Welp… it’s done. On February 11th I subbed a manuscript, and on the 12th I started a holiday novella. I finished it last night, just shy of 35K, and now I have one measly week to polish it to the best of my abilities before subbing it as well. 23 days isn’t the fastest I’ve ever produced a work. HOW THE GLITCH SAVED CHRISTMAS was done in 18 days, and I’ve written an 80K book (a YA fantasy/romance I haven’t subbed anywhere) in 41 days. But I do love it when these works just gush out. It’s like they’re stories that are DEMANDING to be told.
Here’s the premise for my latest project, A CRAVING
FOR COOKIES:
Bitterthorn, Texas might not be big enough for local
baker Lucy Crabtree, now that her ex-husband is back in town just in time for
Christmas. From their senior year in
high school, she and Sullivan Jax had been virtually inseparable, dreaming of
happily-ever-after. Little did Lucy know that when Sully entered the Army
Rangers to serve and protect his country, that event would kick off the beginning of the
end.
In hindsight, Sully supposed the second tour of duty
he’d volunteered for hadn’t been the best idea he’d ever had. An IED—or improvised explosive device—scrambled
his brains and left him finishing up his military tour in various hospitals
stateside. But all things considered, he
had it luckier than most. He was still
in one piece and had either relearned or recalled the majority of what his old
life had been. There were only two
nagging issues hanging fire—the complete loss of memory when it came to a blue-eyed, smart-mouthed woman
everyone said had once been his wife, and an insatiable craving for cookies.
Sully had wanted to do right by Lucy, and insisted
on setting her free. But now that the
divorce is final and he’s back in a town so small they have no hope of avoiding
each other, his craving for cookies is taking a backseat to his craving for
Lucy. But will the pain of being
forgotten and a past he can’t remember keep them apart? It might take some Christmas magic—and a
special cookie—to bring about the happily-ever-after they’d dreamed about so
long ago.
I have no idea if this book will ever get published,
but I’m glad I spent 23 days of my life getting to know Lucy and Sully. I cried myself into a headache several times
during this project, so I’m thinking that might be a good sign. We’ll see.
:)
