Adventures in Writing

So, Sweet, Savage Sven (aka my Irish-Viking book) is coming along and I’ve nearly finished the first chapter. I keep telling myself that the pace will pick up, once I know the characters better. I actually went online and pretended I was the hero and took a Myers Briggs test for him last night. I think my question-answering skills may need work. I was going for the loner, the hurting warrior type who needs a good woman.

Um, Myers Briggs pegged him as an accountant.

Huh. A Viking accountant. Who knew?

I’m thinking that probably won’t fly with my editor. :rotf: I also worked a bit on some Regency fluff. I don’t know what it is with me and Regencies, but I get a little skippy when I write them. They are such fun and such a change from the deep, dark, sexy stuff I write…I think my heroine sounds like she’s tripping out on helium. Must fix that.

I also had an exciting moment this weekend. It’s probably already over, but I enjoyed it while it was around. Her Warrior King not only hit #1 on the bestselling Harlequin Historicals list, but it also hit #65 out of all historical romances listed on Amazon. Yes, I know that Amazon figures cannot be trusted, since they can be manipulated if Dear Aunt Tilly suddenly orders 50 copies. But hey, if that was the case, THANK YOU AUNT TILLY! I enjoyed my little moment, and pretended for one sweet second that I can compete with authors like LaVyrle Spencer (shhh…let me enjoy my happy dream).

On a completely unrelated note, I am considering cooking fish for the first time in my life. I grew up absolutely hating the smell and taste. But apparently I never really had *good* fish. I’m considering trying something for this Lenten Friday. Does anyone have a good fish suggestion or recipe, that I might be able to pull off? Something that doesn’t taste, well, too fishy? Thanks!