Well Hello, Dollface!

Greetings and salutations, oh brave, pioneering blog readers who are the first to see this! I have been terribly lax in my social media responsibilities, but if it's any consolation, I finally, officially launched my author website: rumerhaven.com. A wee bit of my short fiction can also be found at ckwagner.com if you'd like a taste of my style, though CK is far less saucy and accomplished than me. ;)

I think I've been shy about writing anything here because I technically don't have a physical or even electronic product to promote, but I will...oh yes, I will. Come spring 2014, if all goes to plan, my debut novel, Seven for a Secret, will launch. And with any luck, that day the planets will also be in alignment and no one will step on any cracks in the sidewalk to break this mama's back. I am huuugely excited and terrified in equal parts at this point. But that combination should be good. I keep reminding myself that it IS good so that I can get through all the anticipation and preliminary work I already have cut out for me. My manuscript hasn't gone into editing yet, so I have nothing to report on that front, but in the meantime I hope to share some insights into how the novel was inspired, written, and queried--whether you're just curious or pursuing the path to publication yourself! I empathize either way.

In the meantime, while there's still so much pending (book cover, trailer, reviews, events, etc.), I've provided some stuff to peruse on my website, including real-life inspirations for locations and other details in Seven for a Secret. I will surely expand on some of those in this blog, and I'm interested in hearing what reading or writing projects you have going on as well. So you see? There's so much to look forward to here. You're a star for patiently standing by for my end of it...