Flash 52 Week 6: A couple sits at a table in a fancy restaurant, one dressed nicely, the other in torn jeans and a stained shirt. They seem to be together, but not, and they're arguing quietly about something...

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Welcome back Monday, eh? I had a decent week last week, and very productive, and Saturday wasn’t bad either, but I kind of got sidetracked Saturday night and my productivity just fell off the edge of the world. It happens. Sunday was spent trying to catch up, which is why I’m writing this post at midnight and still have my nails left to do before bed (and laundry to get out of the dryer). Someday I’m going to figure out how to trick myself into doing work laundry before Sunday night...

In any case, my alter ego’s new novelette, The Paramedic, is out now, so that’s good. I’ll be publishing two collections under that name as well in the next couple of weeks. And the new story has got me entranced – I’m playing with story arcs, so it will be a good learning experience and character study.

As for my Flash 52 book, I’ve finally settled on the formatting and have the adobe file ready, I just need to get the other formats done, and I’ll be publishing it in print workbook form as well. I’d really hoped to get the digital files done this weekend, but that just didn’t happen. But I should be able to finish them tomorrow night.

I’ve decided to wait until next weekend to release Heart Knocks – that gives me a little more time, and it seems appropriate to release a collection of love stories just before Valentine’s Day.

I’ll be sending out newsletters later this week – mine, the BSB letter, and one for Trinity’s list to announce the new releases.

Other than that, this week is all about tension in my writing world:

• Will Betsy & Derek survive in this week’s chapter of The Minister’s Maid?

• Is Kate still alive, and if so, can Jake get to her without getting killed in my alter-ego’s chapter of Animal?

• What is a brazen redhead doing coming on to a dangerously sexy bartender after just breaking off her engagement in my other alter-ego’s new story, Irish Cream?

• And just how bad is Holly’s captor, and will she finally figure out how to escape in this week’s chapter of Falling in Public?

Oh yeah, and what the heck is up with that couple in this week’s flash prompt? What are they fighting about, and how’s it all going to work out? Guess we'll find out Sunday, eh? Well, I'll find out Friday night...

Questions. The world of a writer is built on questions.

Now, I need to go do my nails. A lovely matte cement color this week. If we’re all lucky, I might even remember to post a photo on my nail blog Tuesday.

Wishing you a week of questions, and the answers to match...

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