Chaos.
I must thrive on it - or else I'm crazier than I think!

Bewitched, a repackage/reissue of 2 older stories, was just released. It's generated a lot of emails because it's a 2 in 1, and 1 of the books is part of a continuity. "Married to the Boss" is, I think, book 4 in a 15 book series of related stories - all different authors, open threads that carry over...
Yeah.
Readers are like, "What's up with not telling us this, or that?"

Maybe reissuing that book wasn't such a great idea. LOL. But as I've told the readers, it wasn't my decision. Luckily I can dodge any responsibility on that!
The other story in Bewitched, "In Too Deep" is an old fave of mine, so hopefully that makes up for the few open threads in Maitland Maternity continuity book. (Does that make sense!?)

Right now I have a deadline closing in, too - the book is due early December - and I have a couple hundred more pages to go. I'm having such a great time writing this new sexy series that I don't mind the crunch too much.
I'm working on the 3rd book now, and all 3 will be out in 2011, along with some new anthologies.

May is "WHEN YOU DARE" for Dare MacIntosh
June is "TRACE OF FEVER" for Trace Rivers
July is "SAVOR THE DANGER" for Jackson Savor - and it's Jackson's book I'm currently writing.

Soon as I'm given the go ahead, I'll show you the terrific covers. They are mega yummy! Harlequin did a photo shoot and took extra photos of the guys, so I might have some neat stuff for promo too. And they made me a trailer that is just incredible. I'm in love with it!

But on top of the usual work load, the holidays blooming all around us, and like a dolt, I had this great idea to move my office.
And if I'm moving my office - from upstairs, right outside my bedroom, to the finished lower level where I'll have a LOT more room - then might as well get new carpet and paint for all 3 upstairs bedrooms, and new paint and towels, etc... for both upstairs bathrooms. Right?
Can you picture me rolling my eyes and asking myself why, why, why?

Moving my office is an astronomical task! Yikes. It's loooong past due, but holy cow, I've collected things. Like printers I haven't used in ages but were still connected. Print cartridges that I needed to donate. A gazillion different types of paper. Hidden snacks everywhere. (Shame on me.) Old notes from readers, receipts, gadgets, candles, a massive tangle of cords and cords and cords (and of course, now everything is wireless so none of the cords are being used!) and BOOKS - some I've read and loved and kept, some I haven't gotten to yet!

I hired someone to help figure out the office downstairs, and she won't have it ready until almost Christmas. But the painters have been at work this week, and the computer people visited on Thursday, and the carpet people are coming next Wednesday...

So my office will be traveling for a little while.

I do have much of my Christmas shopping done, but I only have about half of it wrapped. Christmas cards will be prepped over the weekend (I hope!) and then I'll need to do yet more holiday shopping! Shoot, we JUST took down the Halloween decorations, but to spare my lovely mother-in-law, hubby and I are having Thanksgiving this year (she's more than earned the break!) and then we always have Christmas Eve.

And that, surely, is enough chaos for anyone!

So what type of nuttiness do you have going on?
Seems these days, we all live in the fast lane with craziness all around us.

To help clean out my office, I'm going to give away a tote bag from the last "Reader and Author Get Together." It was signed by many of the attending authors and is overflowing with fun promo stuff. I'll add a shirt and a book and any other fun stuff I have on hand.

Sunday night, I'll randomly draw a name to win. If you post, you're eligible, but please remember to check back to see if you won! If the winner doesn't reply to me by Monday afternoon with an address, I'll pick another name.

Oh, and that reminds me, for my Sweetest Day giveaway (Oct 14th blog) I never heard back from one winner.
It was Jodi, saying:
jodi said... My husband is not the romance flowers candy card etc type of guy that so many have.
Jodi, if you see this, please email me your address so I can get your goodies off to you!

My best to everyone!

Lori
aka
L. L. Foster
www.LoriFoster.com