I wrote writers’ two favorite words last week—THE END.

FINALLY! Book 2 of the Fitzpatrick Family inspirational romance series is now with my copy editor.The book is a novella.It should have been a fast write.

<a href="http://bit.ly/1IMCI8s" target="_blank">Novellas generally run 20,000-50,000 words with 30,000 words average.</a> With a writing schedule of approximately one thousand words a day, a writer could/should finish a novella in a month. Even if a writer produces fewer words per day, writing a novella is usually quicker than a writing a novel, which runs 50,000 to 100,000 words.

That didn't happen with <em>WHEN LOVE RETURNS.  </em>http://bit.ly/1IMCI8s http://www.fictionfactor.com/articles/wordcount.html But, there were legitimate reasons Becca and Ethan’s story, took way so long to finish.

My normal writing schedule blew up when I fell playing Pickleball and broke by right wrist last November. The nasty break required surgery to put it back together. Operating with my left hand for months was hard. Trying to type one-handed was next to impossible, so I quit writing.

Then, when I was finally able to use both hands on the keyboard, Ethan and Becca quit talking to me. No matter what I did, the pair refused to cooperate. We writers call this writer’s block.

To overcome the roadblock, I wrote an outline and forced out page after page instead of my usually seat-of-the-pants writing style where the story evolves. My strategy worked, or so I thought. I finished a first draft. Unfortunately, Becca and Ethan came out of hiding and started yelling in my head, that’s not the way it happened.

Once again, I started over. Only this time, the words began to flow and THE END came quickly.

WHEN LOVE RETURNS will be released soon and today I'm revealing the cover.

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It's been a long haul to THE END. Now I’m off to start the next Fitzpatrick's sibling story and, hopefully, there will no roadblocks, accidents, or uncooperative characters for their love story.