Novella and a Mini-Meme.

[misslj_author]

Some wonderful news - my novella, Life And Nothing But, has been accepted for publication by Noble Romance Publishers. It has a release date of April 25th, 2011 and I'm very excited. I rather suspect as the date gets closer and the cover art is done that there will be more posts about it. And, no doubt, about other projects that I have on the go as well. My brain is full of ideas but alas, between pain and weather, the body is not so willing. There really needs to be a way to plug my brain directly into my laptop so I can think my ideas into a Word document. That would be awesome.

For something a little different now, a mini-meme:

Name: L.J., although my friends call me Star.
Favorite genre to write: Historical m/m (predominantly medieval and Byzantine eras), paranormal m/m.
Favorite genre to read: Fantasy (witches, wizards, magic, dragons, etc.), history text books and biographies... actually, if the blurb sounds interesting, chances are I'll read it.
General location: Adelaide, South Australia.
One Professional goal: To finish my very long novel without pulling out all of my hair. To finish the co-written novel (Chiaroscuro.) and get it out this year.
One Personal goal: To visit New Zealand this year.
One interesting fact about you: I used to manage a local punk rock band. They never really made any money, but it was a lot of fun. What's another one that isn't so well known... hrm. Oh. My next mobile phone will most likely be a smartphone (Nokia), as my current Nokia's buttons are too small for me to use easily with one very bad, almost non-working hand. It makes me sad, as it's a very pretty phone.
And anything else you want to add: I lurk on mailing lists, therefore I am? :)

Tell me about yourselves, dear flist. I'm curious and interested in what you all read/write/aspire to do/like to do/interesting things.

Comments

[angharad-gam.livejournal.com]

That's great news! But so with you on the plug brain into laptop thing. Or at least, plug notebook into laptop. I tend to write manuscript and then struggle to find the time/motivation to type things up.

Name: Angharad
Favorite genre to write: Fantasy; also poetry both mundane and fantastical
Favorite genre to read: Fantasy, sci-fi, literary fiction, non-fiction on maths, science, politics (anything really - I am one of those annoying people who will read your book over your shoulder on the bus)
General location: Adelaide, South Australia.
One Professional goal: Finishing a book, publication
One Personal goal: Finish book (obsessed much?)
One interesting fact about you: Hmm, where to start...I work fulltime while my husband is a stay at home parent; I once cooked for 150 people (not all by myself thankfully!); I have double-jointed fingers and toes
And anything else you want to add: Hi Star!

[misslj-author.livejournal.com]

If I could plug my brain into the laptop, it would make things SO much easier!

I didn't know you had double-jointed fingers and toes! That's a neat party trick. :)

[angharad-gam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but most people go 'ewww' when I bend my fingers backwards.

[misslj-author.livejournal.com]

I used to be able to bend all my fingers back to touch the back of my hand when I was playing the piano, but I think I've probably lost the ability to do that now.