So this Thursday I get a chance to debut myself a bit before my book signing at Lemuria by getting together with Steve Yates, author of The Lakes of Southern Hollow, at his signing at 5 p.m. at Lemuria Books Store in Jackson, MS on July 25. We worked out a deal where I would do a bit of Q&A with him about his book, then he’s going to do a bit of Q&A with me at my Lemuria signing, which is coming up faster at noon on August 24 than I can even think.
I also got another invite to an event that I can’t disclose yet because I am waiting on final confirmation of my materials needed to be registered. So that was nice, especially since a symposium I thought I would be able to be a part of did not work out in my favor, I found out this weekend. No skin off my nose–I’ll probably still go to the event and enjoy myself anyway.
I finally got the first “chapter” done on my second section of my work-in-progress last week. It’s definitely going to need more work, but that’s just the way it works–I have to get SOMEthing down on the page so there’s something to edit later on, right? So now I need to figure out where my next entry point into this part of the manuscript is. I think it may be Merrilyn’s first date with her future husband. We will see.
So things are shaping up very quickly in my writer world. I may have to white-knuckle my way through all the events, but maybe not. Maybe I can be calm. I’d like to be, but a little adrenaline never hurt anybody either.
Julie Liddell Whitehead 