Taylor Swift and the Raccoon

Here is part of a text conversation with my brother:

Brother: Raccoon ate a chicken. Trapped it the next day.

Me: Did the kids freak?

Brother: No, they took it in stride. It wasn't their favorite that likes to be held, Taylor Swift. They were a little more upset that I killed the raccoon until I explained he was coming back to get Taylor Swift.

My favorite review so far

Call of the Vampire has received quite a few reviews at this point ~ mostly good, some medium and some bad. But, my favorite review so far has got to be this:

"I haven't read this book." One star.

I'm not sure why but this really amuses me. Must be getting strange as I age.

Now, back to writing so I can pen another book for the reviewer not to read. ;)

Delays and Excuses

How did it get to be the first of June? I am so not ready for June. So many things happening and I have to get Heart of the Vampire out. I think I have to just realize that my self-imposed July 1st deadline for book two of the Vanderlind Castle series just isn't going to happen.

"Why not?" you might ask.

Well, three reasons:

1) I had that plot hiccup that got me off track for a bit. Had to do a rewrite and that sucked up time.

2) Tiny Size dropped her second nap of the day so that really gouged into my writing time.

3) Heart of the Vampire's plot is more complex than I realized. It's going to end up being about 20K more words than Call of the Vampire. So, you get more story, but you have to wait for it. Sorry about that.

(For those still interested, Fate of the Vampire, the last book in the trilogy, is going to be even longer than the first two. I will pack in the action and try to tie up all loose ends to everyone's satisfaction.)

"So Gayla," you might be thinking, "what are you trying to tell us? Give it to us straight. What's the big picture?"

The big picture is that I will probably be late on my launch of Call of the Vampire. I'm thinking mid-July instead of the first of July. I'm sorry about this, but in exchange you're getting a longer story, so I hope that's helpful.

xo~ Gayla