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It's great to be home.

The husband and I flew to Washington, DC for a long weekend and we had a wonderful trip. My niece and her family spent most of that time with us, and we’d gone entirely too long without seeing each other. On Sunday night, we had the awesome opportunity to attend an Iron Maiden concert and one of my favorite bands, Within Temptation, opened for them. While we had a fantastic time on our trip, sleep was not high on our priority list, so it’s going to take me a few days to get caught up.

Beauty and Valor was released about twelve hours or so before I boarded my plane, and I really hope everyone enjoyed Preston and Ridgely’s story. Preston is an old character, and many details about where he came from and what race he belonged to changed, but the core of who he was never differed.

He went through a few mates before I found the right one, and Ridgely was the perfect fit. Halfway through Gargoyle Birthright, that pair was distracting me, and there was no question that their book was ready to be written. It was a book that offered me few frustrations and I couldn’t wait to read it once it was complete.

Preston and Ridgely weren’t the only couple that were trying to steal the spotlight from Jordan and Hunter in Gargoyle Birthright. Another pair were making themselves known, and as I neared the completion of Beauty and Valor, the details of the next story emerged in crisp detail. For many years, I knew everything about one character, but his mate was often a shrouded mystery. I was ecstatic that he was finally telling me everything about himself.

Tomorrow in my readers’ group I’ll give the first picture hint for D’Vaire #33 (which is the final release for 2022), but I can give you a few hints now. One of the guys is well known to you, belongs to an important D’Vaire family, and is undead. The other has been mentioned in the books but has never had an actual appearance.

So, what am I working on? Well, the day before I left for DC, I finished the 39th D’Vaire book. The story swelled to over one hundred thousand words, and it was a story that surprised right up until the last few chapters. It was also incredibly emotional, and the two characters were difficult to let go of at the end.

According to my schedule, I’m supposed to be starting a new novel in a few days. That's unlikely to happen because I have no new couples jumping up to take the spotlight. The timing is unfortunate. My plan was to write this book and, apart from writing a short story, take the rest of the year off. Instead, it looks like I’ll be pulling together the short story and hoping some lovely couple springs into my head.

I’m trying not to get too frustrated, but I need all these guys waiting for stories to get their acts together. I’d like to start next year with a clean slate, and a few weeks without writing will enable me to recharge my batteries. The most irritating thing is that I’ve had a couple of guys that I’d really love to write about dangle a few carrots of information or hints about their books, then scurry off into the darkness. Here’s hoping my muses cooperate soon!

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