I don’t like to call it a sale, because this is the first time I’ve conducted business like this, but Linden Bay Romance listened to my winter proposal and have accepted it, pending deadlines etc.

This is odd to me, because I just don’t write like that. I’m a very - I don’t know what the word is for it - organic? spasmodic? idiotic? writer. I know the era and (generally) I know the ending, (but this can be as vague as “HAPPY for now”). I just… start and let my fingers continue.

I know a lot of writers who plan. Research. Outline. I know some writers who won’t even write a word for a whole year of research, and I find it rather intimidating.  I just write.

For example - I wrote “David was not where he should be - he rarely was” as the first sentence to Transgressions. Other than the fact that I knew my main characters were called David and Jonathan - that’s all I knew. Everything else happened as it happened.  I research as I go. When I was writing Standish I would stop every other sentence to check something out - “Ambrose opened his post” STOP - Was there post? Check this.  “Ambrose picked up the newspaper” STOP - What newspaper? delivered? how old?  and so on….

So the thought of writing a proposal in advance was very scary, but thank goodness they were happy with the idea. Now all I have to do is write the blinking thing by July….

Details? You want details?  Well you can’t have ‘em. It’s a novella.  It’s another gay regency - I don’t LIKE to be type cast but I find it easier to stick with what I know for something with a deadline. It involves a printer, a lot of ice, a true cad of the first water and a big misunderstanding. You’ll just have to be patient.