Monday Morning Tea and Manuscript

[mmerriam]

I have double-spice chai black tea in my Eeyore mug, because it makes me happy (the Eeyore mug, though the tea is fine as well).

I'm preparing to dive into working on the Monster-Hunting Barista Novel #2. I know I shouldn't write the second book when the first one hasn't sold yet, but I'm writing them to be mostly self-contained, and frankly, this is the thing that wants to be written right now. I am also pretty sure that once I send it to Editor Melissa at Carina Press, she's going to recommend it to the Acquisition Team. In other news at my publisher, the first set of Carina Press books (which are all ebooks) have been picked up by Harlequin print imprints. The print imprints seem mostly interested in three to multi-book series, so working on the Monster-Hunting Barista novels is actually me positioning myself to make that sort of move.

Or something like that.

I had a really good Paganicon, which I will blog about later today or tomorrow.

Job hunting continues. I've had a couple of places show some interest and one really good interview. I need to do some follow up this week at a couple of places.

ETA: To clarify: Harlequin has not picked up any of my books. What I meant was that Harlequin has taken some books by other Carina authors and turned them to print. I am hoping to take advantage of this with my monster-hunting barista series. If they had taken my books, there would have been much more flailing and jumping around!

Comments

[lydamorehouse]

I can't wait to hear about Paganicon. I was asked to be on a panel some time ago, but no one ever got back to me so I assume it was never scheduled. Thus, I didn't go at all.

Your monster hunting barista sounds awesome, btw.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Tate was actually on the schedule for a panel. I wonder what might have caused the miscommunication?

In a nutshell, it was a good con. It was well run, there was good crunchy programming, good food, and great people to hang out with.

[lydamorehouse]

I don't know, but I would have happily come for the panel if anyone had bothered to tell me when and where. :(

[careswen.livejournal.com]

Bummer! We were looking forward to seeing you. We even had a couple books for you to sign. I'd recommend checking in with the Paganicon staff to work out the miscommunication. They seemed generally very on top of things, so I'm sure it can get sorted out.

[kmarkhoover.livejournal.com]

Good news on the books and I think you are right, this is a preemptive move to position yourself. Nothing wrong with that.

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

congratulations!

Please clarify...

[dlandon.livejournal.com]

When you say 'the first set of of Carina Press book (which are all ebooks) have been picked up..." do you mean *your* books, or just the first set that Carina published? I was a little confused, so I don't know if congratulations are in order :)

But I'm glad you have a novel chewing your brain - that's always a nice problem to have ;)
- D

Re: Please clarify...

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Oh. Just the first set of book they taken from Carina, In this case a set of contemporary romances and an UF / PR series.