Been working on my novel this week, so I thought I’d share the opening to that: Sunlight crept over the trees and through her window. Audra rolled over, exposing her sweaty face to the fan, and fought to find sleep again. Summer vacation had started two weeks ago, and she was going to enjoy sleeping […]
When I was acting, I spent a lot of time watching people. You want to see how people shop and how they walk. What they do when they think other people aren’t looking. As a writer, I find myself wondering ‘why’ people do what they do. And damn do I end up with a lot […]
So my next task on my maintenance checklist was creating social media banners for Hedge Doctor. It’s a stupid thing, made harder by the fact that all social media has different sized banners, cover photos, whatever. I sat down, opened my Powerpoint (which, yes, is where I put together my book covers, though I use different […]
Yes,I’m still cleaning house. I gave myself one task a day for the next ten days. Today, I finally created templates for my newsletter. But after I did that, I got bored. So I went to work on my sequel to Hedge Doctor… and nope nothing. Don’t wanna. I opened up the lastest Chelsea Childling story… […]
With Werewolves mere days away, it’s time for me to start cleaning the joint. Today was wordpress day. As you can see, I have the new header, and if you press the widgets button… TADA! I send you to buy my books! Because there can never be too many links to help you support my […]
Werewolves is turned in and as clean as I can get it. And because I was feeling ambitious I also turned in the Omnibus Edition of Monsters of Pittsburgh And so starts Maintenance Week. Every three or four months, I have work to do for the publishing side of the business, whether it’s making banners […]
Working on one of my shorts: Missy Chambers kicked at the red and orange leaves as she waited for the bus back to her dorm. Soon enough they’d be raked and burned, but right now they smelled of autumn, and crunched under her sneakers. She loved Hyde Park in the fall. I can’t believe this […]
It’s one of those posts. It’s one of those days. I’m working, same as I have been. Werewolves in due to Amazon, so I’m combing through it, as are a few other writers. Next week, I’ll listen to it to try and find the last of the typos. I finished not one but two Chelsea […]
It’s almost -30 degrees here. I got my editing done this morning, and then turned my other projects… and promptly realized my brain was operating on auto-pilot. I could put in the corrections that other people suggested, but thought… yeah, I’m not capable of it. I’m gonna curl up with a mug of tea and […]
One week until Werewolves is due to Amazon, and yes, I’m trying to stay calm. So far, I’m succeeding. Truthfully, the story is in really good shape. All I’m doing is clarifying. A word here, a phrase there. I was lucky to have a new reader pick it up, and through it a few weeks […]
Words That Burn Like Fire 