Never did get that fight scene done yesterday. And it’s not even the fight itself, it’s the lead up to the fight. I’m reworking the some of the emotions and dialogue going in. Little things, but they make for a better story. I had a bad bout of insomnia last night. So I have no […]
So yesterday, a few of my friends on my favorite critique site begged to read the first Jeff story. I hemmed and hawed, but I’ve been really digging the story, so I posted the first part, and made sure to note in the author’s comments section that it was a super rough, and I was […]
Last night, I was giggling over how adorably sarcastic one of my new characters is, when I suddenly just couldn’t look at Scrivener for one more moment. I’m enjoying the story and I like my characters. In fact, a new favorite should be back in a few hundred words. But I can’t do it right now. […]
That I usually travel. Though to my credit, I’m usually on my own. Okay, let me explain this, now that I’ve seriously misquoted Frost. Yesterday, I had a dilemma. I had a plan for these Jeff stories, but I got what felt like a better idea. Unfortunately, it would easily add an extra few thousand […]
Tomorrow, the Omnibus Edition is out. I have a few tweaks to make, but it’s done and ready, and tomorrow, I’ll have a hard copy book for sale. This also means that the first series is officially done tomorrow. No more tweaks, no more worrying. I can turn all my attention to revising and editing […]
This is something all writers know about. The middle section of your first draft will sag like mad for a while. You can’t properly write it until you have the ending written. Something similar happens is editing. The drafting process is this mad dash to get the story out, and the ending (publishing) is a […]
My husband and I are still arguing about this. It all started out as argument that there should be more women in stories with their own agency. And now my husband and I are arguing structure vs details He believes that the finer details change a story so much as to make every story different. […]
I’m usually a very linear writer. I like to start at the beginning and finish the story, before starting again. Which sounds like it should on the way upper level of “duh” obviousness, but you’d be surprised at how people write. But every now and then, a scene or a conversation comes to me, and […]
Publishing Day has come and gone. Now the challenging part starts. Expanding my empire. The last of my stories will be coming off of KDP select and disseminated across the interwebs. I’ll be everywhere soon. All this will be happening as I format the omnibus edition. For an added challenge, I’ve decided to release through […]
Yesterday was one of those days where I found myself unable to do much of anything. I flitted from project to project never really finishing most of them. I did rework the beginning of Sheepsquatch, and I started my cover for the omnibus edition of Uncommon Animals. I played with the basic cover template for […]
Words That Burn Like Fire 