Yup, we had to postpone the release of the webcomic. Miss Ashley’s other commitments reared their ugly head. We could likely have gotten it out on time, but I’d rather have less stress than meet a deadline we set for ourselves. We set an arbitrary date, so we can change it, arbitrarily Anywho, besides Miss Ashley […]
Even as I prep to release Hedge Doctor: Prom and am polishing Last Call, I’m drafting my second novel, The Red Witch. Today, I’m a little frustrated. It’s a pacing issue. My novels all play with narrative structure. While I kept my shorts and novellas straight forward (For the most part. Talasam and Hunted Down both […]
Tiny bit of shock as of last night. One of my dedicated betas finished Last Call. I was expecting a lot more pacing issues and whatnot, but basically, nope. So I’m staring at this critique, and I’m about to reread the others (because, Huh? Really?), but I actually may be done with the plotting and […]
A Mom Day is a day where Mom’s usual schedule goes balls up, because of something in involving her kids. Today it was several doctor’s appointments. Meaning two outta the three kids and myself walked good four miles over all since 9 AM. And we get to do it again in two weeks. *sigh*. But vaccines, […]
So no blog post yesterday. Was I or one of the kids sick? Did my internet go down? Nope. I had a do nothing day. It was cold, windy, rainy, and I had gotten like zero sleep. I could have thrown up something for the blog I suppose, but why sully my track record of […]
Without yesterday’s rather oppressive humidity, I’ve been able to balance cleaning and writing again. Yesterday, I was a slug, sweating in front of the fan (and later air conditioner). I don’t mind heat, but humidity kills me. Today, though, is a nice balance between heat and a breeze. I can run around and do a […]
My deadline for Hedge Doctor: Prom is coming up. It’s done. It’s been grammar checked by a friend who is way, way better than myself. Really, all I have to do is finish reading it out loud to the husband, the final step in eliminating awkward phrasing. But I could have done that any time in […]
I’m big into mood music when I write. I have several lists. Some are cast specific (The Pack from my novels has their own playlist), some are story specific. The song from above is from the Red Witch playlist. And I was super glad I heard this morning, because I got one of my sporadic […]
I’ve talked a little bit about my novel, The Red Witch, and how I’m frankensteining it together, cutting apart old drafts, and adding in new bits to create a cleaner story. And yesterday I ran into the pitfalls of such a thing. I cut the introduction of five supporting characters and didn’t notice. My critiquer sure […]
Yes, it’s that time! Check out other insecure writers, too! This month, my insecurity is not directed at my writing… well it is, but in a round about way. Like most writers, I have critique partners. For those who aren’t writers, this means that they read my work and I read theirs looking for inconsistencies, grammar […]
Words That Burn Like Fire 