Not much change from last week. It’s National Novel Writing Month, and I’m going to write! I’m still working on my main project, finishing (hopefully) A Cat For Troy, the third and last of my Wishes & Dream paranormal romance series. To date I have 19,276 words written for NaNo. It could be better, but then again, it could be a lot worse! I’m looking at a targeted finish date (according to the stats on my NaNo page) of Nov 25th. I’m hoping to get a bit ahead this weekend, just in case Life decides to mess me up later on in the month. You all know how that is, I’m sure!

Manuscript Status:

1. Three Finished Manuscripts, ready to send:
   1. Wishes in a Bottle, 1st book of Wishes & Dreams 3-book series
   2. SwanSong; 1st book of Sons of the Desert 4-book series
   3. Castles in the Sand; 2nd book of Sons of the Desert
2. One Finished Manuscript, but want to make some revisions:
   1. A Gift of Jacinth; 2nd book of Wishes & Dreams
3. In-Progress Manuscripts:
   1. When Darkness Falls (about 95%)
   2. A Cat For Troy; 3rd book of Wishes & Dreams (about 50%)

Submissions Status:

• Currently outstanding:
  • 7 queries to literary agents (we won’t talk about how man rejections have come in)
  • 2 queries to a publisher
  • 2 full manuscripts by request to a publisher
  • 4 manuscripts in The Emily contest

Synopsis, Blurb & Pitch: All completed manuscripts have these done:

• Blurb/1-paragraph summation (for query letter)
• 2-page synopsis
• 5-10 page synopsis
• 1-sentence pitch (140 characters for Twitter pitch events)

THE WRITING PLAN:  WRITE!!!!

1. Finish A CAT FOR TROY.
2. Choose ONE of the below. That’s o-n-e, (1). 1. Being a single entity, unit, object. And NO that does not mean one series. Just one. 
   1. MICHAEL’S QUEST (3rd book, Sons of the Desert)
   2. BEHIND THE CLOUDS (spinoff, Sons of the Desert)
   3. INTO THE STORM (spinoff, Sons of the Desert)