I love the man, I do. He used to be my writing partner, before his job got to be too much work. He’s still my number resource when it comes to writing though, and my harshest critic. If I have a plot snarl, I yak at him until it goes away. Sometimes, he can help […]
Another day of critting, editing, cleaning, and being a stay at home mom. But I’ve got few minutes between folding seven loads of laundry and starting dinner to realize that holy crap, I really need to sit down and work on one of my characters. My novels always play with structure. The first one had overlapping chapters […]
It’s a strange thing, inspiration. And something most writers both love and hate to talk about. It’s fine when you have a great story. Or a funny one. It’s harder to explain the more odd occurrences. Like how laying on my stomach, listening to Naruto, somehow led to me finally coming up with a good backstory for […]
Read, critique. Read my critique, fix my chapter, repost my chapter. Repeat. This has been my life the last few days. And I’m not complaining. I’ve been in a whirlwind of projects, getting things nailed down. A little worried about one story in Last Call, but we’ll see how other people react to it. And […]
Been working on Last Call and the Red Witch this week. Wasn’t sure which one to post. Think I’m gonna Last Call this thing though… The trouble will be finding a non-spoilery scene… *** Rick followed Mina into a shadow and squatted beside her. She didn’t so much as glance at him. All her attention […]
Got lost in that beta read I mentioned yesterday. My ability to read whole novel in under 24 hours and coherently comment on it, is something other authors need. I try not to do it very often as it does eat up a day, but it’s done, and I feel better about myself. Plans for this […]
Woke up to a request for a betaread, and two critiques. But the the critiques weren’t for Last Call. Instead they were for my novel, The Red Witch. I seesawed between disappointed and elated, before squarely falling on elated. Okay, so people haven’t gotten to Last Call, yet. Boo-freaking hoo. I have so damn many […]
So I didn’t get any critiquing done yesterday. My artist, Ashley, got online in the morning and we roughed out some more comics and fixed some tiny details on Rick. I spent my afternoon cleaning, and sat down before dinner to critique… and there she was again. I can’t say that I minded. I was, in […]
So before I get into editing, the blog hop yesterday, one of the participants set her blog up for 10 PM instead of 10 AM. So I want to tell ya’ll to hit up The Way of the Blog and find out about the mysterious La Shaliyah. Me though, I’m editing… well, I’m not. I […]
So we’re doing this again. No, I love this stuff, seriously. My biggest problem is which character. I have sooooo many. Some of the most interesting haven’t been published yet, either. Last time, I waxed philosophical about Matty. And I’ve done posts about Mina’s tropes before. I wavered on who next to pick and decided on Rick. […]
Words That Burn Like Fire 