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 […]
Sorry I didn’t post this earlier… I’ve been writing… kind of. I had a major breakthrough in Red Witch, but I’m having some trouble implementing it. I need to find the right places to make those changes. And then there is Book Three… which is all kinds of tricky and complicated. It’s very, very […]
I got so much writing done last week. Okay, not really. But I did get a vignette finished for the Uncommon Animals Anthology and I got to write chapter that I’ve been envisioning for several years. And I figured out how to “fix” a huge section of Red Witch. All of this, of course, is awesome… […]
Watch as I emerge from the holidays.
Yes, it’s that time. Santa’s Amazon is going on holiday hiatus. The kids are home, the cookies need to be baked, and I have a closet full of presents to wrap. I’m in freakin heaven. But it does make finding the time to write difficult at best. I am, as I type this, putting off […]
Winter in the Pacific Northwest is pretty much like fall here, except about fifteen degrees colder. And the rain is touch heavier. And this morning I had to deal with actual snow while getting wood for the fire. And this cold nasty weather *might* be why I’m not writing. It also might be because I’m stressing […]
My NaNo is a joke, but I have over a year’s worth of stories, so… draw. I’m happy with myself. But I can get back to beta-reading for friends and writing my novels soon. Well, in between decorating for Christmas and being a mom. I am excited to get back to my novels though. I’ve […]
