Back in January 2012, I got three contracts for six books, five of which were due by 15 January 2013. I hadn’t written five books in a year in a very long time, but I’m willing to give just about anything a try.
I missed a couple deadlines by a few days each, but I was on track to finish #5 one whole day before it was due. Then life interfered. Various things kept me from the book for a few weeks, and when I did get back to writing, a few pages a day were all I could manage.
But I sent Copper Lake Encounter off to my editor and agent earlier this week! Yay! My Five Books in a Year turned out to actually be Five Books in a Year, Three Weeks and Four Days, but we’re all okay with that. The first of the five was the Harlequin Romantic Suspense Christmas book in Decemer. The rest will be available starting in April with Copper Lake Confidential; June with A Hero to Come Home To; and August with Copper Lake Encounter. A Man to Hold Onto will come out sometime after that, though I’m not sure of the date.
Do I want to write five books again in a year? I’d love to. Will I try it? Sure. Will I obligate myself to it with my name signed on a contract? I don’t think so. But you never know. Fools rush in . . . and all that.
Yay! So glad you’re through! Time to take a much needed break and recharge your batteries! Do I see something warm and sandy in your future?
I’m taking some time to get in better shape — walking every day, strength training three days and machines three days. That part of it is easier than counting my calories, watching my sodium, cholesterol, etc. There are days I just don’t want to count that high! No trip away for a while, though I have every intention of seeing a beach somewhere this year!
Hope all that stress didn’t take a toll. I will be glad to have some quality reads this spring and summer.
My mom used to tell a story about when I was in junior high. My sisters made straight As every semester, but not me. Mom asked, “Do you think you could possible make straight As just once?” At the end of the semester, I brought home my report card and said, “There. I did it. Don’t ask me to do it again.”
So I proved I could do the five books. I may even do it again. But not on purpose.
Wow…agree with Margaret and NanaDeb!
Maybe you can do just 4 books so we can have some retreat time!
Amen! So many places we need to go . . . so much nothing we need to do . . .