Eek, once again I sort of disappeared from here for several months! Unintentional, I assure you. Right now I am deep in the second draft of TWFF with a deadline for the end of June. This is a deadline I have to stick to as one of my readers is heading to Thailand for seven weeks at the end of next month, and she's hoping to either read the draft before she goes or to take it with her.

I recently returned from a trip to New York; my first cross-Atlantic trip, in fact. I may have ransacked the YA sections of many bookstores while I was there. I came back with twenty-six books, but, as I was underweight, I could have bought more. I'm starting to make my way through them, but taking my time of course.

So far we seem to be getting an actual summer, if only for a little while. I think it's time to start contemplating writing outside in the garden with a cool drink. It's still bright on my home from work after evening shifts, warm enough that I don't need a coat--perfect thinking time. While I'm not a fan of summer, preferring pleasant spring days, I love summer evenings and how they make me relaxed and contemplative.

I'm hoping to start querying TWFF possibly in late summer or early autumn, but we'll see. I think there's still a draft or two to go; there's no point in overthinking it until I get some reader feedback.

*determined*

I will have a completed and polished draft of THOSE WHO FAVOUR FIRE to give to my readers by early December.

Enough faffing about. It's time to get things done.

Those Who Favour Fire

I've been meaning to mention this for a while--I've been working on a YA fantasy concerning female werewolves for a while (working title: THOSE WHO FAVOUR FIRE). It's going well, and it's nice to have something completely different to work on when the fantasy novel is driving me up the wall. I'm hoping to eventually query it as well, when the time comes (fingers crossed). I'm enjoying it a lot, and it's more than nice to have something where not as many expectations, so to speak, are placed upon it.