There’s
just something about a baby born at Christmastime that readers can’t get enough
of. My first holiday romance novel, A Baby for Christmas, sells better than any of my other books all through the
year. Two years after its release, I’ve finally gotten around to working on a
sequel, although it won’t be ready for publication until next fall. The title,
as you may be able to guess, is A Baby
for New Year’s (or should it be New
Year? I haven’t decided).
This
time, the plot revolves around a heroine whose young niece is having a baby and
needs her help. The hero is the heroine’s former brother-in-law (family
complications are half the fun). Usually I write my Christmas romances in the
summer, but I’m getting an early jump on this one. There are advantages to
writing so far in advance. I’ll have plenty of time for revisions, editing, and
gathering the thoughts of my beta readers. And it’s certainly a nice change to
be writing about a season as I’m experiencing it, rather than trying to
describe winter weather during the hottest days of July.
It’s
not all smooth sailing, though. About a third of the way into a manuscript, I usually hit a wall. I look back through everything I’ve written so far
– stuff I thought was brilliant while I was writing it – and decide it’s just
awful. But I keep going, work through it, revise and edit until eventually the
story and the writing are the best they can be. I can’t wait to see if readers
of A Baby for Christmas like the
sequel just as much.
Susan R. Hughes writes contemporary and historical romance novels set in
Canada. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario, with her husband and three children.
Learn more about her books at www.susanrhughes.weebly.com
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