Where I am Now

I have always written. For a long time it was just poetry. I don't have that poetry any more because I was in a rush to leave to evacuate for Katrina. I had evacuated for hurricanes several times before and nothing much happened. Obviously, that time, something pretty big happened and my house swallowed 5 feet of water as well as my hard drive. So, I'm missing about 10 years of my writing and the first year and a half of my son's baby pictures. Still pisses me off.  I digress.
Writing must be in my blood and my pores and I'm not sure how it got there because no one else in my family has the bug. But I constantly feel called to do so. Problem is, as with most wannabe writers like me, we start and don't finish. But dammit, I'm finishing this time! Currently, I'm working on a YA paranormal romance type thing or urban fantasy or whatever you want to call it.  I can't stop reading it and characters and scenes keep popping into my brain so I just have to write it! I have about 20,000 words.  I started in March and laid it all out. April was a busy month. The end of May and June are looking better. I hope to bang it out and have it done this summer.
I will definitely e-publish. Not even going to bother with a regular publisher. I'm just going to put it out there and see what happens. I've done tons of research and think I know how to go about this. I'm learning so much from other non-traditional published authors such as Amanda Hocking and H.P. Mallory among others.
I have a book with a publisher right now. It's a non-fiction children's book and I queried a small local publisher. I sent off the query in October 2010. They asked for the manuscript in November.  The last week of December the editor said I would know something by March. When I didn't hear anything by the first week in April, I took a chance on bugging the editor.  She was very nice and said that the "board" did not meet as planned in March but they will meet in June 2011.  I don't know how to feel about that.  Some days I think, "Of course they'll publish that book!" and other days I think, "Oh, that is such crap.  Who am I kidding?"  Anyway, it's out of my hands and we'll see what happens.  I will definitely post a blog as soon as I know something!
In the meantime, I will write my paranormal romance and blog.  That's where I am.
Thanks for reading.