Another hot day in Chicago means Kerrie will be sitting in an air conditioned house, typing away on her next manuscript (after doing the usual housework and grocery shopping).

I've recently acquired a free Kindle and have been down loading books like crazy and am wondering when I'll find the time to actually read them! So, now I have two e-readers with tons of books and no time. Such is life.

Friday nights are usually my nights to stay up until four Saturday morning writing because it's quiet and no distractions, but after working an 8 hour day and then doing yard work when I came home proved to be too much and I was tucked into bed at midnight.

It totally bummed me out! So, tonight I'll be burning the midnight oil and then some to catch up.  I hate when I'm at work and just want to write but the work thing gets in the way! So, I have to whip out my handy little steno pad and jot my thoughts down and save them for later.

On that note, I'd better get going and get my responsibilities done so I can do what I actually like doing....writing!

Okay, so I finished up with my latest book and now I'll begin my hunt for an agent. I don't understand why I can write a 500-600 page book and have an uber hard time writing a synopsis!  (shakes my head) It doesn't make sense!

"Merchants of Evil" is a suspenseful romance story with a hint of paranormal because I've thrown in Sir Eoghan, a medieval ghost.

And as I move along with my writing I'll be pulling characters from previous stories into the new ones.  Dr. Michael James makes a brief appearance in 'Merchants'. Kind of cheeky and sometimes it's hard to let go of certain characters!

Anyway, I'm very excited about it! It starts off in Chicago but then ends up in Ireland.  I had so much fun with the characters Camryn and Declan that I've decided to bring them back, momentarily, into the next manuscript I'm working on called Stormy Waters.

'Stormy' is still in the infant stage but Chase Storm is a very complex character and quite the smart ass, so he's fun to write.  Sometimes I'll be in the middle of housework and I'll just start chuckling to myself because I've come up with something cocky for Chase to say. The family thinks I'm losing it when they hear me laughing by myself.

Such is the life of a writer!

Off to do yard work and possibly to chuckle by myself!