Work In Progress Update – Forbidden Waters by Melissa Pearl & Brenda Howson

Forbidden Waters is the second book in the Mica and Lexy Series (Forbidden Territory is the first). The beauty of this series is, you don’t have to read book 1 to be able to read book 2 and so on, we are making each book a complete stand alone story just with the same characters.

Melissa and I are half way through writing our first draft and having such a fun time. For me writing about Mica and Lexy is like hanging out with your bestie. And the trouble those two get into… you’ll just have to read it to find out ☺

In book 2 Mica and Lexy find themselves up a creek without a paddle but have an annoying friend/school mate along for the ride. This new character brings a new element to Mica and Lexy’s friendship as they struggle with aspects of her personality.

Forbidden Waters also lets you see in Eli and Tom’s heads, which is super fun, as a few chapters are written by them.

Release date for Forbidden Waters is yet to be determined, but all going well it will be in the first half of this year.

So - that's what we’re working on. How about you?

If you are an author and you'd be keen to share your WIP with us, please contact us. You can message Melissa or me on our FB pages: http://www.facebook.com/melissapearlauthor or https://www.facebook.com/BrendaHowsonAuthor or leave a comment below.

Writing Goals for 2013

MELISSA'S GOALS
I am SUCH a goals person. I grew up in a family where we were encouraged to always be aiming for something and so at the beginning of each year I always set myself some new goals. It's habitual and I don't think I'll ever be free of it... not that I mind :)

I find goal setting inspiring. I may not reach them all by the end of the year, but at least I'm aiming for something.

Now being the teacher that I am, I always taught my students to write goals that were easy to remember and somewhat achievable. If you want to feel that sense of success, then you need to be realistic.

So, with those two things in mind, here are my goals for 2013....

Write and publish four books... 

Unknown (Elements Trilogy #1 - June)
Unseen (Elements Trilogy #2 - September)
Unleashed (Elements Trilogy #3 - December)

Forbidden Waters (Mica and Lexy Series #2 - release date to be decided)

Launch my new website (currently under construction) - www.melissapearlauthor.com

Read 12 books. I know that doesn't sound like many, but writing takes up most of my free time. I feel like a-book-a-month is attainable for me.

Now I am sure I will set some more minor goals along the way - improving my social media skills, improving my writing skills, learning more about marketing, etc. but as long as I have those three main goals in mind, then I will end 2013 with a big smile on my face.

BRENDA'S GOALS
For the last few years I've made myself a 'bucket list' for the year. It's worked really well and like Melissa I have always had goals for the year (or resolutions as I used to call them).

Write and publish two books...

Forbidden Waters (Mica and Lexy Series #2 - release date to be decided)

Black Rain (stand alone YA fiction, release date to be decided)

Write two short stories and enter them into competitions

Read 10 books 


What are your goals for 2013?