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02/20/2005: "Up and Running"

Wow! My web site’s up and running. Kudos to Mica for her design skill and implementation! Quite frankly it’s a little weird having a web site, but I’m sure I’ll fall into it.

I’ve been pushing hard on a deadline that’s looming right around the corner but I took a much needed break Friday night and Saturday. My current work in progress is set in Manhattan during a blackout and the entire book takes place in 24 hours. More specifically it’s set in the four small rooms of my heroine’s apartment. At the risk of sounding like a whiner, I’ve been trapped in this apartment with these people way too long–I’m there with them while I’m working (well, cause that is my work), I’m there when I go to sleep at night and I’m back in there with them when I wake up. Let me be blunt, it was either take a time out or I killed them off and that wouldn’t make a very satisfying romance read.

Friday night was dinner out and an evening at the High Museum with a couple of girlfriends. While my poor heroine and hero continued to swelter in her apartment, I thoroughly enjoyed the live music of a jazz quartet and the featured art of Romare Bearden. Saturday was my local RWA writers’ group meeting and I signed my February release afterwards at Chapter 11. Funny how hanging out with writers and readers and talking about writing pumps you up–at least it does me. Sunday found me back in that apartment and I didn’t feel like anyone had to die.

Of course, we’ll see how I feel by the end of the week.

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