A bunch of you have dropped me emails lately and asked when the next Bailey Weggins mystery is coming out. I can't tell you how nice it is to know that you enjoy the books and to read about Bailey's next exploits.
Well, there is another Bailey Weggins mystery on the horizon. In fact, I just turned in number six to my new publisher, Harper Collins. But there's a caveat. My contract with Harper Collins also calls for me to write three stand-alone, non-Bailey thrillers — something I'm very excited about because I've always wanted to try a different genre than a traditional mystery. And the plan is for my first thriller to debut before the next Bailey book.
I'm hard at work on the new thriller, so though the next Bailey won't be out this year, it will be out down the road. Hang in there, will you? And if you haven't read Lethally Blond, it's due out in trade paperback on April 29.
I have to admit, it's been a little hard to put Bailey aside for a while. I hear her damn voice in my head!! But it's also been exhilarating to have a fresh challenge and try something brand new.
Even though we know intuitively that it's important not to fall into ruts, our need for comfort often overrides our instinct to shake things up. And yet I always find that when I just nudge myself — off the couch, out of my comfort zone, out of my time zone — it makes all the difference.
Case in point: A couple of years ago when I was on a short business trip to London, I came up with a terrific idea for refreshing Cosmo. From that point on I began to take an annual three-day trip to London to brainstorm with myself about Cosmo, and I've always come back loaded with a fabulous plan. And the ideas flow not just because I'm away from the office but because everything's different there — London doesn't seem at all like New York, people talk and dress differently, the signs are different, you even have to look a different way when you cross the street — or risk getting flattened by a large black taxi. And because of that I feel I end up using some muscle in my mind that's rarely called into action.
It takes a push to go, however. I've got things to do here, bookcases to clean out, books to write, but I know that when I get there I'll be so glad I did it. So yesterday I forced myself to find three days on my calendar and booked my flight.
And that's kind of what I'm doing with the thriller. Using a muscle that hasn't been used before. I hope you'll like it. I'll share some of it as I get farther along.
Well, there is another Bailey Weggins mystery on the horizon. In fact, I just turned in number six to my new publisher, Harper Collins. But there's a caveat. My contract with Harper Collins also calls for me to write three stand-alone, non-Bailey thrillers — something I'm very excited about because I've always wanted to try a different genre than a traditional mystery. And the plan is for my first thriller to debut before the next Bailey book.
I'm hard at work on the new thriller, so though the next Bailey won't be out this year, it will be out down the road. Hang in there, will you? And if you haven't read Lethally Blond, it's due out in trade paperback on April 29.
I have to admit, it's been a little hard to put Bailey aside for a while. I hear her damn voice in my head!! But it's also been exhilarating to have a fresh challenge and try something brand new.
Even though we know intuitively that it's important not to fall into ruts, our need for comfort often overrides our instinct to shake things up. And yet I always find that when I just nudge myself — off the couch, out of my comfort zone, out of my time zone — it makes all the difference.
Case in point: A couple of years ago when I was on a short business trip to London, I came up with a terrific idea for refreshing Cosmo. From that point on I began to take an annual three-day trip to London to brainstorm with myself about Cosmo, and I've always come back loaded with a fabulous plan. And the ideas flow not just because I'm away from the office but because everything's different there — London doesn't seem at all like New York, people talk and dress differently, the signs are different, you even have to look a different way when you cross the street — or risk getting flattened by a large black taxi. And because of that I feel I end up using some muscle in my mind that's rarely called into action.
It takes a push to go, however. I've got things to do here, bookcases to clean out, books to write, but I know that when I get there I'll be so glad I did it. So yesterday I forced myself to find three days on my calendar and booked my flight.
And that's kind of what I'm doing with the thriller. Using a muscle that hasn't been used before. I hope you'll like it. I'll share some of it as I get farther along.
