Tuesday, January 1, 2013

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I know I've been away but I've been plotting.  Not against my neighbor or the bagger at my local grocery who insists on putting the jar of peanut butter on top of my bread No, plotting a new novel.  It's such a great feeling to have a new story bubbling inside!  I'm waiting for edits on SKIES LIKE THESE (coming Spring 2014) and got this really wonderful idea for a historical piece.  So  - that's where I've been.

Oh, and also the Yucatan Peninsula walking around Mayan ruins and dipping my toes in the turquoise ocean.  That was Christmas for our family and it was truly heaven. 

I can't share much on the plotting side - but here are some of my favorite vacation pics...

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Tell Me:  What has been keeping you busy?
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11 comments:

Stephanie McGee said...

That parrot one is so trippy! LOL. Had to stop myself before I craned my head around upside-down too far.

Yay for new story ideas!

Wendy Paine Miller said...

Sneak me in your suitcase next time, okay? ;-)

Writing a ton...still...still...still. And January is birthday month around here...everyone but me.
~ Wendy

Anna Staniszewski said...

Gorgeous pictures! I've been revising. And revising. And revising. That's about it. :-)

Davin Malasarn said...

Happy new year, Tess! Your vacation seems wonderful! I turned off over the holidays to relax, and it was perfect.

Tess said...

Stephanie: that parrot had us all cracking up - it was a real show off. Hope you are well!!

Wendy: I'd happily tuck you in between the hairspray and socks :) Good luck with birthday month...what are the chances of that??

Anna: really? a new piece your revising? I'm intrigued...

Davin: thank you friend. Happy New Year to you as well. This was the first year I turned off over the holidays -- we did the trip but nothing else and it was so relaxing and nice. Perfect, yes - just as you said.

Windy Aphayrath said...

flipping through your pictures on this 13 degree january day in Utah just made me start shivering. Again!

Welcome back!!

DL Hammons said...

Absence excused! :)

Paige said...

I want to go to there.

ilima said...

I was at the beach for Christmas too...in Hawaii. And good luck with the plotting!

Sharon K. Mayhew said...

Looks like you had a lovely holiday!

Happy 2013, Tess!

Corey Schwartz said...

Marketing! I am so busy with book promotion, I fear I may never write again! :)