Misty and Cold–not sure what the green stuff is that the farmer planted but it makes it look like spring. It isn’t. It’s cold. 🙂 I think we had snow showers/freezing rain at some point. It didn’t stick, but it didn’t feel like rain. It was too dark to see on one of my jaunts outside with the puppies.

They really have been angels. No chewing on…well, mostly, no chewing on stuff they shouldn’t. I put my wool coat on the coffee table, gloves, hat, so I can easily grab them and run the puppies outside. When they have to go, they have to go. I’ve taken to making them sit on my chair while I get bundled up. That way I don’t have to worry about them. So they had been playing with an empty birdseed sack and they had gotten really quiet. I stopped writing to see what they were up to. They had pulled down my coat and hat. Tanner was happily chewing on my hat. Max was lying on top of my coat, chewing on his chewstick. Ack.

Sooooo, they’re mostly good. And no accidents inside for several days. So we’re doing good.

Just wanted to share for our Nook readers, which I’m one, that Kissing the Highlander is now available for preorders at B&N!

I received first edits on Silver Wolf Christmas. Which means: one seemingly insignificant change can change EVERYTHING. Sooo that always means first edits are a bear. Lots of gnashing of teeth. I read through the comments last night, but I’m not a night person, so trying to tackle it wasn’t going to happen. It doesn’t mean that there are tons of changes, but just one change can affect tons of stuff in a mss. One time, they wanted me to put a kiss sooner in the book. I thought, no problem. But guess what, folks. When the hero and heroine have had that first kiss, it changes everything between them. The dynamics are different. They’re not anticipating it any longer. Been there, done that. AND you have to add new conflict to keep them from going further. Yes, I’m murder on my hero and heroine.

I write romance. What can I say?

Anyway, I always tackle the simple stuff first, but even that can change everything. Sometimes, I say no. That the comments made are wrong. That the way they’re suggesting the change will ruin the whole story. I used to roll over and play dead. Whatever my editors wanted. But when they started suggesting radical changes that would have destroyed the characterization, the black moment, the whole point of the book, I said no. I couldn’t do it.

Some battles aren’t worth fighting. Some changes are worth making. And some, absolutely not.

*sigh* And that means that I’m going to get WAY behind on SEAL Wolf Diving for Trouble. I was 900 words behind yesterday, which considering I was 6,000 words behind is not bad. But I need 3400 words today and with doing revisions on the other book, probably not happening.

Despite not wanting to even look at it this morning, I’ve got my sword in hand and I’m going to face the battle. You have to do it, you know.  It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to. You just have to get into fighting stance and tackle it, one step at a time. And then, it’s just like word count. It happens!

“BIG sigh”

The puppies got me up at 4 am. I’m a morning person, but NOT that much of a morning person. I’ll be glad when they can last through the night and wake at a more reasonable hour. Like 5. 🙂

Have a super great Tuesday!!!

And may you win on all your battle fronts today! Or even better? Not have to face any!