I'm progressing through 30. Lots of action in this chapter, so it writes pretty quick. It's pretty much a complete rewrite of rough draft, though. The rough draft sucked.

I had to rewrite a bit of what I have done though, the opponents weren't armed correctly. They should have some sturdy spears because they're out hunting large fearsome animals and just happen to come across the human type people.

Still alive-- barely. Have added 10K words in the last several days and am trying to push through to the end of this MS before I have to settle into high moving gear. Which renders me Lurky McLurkerson everywhere else.

Ah miss mah peeps. *sigh*

Go, Seska!

Which manuscript, Barb?

Between Here and Gone, Amy. The sixties one. I'd come to huge halt over the summer because I was working on the Carmen revisions and then I was just really jammed on this one for a while . But now I'm cruising along and will hopefully finish in the next few weeks. I hope.

So what's the deal with Carmen? Is it good to go, or are you waiting for a letter from new!editor?

And yay for cruising!

Waiting for letter from new!editor, but when we spoke on the phone the other day, she said that there weren't any major revisions, just little clarifications here and there, so hopefully, it won't be too traumatic. Plus, I have a 3/15 delivery date anyhow, so plenty of time overall. Of course, I want to get it in to them as early as possible, so we can keep on track, but since they bought it as a full book, it's not as if they have to wait for me to finish the thing. Yay!

What about you? April 1, right?

Yup. April 1.

Somehow April Fool's Day doesn't seem like the best choice for a deadline, though.

It's better than the January 2 deadline I had when Carmen was with the Publisher Who Will Not Be Named.

I managed to get chapter 30 done. Chapter 31 is underway. My wife checks over my chapters before I finalize them (finalize for this revision, not final final) and she wants me to get this one done soon because there is sex.

I know the general rule is no fanfic in here, but I couldn't resist. For "Bite,"

Claire took some deep cleansing breaths and visualized herself giving a good reading.Ironically, it would be easier if her publisher hadn't wanted to support the paperback reissue of "Ordinary Cupid" quite so much, because she now had a wannabe publicist, a nervous, black-clad, twenty-something named Natasha.

"Don't freak out," Natasha advised her.

"I'm not freaked out," Claire replied, but suddenly her smile felt frozen in place.

"Well, it's just that there's some maniac offering vibrator coupons in the Twilight section...we could get rid of him if you want."

"No! Uh, what I meant was, that is probably a cry for help...we should be compassionate."

"You're the doctor,"Natasha replied, doubt written all over her tone and body language.

Claire's doubt was instantly dispelled, when a beloved voice called out "Make way ladies, for an actual, sparkle-free supernatural being. Although I have been known to bite, if you ask nicely."

"Well, I never,"a women wearing a T-shirt that said "I'd Leave Him For Edward," sputtered.

"I know...it shows. Between that lovely T-shirt and theMrs. Field's Frequent Buyer card you think no one sees in your purse."