That was writing yesterday. A sentence here, a paragraph there. A few bits of action for Jeff, and a breakthrough for Monsters. Jeff’s stuff I’m building, and I’m pretty sure I’ll have the set up done by Friday. Monsters… I’m at the point where I’m adding the layers. The thing about writing a series is […]
Just not the story I had intended to work on. Saturday night, more than a little buzzed, I got in a discussion with some folks about the second Monsters of Pittsburgh story. The middle is sagging, and every single critique has said so. I cut 800 words and still got the critique that there was […]
No, I didn’t get any writing done this weekend. For one things, I had a birthday party to go to with my youngest. For another, I’ve had wretched headaches all week. Finally getting past them. I’m still a little hung up on this Jeff story. I think I’ve figured out how to fix the damn […]
I like writing characters. That sounds weird, but I like watching characters grow and change. Mina in The Hunted is not Mina in Hunter’s Moon. Oh, she’s still got a temper, and she has a few odd quirks about Speakers, but she’s in a very different place mentally and emotionally. So, I had a lot […]
So I started the new series, my witch series, and I think I might have too much story. As stupid as it sounds, the trick to writing short fiction is to focus on one event. The stories I’m envisioning for Jeff are very big. I’ve thought about cutting out certain plots, but if I do […]
Ahh, annual airing of insecurities. And today I shall come out and say the unthinkable, “I don’t have an editor.” This is a mortal sin in the publishing world. And I get it, I do. I’m a lousy proofreader. In addition to my love of weirdly arranged sentences, I have this horrible habit of […]
I’m usually a very linear writer. I like to start at the beginning and finish the story, before starting again. Which sounds like it should on the way upper level of “duh” obviousness, but you’d be surprised at how people write. But every now and then, a scene or a conversation comes to me, and […]
Publishing Day has come and gone. Now the challenging part starts. Expanding my empire. The last of my stories will be coming off of KDP select and disseminated across the interwebs. I’ll be everywhere soon. All this will be happening as I format the omnibus edition. For an added challenge, I’ve decided to release through […]
It’s here! It’s here! The seventh and final story in the Uncommon Animals series. Mina and Matty finally found the home they always wanted. They’ve settled into a routine of normalcy, working by day, hunting demons at night. But their lives are about to get complicated. The Tribes want them back, and they aren’t […]
The husband and I were discussing our plans for the day. I mentioned that I needed to do one last proofreading run before the 1st, for my own piece of mind. “I can’t wait until I can afford editors and artists. Proofreading and creating covers is the stressful part of self-publishing.” He laughed. “I’d think […]
Words That Burn Like Fire 