Looking Back

Several authors have been looking back at past New Year’s Days, and I thought it would be fun to see how life has changed in the past few years.

In January 2007, I announced the sales of The Warrior’s Touch and Her Warrior King. Both books have since hit the shelves. Her Warrior King was extremely difficult for me to write since it was my first book written on deadline and I think it stretched me a lot. I truly felt like those words were bled onto the page.

In January 2006, I was still toilet-training my daughter and working on finishing Wedded to the Enemy. I really do want to sell that book this year. It’s a very cool story and I want it to go into print. Still, I imagine when it does (positive thinking), I’ll want to do revisions to bring it up to my current writing style.

In January 2005, I still had my livejournal blog and was getting ready to send in the full manuscript that would become Her Irish Warrior. It amazes me to think how much life has changed since then!

Where will I be in January 2009? Hopefully with two more books written and more sold. Hopefully with all of my pregnancy weight gone. We’ll see what happens. Of course, I need to lay off the Christmas candy for that weight to go away. I am so bad about that. Especially when a scene isn’t working right, chocolate just makes you feel better. Now if I could just substitute sit-ups or exercise instead of chocolate as my therapy, that weight would be gone in no time.

Naahhh…not as much fun.