If Spies Have Underground Newsletters....

Here's what it might read like:

A certain spy, GLow, is on the move to another agency. Her handler reported a good deal in negotiations. Lots of classified documents will exchange hands. GLow is expected to report in by 2006. It is unclear how many dead bodies she'll bring in.

;-)

Okay, so I'm sounding just a tad relief that it appears to be official. My name's in Publisher's Lunch, a news thing for publishers:

Women's/Romance -- Gennita Low's SUPER SOLDIER SPY series, three books, to Tracy Farrell for Mira, in a good deal by Liz Trupin-Pulli at JET Literary Associates (world).

So that makes it official. This spy's at another agency: MIRA. My last book with AVON is coming out 28 December 2005, but of course, I'll be bringing along my merry cast of characters.

One thing I must always stress to new writers--always, always get a good agent-handler. They are your best friends and good ones will not only get you good contracts, but will also protect your interest.

Take, for example, the importance of making sure that you have total and future control of your characters/world, that they are your sole property, so that if you leave one publisher for another, you won't be forbidden to use them ever again. Suzanne Brockmann couldn't write about Team Ten in her Ballantine books because of this.

On more important news: Britney Spears threw her boytoy husband out. Heh. I think I like these mini rag-mags updates. It amuses me. Question: Do you think Britney will regain her figure and become the most downloadable IT girl again? I think she's lost a bit of ground to...oh...trying to remember, they all look and sound so alike...Hilary Duffy, is that the new IT girl? Or is it the over-exposed Jessica? Or her ad-libbing sister?

Other items of interest: I'm trying to sell my rental house. I'm going to spend the next week tearing up carpet and repainting that place for the umpteenth time. Yes, I've finally got rid of the renters from Hell, who'd run off with the month's rent. So I'm a grand in the hole already and I'm tired of begging people to pay their rent, as if I'm the one who begged them to stay at a house they couldn't afford in the first place. I was praying (yes, PRAYING) that their new landlord/lady wouldn't call me up for references because I wouldn't have, in good conscience, been able to say anything good about their payment habits.

Decision: Do I sell it myself or go through a broker who will probably charge an extra $15000 or more to the price? I have never sold a house before. Time to learn, I guess! I've been telling friends, waitresses, neighbors that I'll give them $1000 if they help me sell the house...I wonder whether that's any good?

One thing's for sure, I'm tired of cleaning up after these folks and then trying to find suitable tenants who will just abuse me all over again.

On the writing front--I've made the beginning of Hell even darker, much darker than the last three books. Seduction and virtual reality--it's one of those "should I cross the line" things. Remember in Facing Fear, how it started with Rick, another woman, and a certain toy? Well, I figure I could get hotter than that. Heh. Is that enough teasing?

Ranger Buddy and Window Guy joke of the week: "Did you hear about the sperm whale that attacked the Russian submarine last night? It bit the back end off and sucked out all the seamen." Yes...from baseball players last weekend to roofers/construction workers today...the male intellect just keep me wondering....

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