I’m also working on an article about female sexuality that I’m really excited about and hope to share soon. Other stuff coming up:

1. Another guest review at Dear Author, of Julie Cannon’s Just Business. Next week?

2. Cover art for THE EDGE OF NIGHT. It’s very different from my other covers. After the last touches are made I can post it for you to admire! Squee!!

3. Pre-order links are available now! You can buy my next release in advance. Isn’t that fun?

Amazon
Random House

4. I also have a page on Goodreads. I think someone else made this. It’s different from my reader profile. Is this a fan page? I don’t even know what it is! But I invite you to friend me, fan me, follow me, or do whatever else can be done to me. Book-wise.

Thanks for stopping by, my lovelies. xxx Jill

There wasn’t much room for sandcastles, especially at high tide. The waves were crashing just beyond our towels, so close I had to keep an eagle-eye on the kids. But it was great to get out of the stuffy house and into the cold water! We had a fun, not-so-lazy beach day.

The weather in San Diego has been cool and cloudy. June Gloom crept into July. I was in my brother’s pool on Sunday (it’s heated) and it started pouring rain! Then the sun came out yesterday and it felt like the first real day of summer.

Instead of reveling in the warm weather, I was stressed out for a number of reasons. Projects, kids, etc etc etc. So I turned off my computer and opened this book.

The hero, Max, is an anxious control freak. He’s even more screwed up than I am, but he’s also a sweet, sexy guy. I think he’s my new favorite Dahl character because I related to him so well and he has such a big heart. The main romance is crazy-good and the secondary romance is super cute. This is a little more emotional than Dahl’s other contemps, but just as funny and hawt. When Max says I love you, I cried.

Okay, I admit I was in a crying mood yesterday. But still. This book made me feel better about my bad day. It even made me feel better about myself as a person. That’s what I call a perfect summer romance.

I’ve probably mentioned that we love our home projects at Casa S. My husband is very handy with gardening, roofing, plumbing…you name it! This spring, we tore out the old weeds lawn, brought in truckloads of wood chips and mulch by wheelbarrow, and planted new grass seed. You can’t see it in these pictures, but we also refilled the kids’ sandbox (it’s huge), put weed barrier everywhere, and did about a hundred other little things.

I’m so proud of the way it turned out!

The girls have been very good about not stepping on the baby grass shoots. In a few weeks they can run all over it. Yay!

Yesterday I tackled the TBR scramble, too. It was driving me crazy to have all of the books mixed up. Now I have a keeper shelf, a used/unread shelf, and a new/unread shelf. Damn I’m good! LOL it’s nice to get things back in order.

I’m also making progress with my writing. I’m 50% done with WIP1 and 20% done with WIP2. Not that I’m writing them concurrently. I’m not *that* good!

Hope you’re having a great summer, getting stuff done or taking it easy!

~Jill

Another post on visual inspirations featured a certain shirtless movie star married to Fergie. That steamy pic got hotlinked and burned up hits.

My conclusion is this: You people are pervs! LOL. Carry on.

Earlier this spring, there was a frenzy of DIY home projects in the typical Casa Sorenson style. I repainted the kitchen, living room, and hallway. In the midst of the madness, I moved the bookshelf and replaced all of my books willy-nilly.

Ever since then, it’s been chaos. In my living room, I’ve always kept a mix of recently read books, classics that I pretend to read, books I might re-read, and books I haven’t read yet.

Only now they’re all mixed up.

I don’t recognize some of these books. My mind is scrambled from too many projects. Yard projects, home projects, writing projects. Kids running around, short-circuiting my brain. It’s a madhouse. There are dozens of books on my shelf that I don’t remember buying, books I don’t know if I’ve read or not.

I used to be able to glance at a cover in a used book store and say, “Yep. I’ve read that.” Now I stare at the covers on my own bookshelf, wondering “Where am I?”

The new books I remember. Those are shiny and clean and easy to recognize. But I also buy used books with cracked spines that throw me off. I’m a terrible skimmer, which compounds the problem. Books I’ve skimmed haven’t really been “read.” But they look like they’ve been read.

A few solutions.

1. Buy more books! This never works, but I keep doing it.

2. Skim more books! See above.

3. Toss the iffy ones out. (Nooooo!!!!)

4. Break down and buy an ereader.

That last option is looking nice. But it might make things worse, instead of better. I read KristieJ’s blog and I know what the future holds. Book buying bonanzas!

Have you ever scrambled your TBR? Do you know what books are on your shelves?

In other bad(ish) news, I found out that my next release, THE EDGE OF NIGHT, is coming in Spring 2011, not Fall 2010. I’ve been telling everyone October, which was my mistake. I shouldn’t have announced a tentative date.

I’ve blogged about my struggles with this manuscript. To recap (cringe), the first two drafts were not accepted. I gave up and wrote a different story, which was accepted! In the meantime, some restructuring happened at Random House. Now I have a fantastic new editor and a shiny new release date. I’m so, so sorry for the delay, but I couldn’t be more proud of this project and I hope readers will think it’s worth the wait.

The other good news is that I have four books under contract right now, two written and accepted, two more in progress. So there should be a small flood of Jill Sorenson releases in 2011/2012, after a bit of a dry spell.

Thanks so much for your support and please bear with me. I’m not perfect, I don’t write fast, and sometimes I still get rejected. The only promise I can make is that I will do my absolute best, because I really care about my work and my readers.

XOXO
Jill

Our hotel was modern and fab. I spent a glorious morning by the pool. Ahhh.

We can pretend this is a picture of me. Don’t I look refreshed? I don’t think we stayed long enough for true relaxation, but I did get to work on my tan.

On Saturday there was an earthquake (4.8) centered in nearby Borrego Springs. We felt it. And last night there was another earthquake (5.7) in Ocotillo! That’s about an hour east of our town. This one really shook the house and woke up my older daughter.

So there it is, a mix of sun and excitement! I’m ready for summer.

I’m going away for the weekend with my husband!! We haven’t done this in forever. The last time we went somewhere without the kids, it was a camping trip and I was pregnant! Does that even count? I don’t think it does. There was a baby on board, right? LOL

We’re going to stay in an actual hotel room this time. Plans include lounging by the pool, hiking to a waterfall, and possibly even rubbing mud on each other at a spa. If we can fit that in. Can’t wait!!

Hope you have a great weekend, too.

xoxo
Jill