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Good early morning!

I'm up particularly late because most of the day I had a sinus headache/migraine, something that kept me from enjoying the light and my family. *grr*

Anyway, I did do a lot of editing on my latest WIP, Out of Bounds, or the Professor as it is newly titled. I also came up with more stories, following the same theme. DAMNMUSES!

I also discovered something else. If I do a short, I cannot do it unless its a big SCENE. One scene. Not over several days in writers time, etc. It must be only one encounter, with a combo of ideas.

One of the latest for my new pub, Naughty Nights Price is a hetero, *shudder* of a m/f I did when I first started writing. Oh yeah, there is more I could add to this story, however, because my head is in novella/novel mode, I've needed to train my mind to only write one scene with different emotions, maybe only 2 or 3 characters and these have proved to be under 5k

Otherwise, I have a long novella over 10k or 12k thats either two long for an anthology or bursts into a series of shorts... *grumbles* No, this is actually a good problem.

My fave editor keeps telling me that longer stories will fare better for me, which is true. The longer your story, the more in touch your audience can get in touch with you and your characters. They can't really connect in a short. Its only to invoke a chuckle, or a turn on, or something to get you to go, ooh hmmm...

Well, thats what those two are. I hope they make it. If not, they'll be free reads or the beginning of something new for me to write. Most of them have turned out that way if they werent accepted.

Longer stories, here I come! :D

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So, I'm working on Mi Familia and Sakina. It felt great to open up the WIP for AS again. I'll be working on this and Mi Familia looking to finish both by Sept 5th or thereabout.

Then on to my Halloween story for XOXO which is a novella based on a short I already did and then 4 more subcalls. 3 for Oct 31st and my own for Nov 30 to XOXO.

During that time, I'll try to complete Taming and Closely Guarded as well but I'd like to get the subcalls done b4 my trip in mid October.

Thanks for listening
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I had such a good reason to be... *grins*

I had a deadline to meet, well actually two and I met them!

All other stories I put on the backburner to get these two done and I did. Well the 2nd one Im working on edits as we speak.

Since I am a day late, I'll save my revelations for next week and just let you know my goals.

Oh, who is that you ask? One of my fave muses, Tyson Beckford who represented both of my characters in these stories. He played Malik Day who was discharged because of DADT and Amiri, who is in Lessons in Ink and my offshoot, Memories Made in a Charger.

The other muse was the guy in my avatar!

HOT

Okay so, here is the plan. Getting my newest and twisted m/m to my beta reader then onto the publisher.

Finishing You Dont Ask and Something New on the Menu rewrite by Sunday! :P

I'll try to wk on AS in between. They're chomping at the bit but so are my other stories!

If I achieve getting the two up above finished, I'll have 8 WIPs left.

AS

Mi Familia

Trois

Taming Wild Horses

Lessons in Ink

Closely Guarded

Sugar Daddy

True Meaning 2

The next two to get done would be Closely Guarded and True Meaning. I'll be shooting for August 1st since they are both novels. 40k plus.

Then after that Sugar Daddy and Trois. Which Im shooting for the 15th of August. Taming  and Lessons will be last.

Notice I didnt put a date on AS and Mi Familia? :D I see AS at the midpoint but Im not rushing and Mi Familia since its my free read.

I will not start any stories over 10k till I am down to AS and Mi Familia. I mean it. Damn plot bunnies and my muses are drinving me nuts.

I also have 2 sub calls that are due by the end of the month. One for Closely Guarded which I dont think I'll make but I'll try!

Okay then off to wk.

Thanks for listening and ill be back with a revelation next week

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