The Blind-Date Proposal was one of those books that write themselves, and it would be lovely if the next one – A Whirlwind Engagement – got its act together and did the same, but this might be too much to ask.  Life has been pretty good to me recently and you don’t want to push these things!   I have done a very rough chapter outline, and three pages of the first draft, which isn’t very impressive progress given that the entire book has to be finished by the end of September.  Have also tried writing myself a timetable of available days, but whichever way I juggle it I can’t quite magic up the extra days required.  It looks as if I’m going to be forced to get my head down and do some work, but I don’t feel like doing that AT ALL.  I know other, more professional authors, regularly turn out books one after the other, but I’m feeling a bit stale and sick of writing, to tell you the truth, and am longing for a break from it for a while.  However, I can’t have one yet, as I have a deadline to meet, so I’d better stop whingeing and get on with it.

I’m currently enjoying an excellent displacement activity in the form of answering questions on one of eHarlequin’s message boards about The Honeymoon Prize, which is out in North America at the moment. All this on-line communication is new to me, but there seem to be masses of discussions going on, so if you’re interested in seeing what other readers and writers are talking about, go to www.eHarlequin.com and then to Community.  My “thread” is under Writing Romance until the end of the week.