Wednesday, June 08, 2011

...and the livin' is easy



I've been taking it easy the last couple of weeks, enjoying having my daughter home for the summer, painting and refinishing furniture, and gathering boxes of necessities for the apartment she'll be moving into this fall.

But I did manage to submit the proposal for Book Number Eight in the Sebastian series, tentatively entitled Who Bells the Cat. My editor is most enthusiastic, so all I need to do now is, um, write it.

And if you're curious about the rose pictured above, it's my favorite of my four dozen or so old roses, the gloriously fragrant and deliciously named souvenir de la malmaison.

12 comments:

Beth said...

Hanging out with Napoleon now? ;-)

paz said...

Tres Charmant! And a rose name "memories" is so apropos for the garden of a writer.

Also happy to hear that your are enjoying the last days of spring, and that we, your readers, can look forward to more Hero and Sebastian adventures!

Charles Gramlich said...

glad to hear there will be another Sebastian book. I want to get another 2 or 3 built up and have another nice run of the series like I did for 3, 4, and 5.

vp said...

Oh my, I love that title. And the roses...

Anonymous said...

When will book #8 come out? I know I am looking far into the future, but I tend to do that with books I love!

Unknown said...

sounds like a much needed break...love the rose
lx

Steve Malley said...

Sounds delicious...

Barbara Caridad Ferrer said...

Ah, that pesky writing thing...

The roses are beautiful-- I wish I could grow things. I have the world's blackest thumb.

Diane said...

Did the doves leave the nest? How many babies were there? Do tell us the rest of the story.
Diane

cs harris said...

Beth, ha!

paz, it's a shock to remember we're still technically in spring. The weather gods seem to thing it's the dog days of August.

Charles, I'm already pondering #9...

vp, Oh, good; no one else remarked on the title!

Anon, right now they're saying March 2013, with #7 coming March, 2012

Liz, I definitely needed to clear my head.

Steve, I just heard about the latest earthquake. Yikes!

Barbara, things either grow like weeds in New Orleans, or they die. There doesn't seem to be a middle ground.

Diana, there were two babies, and they flew within a week. It always surprises me how fast they grow. I did take some pictures; now I just need to find them.

orannia said...

Ohhh, book eight! And the rose is gorgeous!

cs harris said...

Orannia, thank you. And you might be interested to know that I've lately been working on the idea for book #10...