Today is the last day of 2009. What a year! Although I should lament about the state of the econ­o­my, or the fact that I’m not get­ting any younger, I have to say that I’ll always remem­ber 2009 as being a great year for me.

My first book Wyoming Solace came out two weeks before 2008 end­ed. Since then, I’ve writ­ten and sold anoth­er six books. I’ve learned a lot, grown a lot, met some great authors, edi­tors, pub­lish­ers, cov­er artists, and twit­ter friends (you know who you are). I’ve learned more than I ever thought I want­ed to know about the inter­net, blog­ging, web­site upkeep, (I now know what CSS stands for, but HTML is still a mys­tery), and social net­work­ing, and I’ve learned a frac­tion of what I want to know about writ­ing and publishing.

There’s always next decade, right?

I hope that all of you had a great 2009, and will have an even bet­ter 2010.

So what’s on tap? I’ve got sev­er­al sto­ries in the works, a few for me, a few for Olivia. I’m sure that my recent slump of writ­ing angst is over (right?!) and I’ll be kick­ing out at least anoth­er six nov­els this year. I also have a trip com­ing up in April to the RT Con­ven­tion in Colum­bus OH. I hope I get to meet a pletho­ra of romance genius­es, and if I rub up on them, their great­ness will soak in by osmosis.