I swear, I’ve been traveling like I’m an IMF Chief on the run.
After both an exhausting and exhilarating week in New York for the RWA conference, I raced back home – Dallas, Vegas, Dallas – fell ill for the next 17 hours by self-poisoning via eye drops (didn’t know that could be done, didja?) before racing off for a long-planned vacation week with extended family. I have three days in Vegas just to make sure my bills are paid and my shorts are clean before returning to Dallas where I can hunker down and finish the editorial rewrite on THE TAKEN, due in … oh, about 10 days.
And despite all that, I’m fairly well rested. I got a lot of the business stuff out of the way in New York, freeing up my mind for creative space, and though vacationing with a fistful of kids is certainly busy, when that’s all you’re focused on it’s also highly entertaining. And now I’m at my desk working as I’d hoped to be working before New York. I couldn’t see forest for trees then, but now it’s clear and I’ve fallen into my rewrite patterns and rhythm. Maybe all those crazy kids who say you should take a couple of weeks off entirely from the work are actually right.
Hunh.
In any case, I’m not the only one hunkered down at the desk doing rewrites. Kim Harrison is doing the exact same thing – incidentally via notes from the exact same editor – and there’s comfort in that for a couple of reasons. 1) I’m not alone, and that knowledge always feels good. 2) I admire the hell out of Kim, so I can do worse that to be doing what she’s doing as well.
She’s also doing something I’m not today, and it’s pretty exciting. BLOOD WORK, her first graphic novel is out today and it is written entirely from Ivy’s POV.
Doesn’t it look amazing? Kim is also doing a blog tour to give away signed first-edition copies of this baby. Go here for a list of all the places she’ll be, and be sure to look for the graphic novel on shelves today. I know it’s been a real labor of love for her, and Kim happens to be a great person to boot, so you’ll be supporting pure awesomeness while getting some good entertainment for your buck.
Okay, off to rework this character’s motivational thread …
