It's the new year! And you know what that
means? That's right, we’re drawing ever closer to my due date. Not my actual
due date. I'm alternatively pretending a baby not going to imminently be
spawned from my body and wishing the date would hurry up so I could stop
feeling like a ship under full sail.
(She’s coming about – tack starboard, avoid, avoid!!) No, I'm referring to my next book -
Tales From the City of Destiny. My ARC is due tomorrow and I'm starting to
watch for the mailman with the same intensity as my dog (see picture – we call
him the dogoyle.) Every new ARC is like a present. Will it be perfect? Will I
wish to re-gift it? What's it going to be??? Ahhhhhh!!
Meanwhile, the crib isn't put together, we
haven't picked a name, and my baby shower turns out to be at the same time as
the Seahawk’s first playoff game. A fact that practically all of my friends
have complained about. (Seriously, friends, seriously? It’s not like we knew
that ahead of time. And honestly,
I like football better than baby showers too, but I swear it’s going to be fun
– there’s going to be booze, and we’re not playing any of the stupid
games. Suck it up people!) But do
I care about these things? Well, yeah, a little bit. But right this minute,
what I really care about is seeing the fruition of all my hard work in
print.
Tales From the City of Destiny is a collection
of short stories that track a character over the course of a decade. It’s
something that has been years in the making and I have to say that I’m very
proud of it. I feel that I have both challenged my writing skills and honed in
on how I really wanted to write. I can’t wait to share it with my fans, friends
and family!
So as the date gets closer, I’ll keep my
fingers crossed that all goes well, that typos vanish and the cover
shines. And as for the other due
date… well, if worse comes to worse the baby can sleep on the dog bed – I’m
sure he’d rather be on the couch anyway. (I'm kidding - I swear!!)
Bethany Maines is the author of
the Carrie Mae Mystery series and Tales from the City of Destiny. You can also view the Carrie Mae youtube
video or catch up with her on Twitter and
Facebook.
I'm excited for you! And what's a baby shower without a muted football game playing in the background?. Looking forward to being able to peak under the covers and admire your creation in person.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm excited to see both my creations soon. Hopefully they don't end up with the same due date. :P
ReplyDelete"Dogoyle." Cute, I love it! Best of luck with your ARC!
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