Weekend Coffee Share: Finally Finished!

What a week!! I need something more substantial than coffee to celebrate!

Before I take my first sip of Irish coffee, I apologize for not visiting/commenting on many of my favourite blogs this week. I’ve not been slacking, honestly! My collab partner, D.L. Keur, and I have been working through the final draft of The Best Promise before passing the manuscript to the editor.

The Best Promise is the third and final book in The Promise series, which we started in January 2023. *Laughing* I feel mentally and physically exhausted. If I’ve not been reading, writing, rewriting, and looking for potential plotholes, I’ve been busy digging holes in my garden, planting seeds, weeding, building a strawberry planter with Mr. Piglet, and reorganizing my rockery! Between writing and gardening, I need a 30-hour day. Honestly, the word ‘bored‘ is not part of my vocabulary.

Crafting the story and creating/developing the characters with my American co-author over the last fifteen months has been a writing rollercoaster and SO much fun! Two heads are definitely better than one. I now feel sad that we say goodbye to our characters, Sophia (An English city girl) and Aaron (a Western cowboy), with their quirks and quarrels as their relationship develops.

The difference between English and American English often led to hilarious lost-in-translation moments, both in the book and in conversation in general. At times, we have laughed ’til we cried! This collaboration has proved to be tremendous fun, so I’m sad this is the last book in the series! This is not your standard cookie-cutter romance. This is a love story with a difference, and I am heartened that we’ve had so many excellent reviews on Amazon.

I realize some authors use A.I. as their collaborative partner, but working with a real person rather than a robot is much more rewarding.

Now, the hard work begins with the editor.

Another highlight from this week … Phew!! We finally finished the vertical strawberry planter today.

And on the downside, my diet halo slipped. Sunday was Mother’s Day, and we had lunch at our favourite restaurant. Mr. Piglet and I both vowed not to have a dessert. Unfortunately, we could not resist the carrot cake, so we ordered one slice and two spoons. Sigh

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