Crazy!

Well, the last couple weeks have been interesting to say the least!  I went to Seattle, where I won second place in the Emerald City Opener contest for His Roman Heart's Desire.  I had two full manuscripts and one partial requested from me, and found a lead on another publisher who is actively interested in ancient Rome.  Then, I got an email telling me my flight home was canceled because of Hurricane Sandy.

Looking tres refined (and a bit devilish)
at the Emerald City Writers Conference

Not cool.

I wasn't very worried about myself.  I have a few friends in the Seattle area, and so I crashed at my friend Jane's house.  But I was pretty concerned about my son (who already has issues with separation anxiety) and husband.  Thank goodness, everyone pulled through.

Once I finally got home, I received word that I won third place in the SFA-RWA Heart to Heart contest, and I was also a finalist in Nashville's Melody of Love contest for His Roman Heart's Desire.  I also received an honorable mention for my romantic fantasy story "Brownie Points" in the Writers of the Future contest.

Oh, and did I mention I will be vice president of CTRWA next year?  Phew!

I'm in the midst of heavily revising HRHD, so much so that it can only be called a complete rewrite!  I feel really good about this, though, because I can already tell my changes make the story so much stronger.  This is my NaNoWriMo project--to rewrite HRHD so it will be ready in December.  Let's hope that all the excitement of the past couple weeks will finally calm down and I can get back down to work!