Yes, it is time to do this again. The monthly airing of insecurities. This month, as I prepare to edit the final Mina and Matty series, one worry is picking at my brain: did I screw myself? See, I really love Mina and Matty, but I also really wanted to get back into novels. However, […]
When it comes to reading material, I’m pretty laid back. I prefer fantasy and the paranormal, but I’ll read just about anything, no problem. If I have a writing peeve, it’s lazy storytelling. That may sound funny coming from someone who sells short stories. But I’m not talking about length. I’m talking about lazy writers […]
One of my writing groups put out a call for an April NaNoWriMo/NaNoEdMo. It’s more a group “Put Down Your Goals Here and We’ll Hold You Accountable”, but whatever they want to call it, I’m in! I agreed to fifty hours of editing for Last Call this month. I have my old excel sheet to […]
Since Monsters of Pittsburgh: Omnibus Edition comes out in a week I thought I’d share the opening. *** Most demon hunters were morning drinkers. Alcohol washed away the terrors after a night of killing monsters. At ten o’clock on a Friday night, Rita’s bar should have been empty. Instead, the glossy, wooden chairs were filled with […]
So yesterday, I’m all like, “Focus, bitches!” (The bitch is for emphasis!) I started the scene I need for my Hedge Doctor series. Worked on my book covers. And then my kid got sick, at the Mexican restaurant. So today, less focus, more ginger ale and crackers. But that doesn’t mean no writing. I’m hoping […]
It’s almost April. Monsters of Pittsburgh: Omnibus comes out in ten days. And Hedge Doctor: Prom comes out in June. Now the Omnibus, of course, takes care of itself. Those stories are done. But Hedge Doctor needs a proofreading, and the other two stories in the series need a little work still. Nothing major, just a scene […]
And not the one you are thinking of. Although he is named after the Mr. Bob Marley in universe. I haven’t gushed about Marley on this blog, though I have on the old Tumblr one. But a friend picked up The Haven yesterday (okay asked to read it and I loosened my hold on my […]
For once, I’m not talking about my brain. Although at the same time, I kinda am. I touched on this a little bit yesterday, how switching from my short story mindset to Epic Novel was tough. Yesterday afternoon, I figured why. I’ve been slowly but surely whittling down my backlog for my writing critique groups. And I […]
Originally posted on Happy Authors Guild:
When DL asked for a guest blogger, I jumped up, waving my hand, metaphorically. Me! Pick me! ? Why? Because of Romance, and supporting other writers. I always lend a hand to my friends who write romance and erotica. And I have more than a few who do. For…
I’m starting to feel sorry for my critiquers, because my novel is a touch… bipolar. At this point, I’m really frankensteining the thing. There’s a lot of cutting and pasting bits of chapters, and then dashing off 100 or so words to tie it all together. Which is fairly normal for the third draft. The real […]
