My goodness! Let me blow the dust off my blog and get to work here. Yes, yes, I know it's been ages since I posted. But, trust me, it's been ages since I went shopping, read a book, went out to dinner or did anything that didn't involve writing, editing or reviewing manuscript changes.
All that for you, my dear readers. Flirting with Forever is looking great and ready to knock your socks off in bookstores on March 30. The cover is totally gorgeous, and I'll be posting it here in a few weeks. In addition, the first draft of Mapping the Past (working title) my October, 2010 release is in to the all-powerful Megan, and I think you'll like that one, too. Both are über-romantic with sexy, strong heroes and sassy heroines.
Flirting with Forever is the story of Peter Lely, a long-dead painter who returns to Earth to settle the hash of Campbell Scott, the author of The Girl with a Coral Earring, whose series of sexy, tell-all biographies is driving the dead art world nuts. Totally fun. If you read The Girl with a Pearl Earring and said to yourself, "Jeez, I wonder what Vermeer would have thought if he'd read this?" you'll find out in Flirting with Forever. It's a sexy romp through Pittsburgh, London and the court of Charles II, but it's also the most romantic story I've ever written.
Mapping the Past (working title) is about the secrets maps hold and what happens people step off the paths they think they're supposed to be following in life. This one's another really romantic one, and I'm happy to tell fans of Drum from Tumbling Through Time that the hero is another sexy sea captain. There's just something about those uniforms, isn't there?
Keeping me company while I wrote this summer and fall has been new addition to our home, India the kitten. That's her at the top there, in a picture my son took. She's about as friendly a cat as I've ever had and spent most of the summer asleep on my chest, spread across my arms or (if I happened to turn my head or leave the table) perched on my nice, warm keyboard, where she twice managed to select all the text in my manuscript and delete it (thank God for Ctrl+Z).
India has a mighty engine in her, and we spent many hours a day typing away on the front porch, greeting the mail delivery lady and the UPS driver, shouting at people who drive the wrong way down our one-street and generally enjoying the sunshine and good weather. Trusty dog, Socks, was at my feet, and the other cats, inured to the pleasures of team writing, hunted vagrant chipmunks and slept in the shade of the garden.
One of the things that kept me extra busy this summer was writing a short story for an anthology that's coming out December 8 called The Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance. Here's the cover. Nice, eh?
I was thrilled to be asked to contribute, and in fact Trisha Telep of the famed Murder One Bookstore in London, who edited the anthology, tells me my submission, "The Key to Happiness" is the lead-off story in the collection. "The Key to Happiness" is very sweet and very romantic. It's about a man who has loved a woman from afar all his life and is invited to her wedding and brings along an unexpected guest--well, sort of. It was great working with Trisha and I heartily recommend you pick up the book. It would make a great holiday gift, especially for yourself : ) Click here to order.
That's it for now. Check back soon. I'll be doing a special sneak preview of Flirting with Forever.
Best,
G
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