Every writer (likely every artist has their version of this too) has been told to ‘write the story you want to read’ or ‘It’s your story, write whatever you want.’ But every writer has also been told, ‘You have to give the audience what it wants’ or ‘People don’t read x’ or ‘People are tried […]
No time for a long blog post with the inevitable typos. Nope I have stuff to do today. Scenes to rewrite and a bathroom that needs scrubbing. So this one goes out to Susan, who needed a little motivation today as well: Look here , you got two choices, get it done or give up! […]
The month is winding down, which means publishing time for me. I have lots of stuff on my mind, tweaking my covers, how to promote, and the all consuming proofreading. I’ll probably sit down and let the computer read to me next week. I’ll live tweet it, because the robot computer voice is HILARIOUS when […]
Sheepsquatch comes out in three weeks. I’m surprisingly un-nervous. It took me a little time to get the ending right, but that’s not unusual. Finding an ending that both ends the story AND wants to make you read more is challenging. I usually end up revising all my endings extensively. But, this one is […]
That story is still unfinished. Every time, I tried to sit down and write this weekend I got distracted. However, I now have an empty house for a few hours, and I worked out how the story ends… more or less. I did however, do some renovating on Monsters of Pittsburgh, so that’s a good […]
This week I’m featuring the opening of Sheepsquatch, story 2 of Monsters of Pittsburgh. *** Not every victim of a reaver bite became a reaver, but a city as big as Pittsburgh was never rid of the vampires, either. Once a month, Matty and his sister scoured the parking garages to keep the number from […]
Still working on the opening for the last Mina and Matty series (untitled). I should be able to finish it today… or tomorrow… Sunday at the lastest. It’s already pretty long, but that’s because there is a lot going on. I have much ground to cover. Not just my plot, but introducing my world to […]
The bane of my existence and biggest fear. I like drama (mixed action and comedy). I like putting my characters is bad situations and making them work for their happy ending. And I am WELL aware how easily that can slip into melodrama. When pathos becomes just plain damn silly. Usually my betas can (and […]
It’s funny how it works. When I had time, I had no inspiration. Now that I’m living based on the alarms on my phone again, I’m suddenly writing up a storm. The good news is that I’ll have lots of material for publishing if I have to go back to work. The bad news is […]
Publishing day came and went. Succubus had a better opening day than anything else, which is gratifying. Building an audience takes time, but I think I’m actually doing it. So now my attention switches to Sheepsquatch A ‘real’ cryptid from West Virginia. I took some liberties, because I do, but I choose this monster because […]
Words That Burn Like Fire 