Over the last few weeks people have been asking "how's the book coming?" To which I reply "which one?" My seven year writing journey has certainly not ended, but taken on a forked path. My first manuscript titled Marbles and Wine (formerly titled It's Like Holding A Marble In my Mouth) is complete. I finished it back in early January of this year, so I let a few of my friends read it and encouraged them to give me feedback. And they did! In late Sept I hosted a Reader's Dinner for my gracious reader's to come and discuss Marbles and Wine and tell me what it needed. After a lovely meal and of course wine, all of us debated about characters, favourite scenes, and actors who would play the main parts. We had a great time. I took note of the parts that needed fine tuning, and I spoke to others who could not make it and got their feedback too. So now I truly feel Marbles and Wine is complete, well complete enough for a publisher. This next step is tricky and complicated to say the least, but I'm working on it. I have contacted a few publishers and just need to be patient for their replies. In the mean time I will contact more and some literary agents to help spread the word.
With that book to bed I have begun another manuscript titled Hunter's Wife (and no it is not about Scott and I.) However our dog Triggs is in this one, with lots of other strange characters that reside in a fictional town called Raven's Harbour. And I'm loving where this book is going. The lead characters Gillian and Reinar came to me this summer and demanded their story to be told. I don't know where they will all end up, but I do know, they are fun to write about. What's neat about them is that they both have careers I think I'd like to have- Chef at a Hunting Lodge and Feature's Reporter at the local paper. Since I'm not an expert in these fields I'm doing a lot of research for this novel, so if any chefs or reporters want to lend an ear I'd love to bounce ideas off of you. There is a hunting aspect as well, but I think I have that covered with Scott. Another neat aspect is that unlike Marbles and Wine there is a male narrator and at times a more masculine tone, so that might appeal to a larger audience.
My projections with Hunter's Wife is to have a draft done by Summer 2015, if real life doesn't get in the way...
So I guess you can say I have two book babies.
