Happy and Sad
My fourth book of this year, Visionary Wolf, has been released this month. I’m happy about that! It’s the ninth in my Alpha Force miniseries for Harlequin Nocturne, about a covert military unit of shapeshifters. Happy about that, too. It’s also my 50th published novel–very happy about that!
But it’s my last Nocturne, since the line is ending. I’m sad about that.
What’ll be my next published novel? The fifth book in my Barkery & Biscuits Mystery Series, For A Good Paws, scheduled for May 2019. I’m very happy about that.
But For A Good Paws will be my last book for Midnight Ink, because that publisher is shutting down. And I’m very sad about that.
That’s a career in writing, I suppose. Good things and bad things occur, as in other professions, and traditionally published writers like me often don’t know what’s going to happen when.
So where am I now, and where am I going? I’m both happy and sad that I’m still figuring that out. I’ve got some good possibilities out there and am hopeful something will come of them, but we’ll see.
Meantime, can you see me? I’m smiling… wryly.
What makes you both happy and sad?
Linda
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Linda O. Johnston enjoys writing, romance, puzzles, and dogs. A former lawyer, Linda is now a full-time writer and has published 57 books—so far.
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Linda O. Johnston enjoys writing, romance, puzzles, and dogs. A former lawyer, Linda is now a full-time writer and has published 57 books—so far.
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What does a writer do between drafts of a story? Well, that depends.
I finished a first draft of my upcoming fourth story in my Shelter of Secrets series for Harlequin Romantic Suspense. It still needs some work, but it’s currently in the hands of my excellent beta reader.
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I’ve had a fun few weeks–including my usual writing. Plus, I heard that the Dog Writers Association of America, of which I’m a member, was looking for humorous articles for their upcoming issue of RUFF DRAFTS, their publication, so I of course had to submit a short article about how my puppy keeps me from concentrating on my writing by insisting that I play fetch with her while I’m sitting at the computer. Humorous?
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I recently got word that my next Alaska Untamed Mystery, CRY WOLF, number two in the series, is now scheduled for publication on November 7. I love the cover! And the series is the first in which I’ve taken a pseudonym: Lark O. Jensen.
It’s not my only remaining book this year. I was already aware that my Coltons of New York book for Harlequin Romantic Suspense is also a November release. CSI COLTON AND THE WITNESS is officially out on November 27.
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