On Linked Books and a Superbad Sheikh
So this week, I’m busy. It seems like the last few weeks I haven’t been so much, at least not with writing. I had everything out and when everything is out…well, you can start something else, but I knew I would be working on this year’s continuity when the bible came in and that could be at any time, which meant I was reluctant to start anything else.
But NOW I am not suffering from a lack of things to do! I got the continuity bible on Friday and I am…I am SO excited about it. There’s a wonderful challenge involved in taking two characters that are given to you and finding a way to make then and their story yours. So I got a start on that. Then on Monday I got revisions for Superbad Sheikh (you may remember him!)
Mr. SS is the first hero in another duet that I’m working on for 2013. More on that in a moment.
Then yesterday, as I was about to start my revisions I got AAs for my January UK book Her Little White Lie, also known as Mr. Personality. I’m thrilled to have so many fun things to do, but the hard thing is, I don’t want to put ANY of them off so I’m sort of pinging in all directions.
Superbad is my priority though. I’m working at torturing him a bit more, you see, as a loving author does. This story came about in an interesting way. I had an idea quite a while back where I wanted to figure out another way to do a pregnancy story with a bit of a twist, like in An Accidental Birthright, I had a thought about a sheikh…and a surrogate.
But I hadn’t gotten around to writing it, because the idea was just sort of a germ in the back of my mind, and I had a whole lot of other books to write first! But then when I went back to contract this time, my editor asked if I would do another duet, like my upcoming The Call of Duty series. (A Royal World Apart and At His Majesty’s Request) (This post is getting filled with ALL THE TITLES. I fear I’m getting confusing)
I said I would LOVE to write another duet! (because I would!) And she asked that they share a common theme: secret babies.
And I have had FUN playing with this. I’ll be honest, I didn’t think I would at first. I was not excited to figure out how to do that theme two times in a row. And so I emailed my editor and asked her: Would this count? Would this count? She said: secret baby can mean whatever you want it to.
*rubs hands together*
But by the time I’d finished outlining both books, I was feeling excited. Which brings us back to the surrogate and the superbad sheikh.
My heroine agreed to be the surrogate to the sheikh and sheikha, but when they’re killed in an accident, the heroine is left holding a baby she never planned to keep. And my hero has to assume a position he never wanted, and find out if the tiny heir to the throne really did survive…
In this story, you’ll also meet the hero of the next book in the series. But I have to wait a bit to write his book now as the continuity book calls! But you get a hint: Tattooed, Russian ex-mercenary.
Okay, now I have to flee back to my writing cave. And I’m bringing all the marshmallow cereal and coffee with me.
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I am eating Lucky Charms as I read this. For realz.
I still don’t know how you can write a post like this–let alone write ALL THE BOOKS!!–and not get a headache. I’m doing three sets of revisions right now and all I can think of is how much I want someone to take me out back and put me down and then tell all my friends I went to live on a great big farm somewhere.
Liz, I ate knock off Lucky Charms while I wrote it. FOR REAL. (maybe it’s the sugar that enables me?)
I think I’m one of those weird people who is genuinely happier when I’m busy. I’m not sure why. I like to have a lot going on or I get bored. And then I get grumpy. UNLESS I have nothing to do after a crazy OMG ALL THE WORK few weeks, and then I can actually enjoy my loafing. So maybe I need these manic times to help give me settled down times?
Yay on the revisions, BTW. 😀
*grabby hands for tattooed Russian ex-mercenary*
And am also sad at in NZ for not having Lucky Charms. 🙁
I feel a huff coming on. Not about all your fabulous books and titles. About the marshmallow cereal. We don’t have that in the UK and I feel positively cheated.
Jackie, patience. 😉
Scarlet, no marshmallow cereal in many parts of the world, it seems! A TRAGEDY!!!
Have you ever had stale marshmallows in the cereal? Kinda ruins the fun.
Wow – congrats on all those books you’ve got going on.
Just having a lovely drool over upcomings. Picked up a real paperback of His Virgin Acquisition to complement my e-Book copy. Love the feel and smell of paper. Second hand so no profit for you Maisey. I didn’t really NEEEEED it. Except in a sort of distorted must own Maisey Yates kind of way.
Can’t wait for this one!!!! I’m excited to see how you put a spin on this story. Too often when shiekh stories’ are written they don’t have a edge/bit to them. Looking forward as usual….