Okay \u2013 that cover still says, The Cowboy\u2019s Designing Bride instead of Designer Bride. The Critics didn\u2019t like Designing. Originally, the novel was called The Cowboy\u2019s Guide to Style and a writer acquaintance let me know today that she prefers that title to either of the others. Sigh. Luckily I have a few more weeks to nail it down. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Whatever the title, I finished the first draft on Friday. This week I\u2019ll edit it and next week send it off to my favorite critique partner to help me whip it into shape.<\/p>\n

Book 2 of the Cowboy\u2019s of Chance Creek series starts off the day Book 1 ends, and follows the story of two of the characters from book one \u2013 Claire Cruz (Ethan Cruz\u2019s sister) and Jamie Lassiter (Ethan\u2019s partner in the ranch). All the other characters in Book 1 are involved in the story, as well. I love that about series \u2013 getting to spend more time with characters you like instead of saying good-bye to them forever at the end of their book.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m actually starting to write the first draft of Book 3, currently titled The Cowboy\u2019s Imported Bride, tomorrow. Rob Matheson stars in that one, along with a character introduced in Book 2. I usually don\u2019t write back to back novels \u2013 that\u2019s 100,000 words in one month! \u2013 but I want my writing blocks to be at the start of the month and my editing\/formatting blocks at the end of the month, so I\u2019m doubling up.<\/p>\n

I love it when I\u2019m on track!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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