Okay, deep breath. I got home from Yule-decortation shopping with Morgana to find an e-mail from the editor of the novella line, asking me to call her. After info from my two friends who were also finalists, it sounds like I didn’t win (unless there’s more than one winner), but she praised both friends’ writing and wanted to see more from them.

Eep. Eek. Meep.

So here’s the plan. Tonight I write pitches (1-2-sentence long blurbs about novels) in case I have the chance to throw any at the editor. Tomorrow morning I’ll call her, and also Sarah if I have time, to see if I can pitch our co-written novel to the editor. In the hopper I have a synopsis for another novel, and ideas for one or two more.

After the call, I’ll go to B&N and work on a work-for-hire proposal I need to do research for. I also have various antho stories to keep me busy over the next few days (weeks, actually—this was what I was going to do after I finished the novella anyway).

Deep breaths…

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Great, now Phaedra and I have realised that our BattleTech characters are from the same time period, and we’re trying to figure out a way to co-write a story about them. My character is probably going to assassinate her character. This is just too much fun.