Deadline December
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Every year, for the last ten, when December rolls around, it means two things to me:1. Time to get ready for Christmas
2. The new book is due to be submitted to my editor next month.
I've been tackling #2 up to now, working on IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT. Just finished a 14 stint during which I left the house only twice as I completed the first draft. (That doesn't mean that I wrote the WHOLE book in 14 days... I WISH I could do that.)
IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT is about a kidnapping. Eliza Blake's seven-year-old daughter, Janie has been abducted from her camp and it's big news. The inspiration for the story comes from the fact that, when I was growing up, my father was a Special Agent with the FBI. He worked on high-profile kidnapping and extortion cases which fascinated and terrified me. As a result, years later, the idea of somebody snatching my children was at the front of my mind as I raised them. Probably abnormally so.
I thought it was finally time to confront my fears.
Anyway, it's all on paper now, or at least most of it is. I can really enjoy Christmas and a short to trip to Florida with Elizabeth and David. When I get back, there will be time to polish the manuscript before sending it in the the publishing house.
IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT will be out next summer.
MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY! I hope this season is filled with good health and happiness for all of us.
posted by Mary Jane
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