I posted the excerpt of my next book, The Summer of You, last week, and you guys are so amazing, I’ve received such a positive response.  But, I did get asked the question more than once, “April?  I have to wait till freaking April for this to come out?”  Which is a legitimate question – the romance world is one of quick turnover.  Readers are voracious, demanding the next when they close the page on the last.  Why, in the midst of a series, have a year or more between books?   The answer is quite complicated, but the short version is:

I suck.

I am not a terribly fast writer.  I have a day job I love.  I have research to do for the book.  I have, er, laundry to do.  Luckily, my lovely agent and editor know this about me and accept it.  To allow me a writing schedule I can live with, my books have release dates about a year apart.  Do my lovely agent and editor grumble about my molasses-like speed?  Of course they do.  Hell, *I* grumble about my molasses-like speed.  But it’s the only way I know how to write a book.

“Okay,” you might say, “but then why post the excerpt and cover now?  Why tease us so bloody far in advance?”  (You’ll notice in our hypothetical conversation, I’ve made you British.  You’re welcome.)  Again, the answer is complicated, but it all comes down to:

I suck.

I had the info at my fingertips, the listing got posted to Amazon, and Goodreads, and all those other book sites, and I couldn’t not tell you what it was about then, now could I?  So I got approval from the powers that be, and posted the Summer of You info.  If you’re wretched about being teased and not having the book in your hot little hands, I sympathize.  Feel free to blame me for your pain.  I can take it.

This week, haircut.  The summer straggle needs to go!  (And, oh yeah, writing.)

Happy reading everyone!

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