Shelli Stevens

I’ve decied to post early today, so tonight I’ll just write, write and write some more. And of course chat with a few folk if I get a hankering.

So that schedule thing I was talking about yesterday? Heck yeah, it went pretty well. I woke up, did the Emma routine, checked email and ate breakfast. And then… TA DA…. I WORKED OUT!!! And it felt so good. I always forget how a great workout can affect your mentality as well as health. I ate a sh*t lunch, but will do better at dinner. Breakfast I’m usually always good. Oatmeal and toast w/butter spray. Or cereal and fake Egg Mcmuffin. You should try it. English muffin, egg beaters, and fat free cheese!

So then, I decided that I really wanted to sub my book Grounds for Arousal (GFA) somewhere. I mean, it’s at Ellora’s Cave (EC), but it’s been there since December. I love Cobblestone, but I want to ‘spread the love’ so to speak. Have publishing credentials at more than one house. And I gave CP my baby, The Pirate’s Booty. The book that almost got me an agent. So I had GFA ready to sub to Liquid Silver Books. I had an email open, written, getting ready to attach it.. and I hesitated. I thought, maybe I should clean it up one more time before I send it. Because they have a fast turn around.

So I decided to think it over, went and exercised, and when I came back I had two emails. Both from EC. They said that both my books (i’d also sent Pirate’s Booty) had potential and we’re being looked at by editors. I wrote them back and said Pirate’s Booty had been sold–which I actually emailed them last week to tell them this–but said GFA was still available. So how’s that for fate? Or maybe it was just a delayed follow up. So I won’t send it out. I’ll keep that one as a ‘to be considered by EC’ book. And the six month additional wait they quoted me *gasp* I can just use to clean up the rest of the book. It’s not bad the way it is, I just learned so much about Deep POV since then. I’ve already done an ‘ly’ search. LOL. And truth be told, GFA is kind of my baby too. I put a lot into that girl.

Okay, now my schedule’s a little off since Emma didn’t take a nap. Grrr. But she’ll be going to be early, so that means in the next 2-3 hours I’ll be online for the night! Woo Whoo!