Remember a few weeks back when I put out a call for an artist? Well, somebody answered the call! And now the lovely Ms Ashley and I are making Uncommon Animals into a web comic! (Please go like that facebook page that I have now linked twice. Ms Ashley runs it, and she’ll have more updates and art […]
Been working on Hedge Doctor: Prom this week. The ringing of Jeff’s cell phone pealed in the silence of study hall. Heat spread across his face as he dug it out of his bag. “Mister Hanson, we have rules about phones.” Ice edged Miss Darling’s voice. He silenced the ringer as he read the screen. […]
Several of my writerly friends consider me to be…. a touch of a workaholic when it comes to writing. And maybe I am . Today for example, I have to finish drafting a contract, and then start whipping out scripts. (I’ll tell more about that project soon!) I also spent the week rereading one of my […]
The final part of the Monsters of Pittsburgh series. Werewolves are running rampant in the Steel City, and all of them look like Matty and Mina. Without a clue as where to find Daisy Quinn, Matty decides to take a chance on a hunch, and ends up in real trouble. Meanwhile, an old friend shows […]
Here I am, once again, talking about my insecurities. And ironically, it’s when I have them on display. See, I didn’t start out writing novellas. I started with novels. And my baby, The Haven, was that story. The one people tell you to write. “Write the books you want to read!” And I did. I […]
This is supposed to be a daily blog. As in I write about writing every day. That’s kind of the damn point. But every now and then, I cheat and write one ahead of time. See, I started working on my novels again, and they are a different animal from my novellas. They are complex […]
I usually don’t. But right now, I’m having a Dean Stanton thought. When did 33 degrees become relative warmth? Because after the last few weeks, today feels downright balmy. I am actually thankful for this weather. *shakes my head* But on the writing front. I’m plugging away on half a dozen projects as usual. I […]
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 […]
