Well, what’s hitting me right now is Lowborn.  I haven’t actually written anything on it, but I’m outlining this final chapter, getting the transitions together in my head, and figuring out how to bring all the strands I’ve been weaving together.  I’ve got quite a few things to tie up in a pretty little bow to finish this one, so I’m giving it a great deal of muse time.

The characters have some complex issues.  There’s the main plot.  There’s the title to bring full circle.  Finally, there’s putting Mindblind ‘on the road’ to meet up with the rest of the companions eventually.

The way I’m thinking, I’ll probably be ready to start writing in a day or so, because the next couple of scenes are pretty clear.  From there, I’ll let Mindblind and the rest help me out.  The characters will always be my strength, and I let them guide me quite a bit.

I am anxious as hell to get this one out, as it’s been in the works for so long ( started shortly after Merchant Princess ) but there’s still the editing process to consider once I finish, and we’re talking about 8 chapters.  It will need at least 2 cold reads, then my first pass edit, then off to Roust.

Odds are that I’ll pass it back through some of my first readers as well.  At least one has been reading it since the beginning anyway, and the only reason she hasn’t seen the latest revisions and chapters is because she’s swamped with school.  Sure that she’ll want to see the final and comment before it goes live, though.  Her insight has been extremely valuable.

So, even if I had it done, I still couldn’t give a solid release date right now *laugh*

SOTM is getting muse time as well, but I’m concentrating on this one because it’s coming at me stronger.  I’ve got several ways I can go with where I am in SOTM, and I’m trying to figure out which has the best combination of action and heading toward the ending of the story.

It’s not as if I’m close to the end, but there are several things going to come to a head soon.  The momentum is going to crank up, forcing my girls to go with the flow or get ran over.

Just wanted everyone to know that I’m working 🙂

If I didn’t say it before, Halloween may very well be a burst.  I’ve got more than one idea in all three pen names.  Six different stories in the Halloween contest aren’t inconceivable.  Maybe even more.