My Book Title and More

Throughout the past few days, I've been in contact with my editor, Linda Prince, at Leatherwood Press. She's let me know my book will be titled MISSING, and they intend to publish it this summer--the date is yet to be determined. We've also been discussing marketing opportunities--signings at a certain store chain--throughout the summer. I'm hesitant to give any more details than that before they're set in stone, but it's looking pretty good. I've also published my website. It's still a work in progress, but there is still some good information there, including a chapter I omitted from the final book. It's an event that takes place several years before MISSING does, but it deeply affects my main character, Stacie Cox, throughout the book. You can find that chapter on the "Behind Missing" tab.

Book Publishing Update

I received a request today for more updates on the publishing process for my book, so while not much has changed recently, I will mention that I am still working on my website and still gathering blurbs. So far, this is the progress:

Website: Slowly but surely, my website is coming together. Since I haven't previously learned how to build a website, I've been doing a fair amount of research over the internet on that process, and as a result, I've changed the format, the template, the navigation process, my photos, and my bio several times, and my guess is I will probably change it more. So, if you fellow writers think you've made it past the revision stage once you've had your manuscript accepted--and even after the galleys are proofed--think again! Revision, like growth in all areas of our lives, seems to be the name of the publishing game.

Blurbs: To this point, I've received them from five readers and I have more coming. Their praise for my book has been very positive, and while I'm finding a great deal of joy in knowing others have appreciated my work, I'm also letting their praise push me to do better with my current WIP.

Which reminds me. Yes, I'm already working on marketing my book even though I don't yet have a definite title or a publishing date; but I'm also moving forward with the first draft of my "quickly-approaching-the-finale," second novel. It, too, is romantic suspense, and I can hardly wait to see how the whole thing finally comes together! JK. I really do know. It's only the romantic, dangerous, sacrificing details I can't wait to discover!