Book 1 Blurb

I've heard that if you have a little blurb summarizing what the book is about, it helps when you get writer's block. It also helps to keep the book going in the right direction. Here's a draft summary of what book 1: Scent of Attraction is about.

Charlotte Emery has a problem with her nose. It dictates her life but she doesn't know it. She doesn't want to take a possible romance with her textpal, Max, to the next level for fear that she smell something amiss and taint that relationship.
Max Roberts feels a great connection with Charlotte and wants to take it to the next level but he doesn't want to blur the lines between business and pleasure. When they finally meet in person, sparks fly.
Things go well at the beginning, but then her nose gets in the way. Usually, her nose wins. This time her heart's declaring war.

I also have a temporary cover to keep me in line:

Let the writing continue :)!

Networking 101

For some reason, I can't access a previous blog that I've set up on blogspot. So, I'm starting a new one.

I am taking an online course with RWA University on the RWA website. It's taught by the wonderful Catherine Bybee. I love her books and I am delighted to see that she was teaching the course. I can't wait to learn as much as I can to help boost my online presence. I've already started updating my Facebook profile and added a Facebook page for my pen name.
Next on the list of things to do is to continue writing this first book. Ideas keep floating in my head about Charlotte's other friends and how their story will develop. Even though I have gain some free time since my toddler is now sleeping through the night, I seem to flit from many projects. Since I've been out of work (due to my employer going bankrupt while I was on maternity leave), I started a small home business for making pocket squares. On top of that, I've taken online courses from web design, to Adobe Photoshop, to Microsoft Office software, and then to author tools like the one mentioned before. And my other favourite distraction is the release of many new books from my favourite authors. Adding social media networking is just icing on the cake. However, they do say that the best way to write as an author is to continue writing in any form, and that would include blogging. I even try to dabble in some critiquing through Scribophile.
So far, I have 16K words and I'm on Chapter 4. Due to all the distractions, I keep rereading the earlier chapters to see where I think I'm going with the story. Hoping I can figure out a better schedule and efficient time management strategy so that I can get this book out of my brain by the end of the year!