Disclaimer: It's 6:30 in the morning and I've been up since 4 am with babies.

It's always a little disturbing as someone with bipolar I when I can't sleep. I blame Josiah for being up at 4, but I was already on the verge of giving up sleep when he started screaming. 5 hours of sleep is a far cry from the worst it has ever been... But it's a slippery slope downward. I'm going to crash pretty hard when the hypo mania passes.
In the meantime, I have been extraordinarily productive with nearly 15k words on my latest project in the last 3 days. 5k a day may not be much to some authors, but add in kids, work, and editing 2 other finished manuscripts and I'm pretty darn proud of myself.
Small Favors started as a romance. I think it still falls under that general umbrella, but its definitely picking up some dark, disturbing twists. Romantic suspense is likely where it will end up. Or this is going to be my Hunter S. Thompson novel that no one is quite sure what genre to put it in. (A terrible place to be from a marketing perspective, but I think every author wants to successfully pull one off.) The story focuses on a settled suburban mom and a dangerous man from her past that she just can't escape her feelings for. The sex (Mom, you probably want to skip this one) isn't overwhelming, but it treads in deep, sometimes uncomfortable, waters. The plot has been pulling the story forward with intensity and I'm absolutely in love with the book.
The frenetic pace will pass, but the manuscript remains. I suspect I'll share an excerpt next week (I'll try and keep the sampler PG-13).
Oh, and Desperation, Part One will be free February 1 and 2, with Part Two releasing on the first.