I’m done with my contemporary romance, Rhyme & Reason. Oh, what’s with the Spanish word, acabé, you might be asking? It means “I finished!” Darn thing gave me fits at the end, but I think I got it down satisfactorily. the first ending I wrote made me cry–cuz it was bad, not a tear-jerker. 😀 But then I rewrote it. And rewrote it. Till finally–the ending felt right. I really love this story, and already it is affecting families. I’ve sent it off to Camy Tang for her to wield her wasabi genius at it. Here’s praying I recognize my manuscript when it comes back.

It’s a new year. Already my family is faced with HUGE uncertainties…my hubby is without a job. I’m not working in a fashion that brings in income…YET. When God told me this would be a year of transition, I should’ve been warned. But I’m okay. Really. I have a strong awareness of His activity in my life, and I’m confident that God is busy preparing, arranging, and maneuvering me for what’s to come. I really look forward to this coming year. Neen told me it would be a painful year. I had a very painful time last yaer. I’m hoping this year is more about beauty of His promises.

So, now that my contemporary is written, I plan to get back into research for my next spy novel. For Christmas, my in-laws bought me this WAY KEWL book called The Spycraft Manual. It’s amazing. I can’t wait to read–no, STUDY–the rest of it. There’s a ton of information in here and history on the craft of spying. Also, while all those startling revelations over the Russian spy who was poisoned came out in the news, I printed out every article I could find on his story, the story of the former spy-turned reporter who was assassinated, and many other fascinating articles in relation to Litvinenko. Why did I do this? Well, because my heroine is a former Russian spy. It makes sense, right, to know what’s happening currently to make the story that much more relevant.

I think, for a while, I’m going to concentrate on spy stuff. I hope this will peak your interest, not only in the world around you, but in my books! *GRINS!*