer dilemmas, eh? I think my plan is to turn this book in, take about two weeks to breathe, think about the holidays and how they will be different and how we’ll handle that and then start trying to tell Max Lange’s story, while at the same time continuing to make notes about Becker’s story.

So, as I said, I got nothing today… hope your week goes well. If you’re doing NANO, bless your heart and I wish you all the best. I’d appreciate you sending any extra writing energy you may have left over my direction for the next week or so. And please, stay well, stay safe, and most of all, stay grateful!