This last couple of weeks has very much been 'blink and you'll miss it'. There I was, toddling along... The writing was going, if not quickly, at least consistently. Edits were rolling in slowly. It was manageable.

Then it went seriously nuts :S

Mr Carter got a spot on his bum which turned out to be an abscess, and the silly sod ignored it. So we ended up in hospital over the weekend, getting his 'spot' sorted it. I'll not lie, I have never seen him so ill and it scared the living daylights out of me. Especially since we'd had a blazing row the night before (I am told his bad mood was due to blood posioning but... I suspect he could be using that as a excuse for being a tit) and then they were telling me he could be in surgery and as he has a heart condition and situation he has to go under general anesthetic is dangerous.

But... I had a lovely (if late, it was 2-3am for me) chat last night over at Romance Junkies which was fun, I managed to lie in this morning and the sun is shining :)

I got some wonderful news this week as well, which I haven't been able to share because of the general madness. Changeling Press have offered a contract for Sunlight & Slavery, which is the second in the series after Moonlight & Magic. It's about the Gargoyle head bouncer Knuckles and a waif he rescues from an attack by her ex-boyfreinds thug bodyguard. (You can read an unedited excerpt here - http://mina-carter.com/smf/index.php?topic=13.0 - if you fancy ;) and they also asked about one of the secondary characters in the story, Tiny, and whether his story would be next *BG* It's already partially plotted.

I also got a wonderful review for Grace through Noble Romance from Coffeetime Romance...

“I fell in love with Tuesday’s Child: Grace. Mina Carter tells a phenomenal tale that allows this reader to share in the couple’s passion, their hopes and dreams. This refreshing and delightful read captured this reader’s heart.“ Cherokee, Reviewer for Coffee Time Romance & More

It was a really really nice review and I was so pleased about this one. I'm pleased over all my reviews (approval seeking little thing that I am) but this one in particular struck a chord because I liked Grace and Jaron's story so much.

So what am I up to now? Apart from talking to myself as I sit at the pc, I've just wrestled with publisher and put together a new newsletter which you can find at http://mina-carter.com/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=18 and the rest of this week I'll be working on mainly promotions (my bugbear with writing, I'm really not good at this promotion stuffs) and adding an extra requested scene into Sunlight before sending off to my editor.

:D and polishing off the remains of the easter eggs brat didn't want (not much but hey, you gotta take what you can get with chocolate in this house!)