Arlene Hittle

Tag: Progress

  • Busy week

    Not that I’ve gotten a whole lot of writing done (maybe a couple thousand words) … but I’ve been on the hunt for an agent for “Blind Date Bride.” Exciting stuff, that. I also got some good news from Starbucks: I’ve used my gift card enough times to become a Starbucks Gold card member … […]

  • Surprise!

    I was enjoying a nice, quiet get-to-know-you lunch with my characters when Bethany dropped a bombshell. Even in “Blind Date Bride,” I knew that Beth was different. She’s the one who tried to get Kari to get in touch with her inner tramp, and who told Kari, “Keep a man happy in bed and he’ll […]

  • Absent but busy

    Forgive me for not blogging lately … It’s not that I haven’t been working, let me assure you. Most of my long weekend was spent on my new WIP, which is now in Chapter 3. Did I mention that there might be something to writing a synopsis first? 😉 I thought a lot about my […]

  • Another accomplishment

    Today, my writing session at Starbucks allowed me to reach another milestone: Cassie & Dustin’s story is now the correct length for Harlequin American Romance. They want 55,000 to 60,000. Cassie & Dustin now come in at 55,686. That makes another completed first draft. I had to add about 10,000 words to beef it up […]