It was a very intense week for me. On Wednesday, I had a major family crisis. Luckily, the immediate crisis was dealt with quickly but there's a lot of work that needs to be done in order to make sure it doesn't happen again. It's likely to take up a lot of my time over the next few months.
Then on Thursday, I signed a contract for a book deal. While I was at RWA 2018 in July, I pitched my paranormal romantic suspense novel, Deadly Potential, to Soul Mate Publishing and they said yes! It will probably be at least a year (and more likely two) before the book is released, but I am now officially on the hybrid indie-trad publishing path.
And then Friday, Saturday and Sunday were Can-Con. This is the last major conference of the season and I look forward to it. It's fun, full of people that I care about and who are just as enthusiastic as I am about speculative fiction in all its forms. I had a lovely dinner on Friday night with the folks from Myth Hawker Travelling Bookstore and then on Saturday night, I closed out the bar with Tanya Huff. (It sounds wilder than it was, since we were mostly just sitting and chatting, but there was celebratory cheesecake.) I did some fantastic panels with 'Nathan Burgoine, including a fascinating discussion of urban fantasy (where I got to sit next to Charles de Lint, Evan May and Linda Poitevin) and a high-spirited debate on problematic art.
Now I'm back home, tired and happy. Next week I have my writers' retreat in Charleston and I am looking forward to a week with some charming and talented ladies and the chance to get some serious writing done.
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