This photo is of nightshade, which plays a prominent role in the serial I just finished ghostwriting. It grows wild all over our land.

I finished my serial historical romance novella yesterday, and sent it to my client. She’s already asked me for another one, kind of a follow-up to this one. Since I don’t want it to be too close to the same thing, I want to research a different area – maybe Tucson or Phoenix or Tombstone. The last one was fun to do, so I want to be sure I do as well on the new one. But I don’t want them to be too close to the same, either. Decisions, decisions.

Again, I’m having trouble with the word wrap feature. (I forgot to have my favorite son-in-law show me how to do it because I can’t seem to understand what I’m reading online.) Someday, I will get this blogging down to an art, but today won’t be the day.

I found a site with a lot of good quotes on writing from famous authors. I’ll probably post one with each of my blogs starting today. The following is by George Orwell, and I’ve seen a lot of writers who don’t follow it. “Never use a long word when a short one will do.”

Double Rainbow in the Sky
Sierra Vista, AZ

I wish I could  remember how to do a text wrap around the picture. This one is a double rainbow taken from our back porch. It wasn’t intentional, but I kind of liked the way the brighter rainbow framed our tree. Sometimes luck turns out better than planning for me.

Actually, I finished two more ghostwriting assignments, since I didn’t post last week. I was just too busy working.

I am really excited about this project because it’s coming along so well. This is a story idea (set in the Old West time period)  I had years ago and could never get to come together. With the help of my client, I figured out what was wrong with it, and I was off to the races with it. Amazing how a fresh eye will bring things into focus. I truly love ghostwriting, even though it doesn’t pay a lot. This is something that makes me happy.

With the final installment due next Monday, I’m looking forward to working on another one of my own books to put online soon. I haven’t decided which book it will be yet, but I’m leaning toward another romantic intrigue. Doing my own writing projects makes me happy, too, of course.

Saguaro Cacti Outside of Tucson

The ghostwriting job I have that’s set in Arizona is going quite well. I’ve gotten 8,000+ words done, and I’m already starting on the next installment of 4,000 words.

Although I had this story idea many years ago, I could never get it started. With the help of my client, it’s going so well I’m having trouble believing it myself. The few tweaks that she made gave me better ideas, and I’m now able to know where my characters are heading in this ghostwriting project. I’m so grateful that this book is finally getting written!

Do I get paid a lot for ghostwriting? Not for this project – only a penny a word. Would I like to earn more? Sure, wouldn’t anybody? But I so enjoy it that I really don’t care too much.

I can’t wait until I finish this ghostwriting project a month from now and can (hopefully) get permission to advertise it on this site. Since it won’t be under my name as author, though, I’ll have to add a section for other authors. Or possibly I’ll have a link to it another way.

Outside of Tucson, AZ

This is the type of landscape one could imagine in the western serial novella that I’m ghostwriting.

It’s so exciting to be working on something that I truly love. The “Wild West” is where I live, and Tucson was one of the wildest places here. To be able to immerse myself in a piece of romantic fiction that I’m able to use my knowledge that I’ve learned through the Bisbee Corral of the Westerners, of which I’m secretary, is a real joy to me.

I love writing, but while my own books sit on Amazon.com at the moment, I can work on a ghostwriting project to kind of support my obsession. I’ve been researching things such as the Chiricahua Apache and Cochise, stagecoaches, the Santa Fe Trail, Conestoga wagons, and steamboats. Since my second love is research, I’m in writer’s heaven right now.

With the first installment of a five-installment ghostwriting project finished and ready to go out tomorrow morning.

Outside of Tucson, AZ

I just contracted to do an historical romance ghostwriting job and won’t be working on my own book for a while. I really enjoy ghostwriting, and I am anticipating that this one is a first in a series.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to give details on this ghostwriting project someday, but right now, my lips are sealed. The story is started and the synopsis fleshed out, so it shouldn’t take me too long to get moving on the project.

I’m very excited.