Update on the New Shiny Hopefully by the end of tonight I will have finished my werewolf story. All I have is the closing scene to write, so not much at all. Once it’s done, I’m taking a couple months break to get some distance from it before taking a second look. 1. Short Story […]
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My Book Boyfriend is Back (well, one of them is)
Let’s start out with some fun stuff . . . What I’m Reading: Fire Touched (#9 of the Mercy Thompson Series) By: Patricia Briggs (I will read anything this woman writes. Her, and Ilona Andrews.) I got sidetracked last week from reading this. Lesson learned, don’t try to read books on your Kindle only when […]
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There’s four more days until the new year, and I need to get my short story finished in that time. Work did not happen during Christmas (unfortunately). Getting any writing done in a different house during the holidays with a Little was nearly impossible. I just gave up. I got a little work done on […]
Read the rest of this entry »Getting the Stupid Voice Right
Writing third person is hard. I struggle with it every time. Normally, I find writing in first person a lot easier. But I need to get better at writing in other view points, so this story is kind of a warm up before I jump into my second novel (which is also 3rd person pov). […]
Read the rest of this entry »Next Steps into the New Year
Hello, internet. Long time, no see. I’m going to get back in the swing of things now that my Little is almost 3 months old. So, here are the plans for the new year: 1.) New Book Baby: I’m starting my werewolf book in January. I’m actually very excited about it. I’ve been editing my […]
Read the rest of this entry »One Very Successful Week
Two Weeks Ago I took off a week of work to focus on getting edits done on the first draft of my MS. In the back of my mind leading up to it I was afraid I’d get little done, because, well, I’d been struggling with churning out faster edits. The long, boring explanation is I […]
Read the rest of this entry »Mini Update: Obsessions & Some Progress
I actually had a blog post all written up and ready to go . . . and failed to post it. *sigh* Now it’s out of date and deleted. Oh well. Lesson learned. Write the dang thing and hit publish. This will be quick today, simply because I want to publish something. It’s been long […]
Read the rest of this entry »Second Draft is DONE! Thank you writing retreat!
So iWriteNetWork had their second writing retreat this past weekend and I got to reconnect with some of my talented writer friends while there. I did get a lot done while there, but it wasn’t as productive as last time for me. The problem? I didn’t mentally prepare like last time. I’ve learned that you […]
Read the rest of this entry »They’re Back! Writing Prompt #??: Spare some change please?
Yeaaaaah. It’s been a while. Sorry about that. I’ll make excuses later (I have a lot to choose from). In the mean time, here’s the writing prompt for today! *sigh* I’ve missed doing these! Today’s Writing Prompt: Spare some change please? My 100 Words: Harriet tugged at her blouse, willing it with all her might […]
Read the rest of this entry »Editing, Grammar, and Bribes
Editing and Bribes It’s been rough getting started, but the edits on my book-baby are officially underway! Yay! I’ve discovered (rather quickly, actually) how difficult getting into editing mode is. Turns out it’s a different monster than writing the dang thing was. When I wrote the first draft I worked towards a word count goal, […]
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