Saturday Fun Pic -- Working on final edits

If you're in the Shearin house most weekends, this is exactly what you'd see -- me at the dining room table working. What you can't see is the floor around me full of sleeping greyhounds and a Jack Russell Terrier (who runs the house). Give me a glass of sweet iced tea and a box of Cheez-Its and I'm good to go. ; ) This weekend I'm finishing the edits on the last two chapters of The Trouble With Demons (TTWD, aka Raine's third adventure). That'll give me approx. two weeks to go back through the entire book to smooth out any remaining rough spots, check for inconsistencies, and spackle any plot holes. TTWD is due back to my editor at Ace Books by the end of the month. I'll then immediately start writing on Bewitched & Betrayed (Raine #4) which is due on May 1, 2009 (which gives me 8 months to get it all done).

The section I'm finishing today is a crucial Raine and Mychael scene. Then it's off to the last chapter -- and Tam. ; ) Rest assured, members of both "Team Mychael" and "Team Tam" will be happy with this book.

Coming up on Monday: How I plot a book -- Part 2.

Upcoming blog topics: Analysis of my query letter for Magic Lost, Trouble Found, writing momentum matters, how I schedule writing a novel, and when writing a book I take it one chapter at a time.

Have a great weekend!

Lisa

P.S.: I'm still basking in the afterglow of being deemed a National Bestselling Author. Thank you all SO MUCH -- I owe it all to you! By buying my books, you're the ones who made me a bestselling author, and it's one of the best presents I've ever had. Thank you!! *big, huge, freakin' grin*