By way of update on my first novel…
The revisions on Freefall have been accepted! I received an email last week saying I will get my line edits soon. More tweaks, but I know working with Emily is going to make this novel even better than I dreamed it would be. This is getting exciting!
According to the system, I’ve been assigned a cover artist. Cool! Someone is looking at my vision and drawing a cover. Wait a sec… That just hit me. A cover. For my story. An image representing my words. With my name on it. Wow. Wowwowwow! Trust me, anybody reading this will be the first to see it when I receive it. I am not sure when that will be, but you’ll surely hear me shouting when it comes about!
As for the second book, whose working title is Broken Ranks, I’m working on the proposal and tweaking the ending. Every time I think I’m done and ready to sub it, it pulls me back in for one more change. It’s probably the most important book I’ve ever written, and some part of me is a little nervous about getting it exactly right. It started as just another book, but circumstances made it real and a friend has allowed me to dedicate it to her son. Once I decided to do that, everything changed. There is so much more to this one than “just” a story. If you are so inclined, please pray I get this one right!
And this is where we are right now. I have a sort-of idea for another suspense, but I can’t even begin to think about it until Broken Ranks is ready to roll.
Oh, and in the middle of all of this we’re moving. Again. And remodeling. As in painting an entire home interior. Uhm… Okay. God will make the time for me. He has in the past, I know He will now.
In the meantime, anybody really good at wielding a paintbrush?
-JB
Susan says
Congrats on the exciting book news, and prayers for the move & refurb!
Jodie says
Thank you, Susan!
Jen says
Thank you so much for the update! I’ve been wondering what stage of the process you were in and if you were working on anything new. It’s SO exciting to watch God make this happen, and I am super thrilled for you! 🙂
Christina Suzann Nelson says
I can’t wait to see the cover!
Jodie says
I am so excited about this. I am not sure how I’m going to handle it when I do! Think it will finally be real then?