I didn’t write on Sunday. I had been thinking it was because I was being lazy, and just didn’t get around to it. It wasn’t until tonight that I figured out that no, it was because what I thought was the next scene, actually wasn’t. There needs to be at least two, possibly three scenes […]
See? I said I would post about this separately. “Golden Charms” is a short story set in the same world as my new novel, “Zydeco Queen and the Creole Fairy Courts.” I’ve put it up for free on Smashwords, and you can also read it here on my website for free. Jolene learns she has
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NEW NOVEL! Never before published! ——— When Francine is a little girl, she’ll do just about anything for her papa. But as Francine grows older, she and Papa start fighting about everything–school, fiddling, and boys. Then the others come calling, fairies from no tale Francine has ever read. They ask her to come fiddle at
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There are times when I can multi-task with aplomb, skipping from one writing task to the next with ease. Then there are times when every time I try to switch contexts, I can hear the gears grinding in my head. Trying to work on both “Zydeco Queen” and “The Raven and the Dancing Tiger” at
I need to remind myself, from time to time, just how much walking is a part of my process. There have been novels when I’ve gone for regular walks, because it was only during those walks that I could plot out the next scene/chapter/point what have you. The ideas for this novel have been coming
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Seriously — when I know what I’m doing, what I’m about to write, I have the easiest time writing it. I just wrote the next chapter all in one go. It’s 3546 words. Took me 3 1/2 hours. 33149 / 70000 I typed the chapter straight into the computer because I’d spent so much time
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I have a bunch of social things this weekend, but I’m still hoping to write at least one more chapter for the week, another 3000 words. I just finished typing up the latest chapter. I have almost 30,000 words in 10 chapters. 29553 / 70000 I need to think about the next chapter, where it’s
Though I’ve written about 1200 words on the next chapter, I feel like I’m making slow progress, dithering, unfocused, not sure where I’m going. I looked at my word count and realized that if this novel is about 70,000 words long, I’m in the middle of the book. (I’m at about 28,000 words right now,
I figured I’d post one more time about this. Clockwork Kingdom is still available as a free download this weekend. It rose pretty quickly in the ranks again. It’s now holding at #23 for free, contemporary fantasy. Last time it rose to #11. Last time, some of the free downloads turned into sales. I saw
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I haven’t been doing a good job of balancing things lately — there are so many things I want to do around the house, with my writing, with the day job, with the vacation rental. I’ve been pushing too hard. I ended up taking a day off this week just because I was stressed (and