What's happening?

Continuing the theme of mid-book blahs, I looked over the outline this morning to get a feel for what I had written over the weekend and what I should work on next.

Turns out that I do need the scene with the viewpoint character I've been avoiding, but I found a perfect spot to tuck it in.

In the pre-caffeine stage I thought Bah! This book is too slow, nothing has happened, and the readers will have all wandered off to find a better way to fill their time.

Then I looked at the outline. Let's see, there's been a hurricane, attempted assassination, shipwreck, kidnapping, two murders and a cold-blooded execution. Not to mention main characters are fleeing for their lives, and the second set of viewpoint characters were last seen in a basement plotting the overthrow of the Empress.

Hmm, guess it isn't boring after all. :-)

Happy Dance

Heard from editor this morning. Devlin's Honor and Devlin's Justice just went back to press (again!) I'd been hoping they would since the last royalty statement confirmed they are actively selling, and I still regularly find them on the shelves at bookstores.

Quite a change from my Regency days when the books were pulled from the shelves mere weeks after release to make room for the next crop.