What I'm working on...

The Road to Eternity

The party never ends on the road to eternity. Leading the troop is Zeus, and he decides which stop is next and how long the party stays. Back in forth in time from mountain top to sandy shore, the party winds its way in a cacophony of sound and color. But Ares has decided to take over the party and lead it to where its never gone before: to the great and bloody battlefields of history. Having joined the troop expecting wine, song, and fun, Clio, a young magician, instead finds herself in a nightmare voyage. Escape means going through Hades, where she meets Chiron, Cerberus, and the queen of the dead, Persephone. In order to stop Ares, she must somehow free Zeus from the prison Ares has cast him, but it won’t be easy. Ares has put Zeus into the body of a young and handsome, rich and famous rock star. Persuading him to give up his fame and glory is what she has to do before he can recover his memory and take control of the troop that voyages on the road to eternity.
But how can she convince a god to embrace the simple life? Using her magic, she kidnaps him, and finds herself running from the law with a disbelieving and reluctant hostage. She has to find Ares and the troop – and she knows where to look. It’s September, 2001, and a disaster is about to happen.

It's about halfway done, and my editor at Cerridwen wants first peek at it for their brand new YA line. It means I have to actually sit down and finish it now!

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Cold Snap!

Woke up today and everything is white. Five inches of snow, frost and ice everywhere, and our village is like a skating rink. I'll have to wait until it thaws a bit before leaving the house with the car (our village is perched on a big hill!)

My husband left this morning to go to Moscow - called me and said, "Don't take the big hill leading to the chicken farm...I almost skidded right into the chicken coops!" The farmer would have loved that. He (my husband, not the farmer) is heading to Moscow for a polo tournament - he's the referee- and it's on ice! An outdoor match on ice and snow - Brrr!!! Sebi has asked him to bring him back an army jacket. Alex wants a funny Russian hat. Julia wants a set of stacking dolls. (Angel ate her last set of Russian dolls...) And I would love some caviar... It's so good with boiled potatoes and cream. Yum.

Finished my project for Bercy Jumping, and sent it to the printers yesterday. (500 copies!) So that's finished. Now I'm waiting for France Gallop to call me back about their project - and I hope they contact me soon. I told them I could do 12 drawings in 2 weeks, plus an animated drawing for the bottom of their leaflet. (you flip the pages and it moves - very cute idea!) So, depending on whether they call or not, I will be either very busy the first two weeks of March - or looking for another job. (I just got word they want me for the job - yay! This will be a busy month now!)