There was an early Christmas present in my inbox on Wednesday.  Freya’s Bower has chosen my short story, The Dream, for their upcoming faerie anthology, In the Gloaming.  Yay!  I’m tickled pink, to say the least. 

I really wasn’t expecting to hear anything on that until after the first of the year.  I signed and mailed the contract.  I suppose it’s not absolutely official until I get the signed copy back, but that shouldn’t be too long.  I’m looking forward to working with Freya’s Bower.  I hear really good things about them.  If you’ve never heard of them, you should stop by their web site.  One of my MySpace friends has a book there called Conspiracy of Angels.  I haven’t had the chance to read it yet, but the reviews have been great and the cover is just gorgeous. 

I’m told the cover for the anthology has been chosen, but will not be revealed until edits are under way.  I just hope it’s half as pretty as Zinnia’s cover.    Click on the pics for links to learn more about the publisher and Zinnia’s book.

Anyway, my short story is about an American woman on vacation in Scotland.  She gets lost in an enchanted forest and falls asleep.  In her dream, she meets up with a troll and ends up in faerie land with her dream lover.  It’s all just a dream.  Or is it?

That one was really fun to write and I can’t wait to see what other stories will be included in the anthology.  I’ll post again when I have more info, most likely mid January or so.

I’m on vacation for the next 12 days!  WooHoo!  I’m hoping my next post will be about how much I’ve accomplished on the western.  It’s so close to being finished.  I’m just itching to get it done.

Nita

I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season.  I love this time of year.

I really wish I had some news to report.  Still no release date.  I expect that shortly, but no word yet. 

I haven’t heard back on whether my short story will be included in the faerie anthology, but I don’t expect to hear on that until early to mid January. 

I haven’t heard from either of the two publishers/editors that are considering A Real Husband.  But there again, I’ll be surprised if I hear anything before late January.  It may even be February or March for those two.

So…  I don’t have much to blog about, but it’s been a while since I posted.  I didn’t want anyone to think I’d gone missing or anything. 

I’ve been working on the western some.  I’m at about 52 or 53,000 words now.  I figure I have somewhere between 8 or 12,000 left before it’s finished. I’m getting close! 

I have one more week left to work then I’m off for a week and a half.  I’ll have to finish up all my Christmas shopping and wrapping and such.  Oh, and then there’s the Christmas cookies, fudge, and Chex mix.  But other than that, I’m hoping to have some extra time to write.  Maybe I can even get the western finished.  I would so love to wind up this year with those two sweet little words “The End” on another manuscript.

Nita