I received the final print for The Jaguar and the Wolf and it’s *gorgeous*. I just clicked the button to approve it. So the book is now available as a trade paperback.
And here’s the cover again. SO PRETTY.
In other news, I’ve managed another 2000 words today.…
Of the novel, that is.
I sat down and did plotting and realized that really, there aren’t that many chapters left. I figure the novel is only 63K words, not 69K words. I could be wrong, maybe I need those last two chapters, but right now, I think I don’t.…
I got “peopled out” this week. Far too much social contact.
I am not shy. Because of this, people don’t believe me when I say I’m an introvert.
But honestly, being with a group of people, particularly in a noisy place, is incredibly draining.…
I finished “Sundays at Tiffany’s” by James Patterson last night. It’s a literary fantasy romance. It was quite fun, an easy read. There were parts that felt thinner than others, and a couple of scenes that didn’t have any setting (which, after I finished the scene, Jack made me go back and look at again.)…
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.…
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.…
My writing goal this week was 10,000 words. I was a little shy of 6,000. I’m actually really okay with that.
I realized that, before, the goal of 10,000 words meant 2 chapters, each about 5,000 words long. For this novel, the chapters are about 3,000 words long.…
I only did about 7000 words for the week. I’m actually okay with that. 10,000 was a stretch goal, given how busy last week was. This next week, 10,000 is still a stretch goal, as I’m traveling for the day job.
Today, Pixie showed up. Pixie was the name of my mom’s dog, a little black Scottish Terrier. I always wanted to use him in a story, and today, the appropriate place came up.
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People, generally other writers, ask me if I’m an outliner or a pantser, that is, do I outline a novel before I start writing it, or do I write into the story, by the seat of my pants?
Short answer: Depends on the novel.…