New year… new plans… So what’s coming from me, book wise, this year? I have some seriously ambitious plans, but we’ll see if they come to pass. Here’s what the plan is though. It is kind of novella heavy, but those are quicker and easier to write (usually!), and I have some I’ve been itching to get to. A big chunk of this depends on how quickly I can get this current WIP done and into Read more
If you want to check out the hostess with the mostess for this year – check out Janine Rosche’s Mix & Mingle host post! Plus links to everyone else! Name: Carol Moncado Location: Southwest Missouri What you write/tagline/trademark: Romantic Dramedy in the Ozarks and Beyond, mostly contemporary romance with royals (or royalty adjacent) Place in the book world: I’m an indie author with book 33 releasing October 1. On a scale of hugger to 10-foot-pole, please rate your personal Read more
My phone rang this morning while I was sleeping, but I missed answering it (it was almost 9am… but I wrote until like 2am…) I asked Siri to call the person back and my hubby said something about two feet away from me. Made me jump. I forgot he was taking the day off today ;). So instead of writing all day, we went to Bass Pro Shops (the original one), discovered they don’t carry Read more
That’s Jett. We’ve had him 2 years and 2 days :). He was mad at me this morning for making him go outside to do his business ;). It was cold and more than drizzly but less than rainy. He hates cold and rain. Ah well. I’m a NaNo Purist. That means I think real NaNo is starting a new project on November 1 (often at midnight) and writing 50K words on it. This year? Read more
It started with a phone call Tuesday morning. “I think my car is dead.” And was confirmed later Tuesday with another phone call. “Hey. This is Brent. (aka our mechanic) I’ve got news…” Yep. Dead. 2004 Toyota Corolla with about 209,000 miles on it. It served its purpose for many years, but no longer. So we needed something new. With four kids and running 87 different directions, we needed something new, fast. Fortunately, this little Read more
Because I’m cold and that picture looks like a nice warm place to be… 😉 NaNoWriMo 2017 is over. I didn’t hit my goal of 100K words, but that’s okay. I did finish the book for my cousin which was my top priority. I didn’t get as much done on The Inadvertent Princess as I wanted, but that’s all right. I’ve got several weeks before I need to have the draft finished. I’m still pleased with Read more
Last night’s sunset was absolutely gorgeous – and this picture does NOT do it justice at all. I think I got some on my actual camera that turned out better, but I haven’t pulled them yet. It was much more pastel-y than this. I did get some writing done on Inadvertent Princess last night. I also did some brainstorming with my first reader. Some of it finally all came together (Prince Isaiah is sleazier than we all Read more
YAY! I finished the first draft of In Concert with the King (which is getting a new title before it releases :p)!!!! WOOHOO!! The draft is wrapped up though it still needs about 3 chapters in the middle (maybe a bit more and will likely include some Prince Harry/Meghan Markel stuff since it’s established that Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are friendly with my fictional royals). Part of it will depend on when the Read more
Yes. That’s a giant unicorn. And now that it’s /sob/ been given to it’s intended recipient, I can post a picture. Of course I didn’t take a better picture, but… :p I wanted to keep it. The kid that bought it for a friend refused to let me. Sigh. But on bookish things… SO. CLOSE. TO. DONE! I have just the epilogue to write, then about 3 chapters left in the middle, but I’ll do Read more
DID Y’ALL SEE THE NEWS?!?!?! Prince Harry is engaged! I’m so looking forward to this royal wedding – I may even have to wake up early enough to watch it live ;). For research, of course! I also need to figure out some sort of celebration – perhaps a royal romance sale… Speaking of… Dare You is free for another day or so. Heart of a Prince (a Canadian, not an American, but still a NORTH American Read more
I. Am. So. Close. to finishing this book! ALMOST! THERE! I have three partial scenes to write. Two I wrote parts of back in May or so when I was at a workshop of some kind and was doing an exercise. One I started last night but didn’t finish. There might be one more scene after that, but not sure. And the epilogue. That’s it. Here’s hoping I can get it done today! We’ll see Read more