It’s most daunting part of writing an epic. The road ahead of me. I spent two weeks contemplating a huge change to the narrative and consequently not sleeping. Something that hasn’t been a part of my life for some time now. My friends and family are shocked. Kate gets 6-8 hours of sleep, on the […]
That’s how many minutes of sleep I got last night. 150. My kids and husband have noticed a difference in my behavior. For the kids, it means walking soft and doing chores the first time I tell them to. The husband can be more direct: “You’re getting bitchy.” And we all know what the problem […]
I almost took this month off. I have a ton of stuff on my plate. We’re celebrating our huge move (just a year ago!) And we’re getting ready for another one. Not quite a big, but we’re ready to find our forever home. But that means the cleaning and packing are starting… again. And it’s […]
I’m stuck once more. I thought the fight scene was going to be my sticky patch. But I banged that right out. It sucks but it’s done. I was too excited to get back to writing. And then I realized that I could combine three chapters into one again, and I got super excited. Unfortunately, […]
I was in the process of writing a blog when a tree fell down the road, and I lost internet for 36 hours. However, there really wasn’t much to talk about. I have been plugging away at Red Witch. I plowed through three chapters including my (new and terrible) fight scene. This week, I am […]
It’s the first Monday of the month, and that means a new Chelsea Childling story. A human, non-magical, non-super powered, completely mundane person who hunts monsters? Are you in? The stories come out the first Monday of the month at noon PST and are absolutely free. Sometimes, you might get an ad for my webcomic or […]
So I’ve been not so much rewriting as rearranging Red Witch. No new scenes, just a new timeline for scenes. Occasionally, I switch POV or squash a few together, or extend something, but nothing new. Until today. I knew this was coming. After all, the point of this rearrangement is that I needed more action sequences. […]
I’ve spent the last week reworking Red Witch. I can’t call it a rewrite because I’m not really changing the plot. I am speeding up the action. Combining chapters and rearranging them. Which occasionally mean switching which character has the POV, and cutting/adding to a scene. The good news is that I’ve been working away. The […]
I’ve been really stuck for awhile. My novels really play with the mash up of genres. The mixtures of fantasy, noir, horror, and adventure that makes up “Urban Fantasy” can be fluid. And Red Witch was really supposed to lean heavily into “horror”. The first draft had the horror, but lacked the character-focus I prefer. […]
The last month has been rough for me, as far as writing is concerned. Far worse than genuine writer’s block, I’ve had writer’s lack of ability to get the DAMN WORDS OUT. I know what I want to write. I know where to put it in the draft, but nope, it’s not getting written. So […]
Words That Burn Like Fire 