Well, I got one of my to-do things accomplished this week. I finally finished revising the Spy book and sent that off to my agent. Huzzah! Now, I can focus on writing Quiver, my young-adult fantasy.

Not sure if I’ve mentioned it or not, but the Spy book focuses on Abby Tomb, a bookstore owner and paramortal (someone with a special talent/gift/power). In Abby’s case, she happens to be immune to magic. When Abby witnesses a shooting, she’s recruited by PACT — the Paramortal Counter Terrorism Agency — to go undercover as a spy. But there’s more to the mission than meets the eye — especially Alex Raikkonen, the sexy mercenary who seems to be interested in keeping Abby very, very close …

The book, appropriately enough, is called Live & Let Spy. Because you guys know how much I love all things James Bond. 😎

It’s an urban fantasy, but not quite as gritty as the Assassin series (I don’t think I could write grittier than those books). Spy is a little lighter, a little more fun. Think Alias with magic. If my agent likes it, it would be the start of a series.

But honestly, I’m not holding my breath about the book selling. Editors aren’t buying much right now, given the crappy economy, although urban fantasy seems to be selling better than most things. So do young-adult novels. Who knows? I may have more luck selling Quiver, if I can ever finish writing the darn thing …

We shall see what happens …

So I have some tentative events coming up I thought I’d share:

April 13: 7 p.m., Bristol Public Library, Bristol, Va. I’ll be at the library to kick off National Library Week (I believe the library is hosting authors every night that week). I’ll be doing a Q&A about writing and signing books. The program should run 60-90 minutes. More details coming soon.

July 15-18: I’ll be appearing at RWA Nationals this year. I should be at the literacy signing and the Berkley authors signing. And I’ll be wandering around attending the various workshops and panels. I’m excited that it’s in Washington, D.C. this year. It’s one of the cities I’ve always wanted to visit. Can you say national monuments? 😎

These events are a little more nebulous right now:

May?: A couple of women in my critique group are trying to put together a group book signing. Some authors who might appear are yours truly, Lora Leigh, and Shirley Damsgaard. If it pans out, I’ll let you know.

June 5-7: I’m thinking about going to Lori Foster’s reader/author get-together near Cincinatti. Has anyone been to this? It looks like a good time …

That’s it for now. When I get more details, I’ll post them.

So I’m taking some time off from the day job this week. Usually, when I’m off, it just never seems like I get the things done that I want/plan to. But this — this week! — will be different. This week, I am going to do book stuff. I am going to get things accomplished!

Mainly, I want to finish revising the Spy book so I can send that to my agent to read. That’s goal number one. I also need to update the Web site, write some more on Quiver, and clean off my desk. In between laundry, chores, and all that other fun stuff. And I’d like to sit down and actually read a couple of books out my TBR pile this week. And I still have my old Wonder Woman DVDs to watch …

Just writing this is wearing me out. Maybe I’ll just take naps instead … 😉