Surprise!
So, I’ve been pretty quiet on here for the past two years – this new forever-at-home situation changed things up for everyone. For me, even though I adore my family, it meant that we were all together, all the time…. (READ MORE)
March Update!
Cabin Fever MiniCon was a lot of fun! Even though we didn’t sell very many books, our craft area was very popular, and we met some readers who’d already picked up The Dark, which is always a treat. We had… (READ MORE)
Writing a fiction series is like herding cats.
All right, here’s part two of how to make a book! This is entirely about how plans are completely pointless sometimes, and what I do to actually get the words on the page – and then make the words make… (READ MORE)
How to Write a Book
I recently had a friend tell me I should write about my book-writing process – a meta-book. I laughed and said that it wouldn’t be useful to anyone because everyone writes differently, but they clarified and said I should write… (READ MORE)
The Haven is in Print!
So things with my publisher have been rightfully interesting due to illness on their end, so I wasn’t sure if the listing that Amazon had for The Haven was valid yet. My husband ordered a copy, and lo and behold, it’s… (READ MORE)
May’s been a rollercoaster
Sorry about the radio silence – it’s been an interesting and tumultuous month. It started off great, with DemiCon. Sales were all right, but I made a lot of new friends, contacts, and joined some groups. It was successful more… (READ MORE)
Spring Developments (It’s supposed to be Spring right now, right?)
So, in the past few weeks and in the upcoming month there’s a lot going on! Publishing: I sent The Haven in to my publisher last month and they sent me a contract for it! Everyone’s signed it and I’m… (READ MORE)
Major Website Update!
I’ve finally updated the website with some new images – check out the gallery and the character pages to see what’s new! I’ve also edited the Personnel Forms on the ASA agents to better reflect some changes I’ve made in… (READ MORE)
Starting off 2018 a little slow
I’ve had a sinus infection for 3 weeks, and interpersonal junk has been super stressful (also/because of?) so I’ve been playing a lot of World of Warcraft and have been writing (probably) useless stuff in the prequel to The Dark… (READ MORE)
The Hunt Re-Write
Ah, that wonderful, refreshing part of rewriting where I replace the oldest parts of the book. This always works better when I just keep writing and let the momentum carry me, but it’s so hard to resist the urge to… (READ MORE)
Fall 2017
I’m trying to digitally draw with a new (to me) program, and it’s rough, flexing art muscles I haven’t used in years, but still trying to do it quickly because my available drawing time is very limited when I have… (READ MORE)
DONE*
I just finished The Haven! I would say it’s the 1st draft, but let’s be honest… it’s more like the 6th. *sigh* Why is it I always have to sacrifice sleep to get any writing work done? Oh, wait, it’s… (READ MORE)
Plot Structure
I was struggling with lining up the events in The Haven in chronological order so they fall into a proper plot mountain and didn’t drag on after the resolution of the major conflict, and I figured out I’d already started… (READ MORE)
I’m still alive, I swear
I’ve had a major writing dry spell due to having to put all of my energy into two different live-changing events – we added another member to our family in June, and moved to a new house in a new… (READ MORE)
Character Journal: Malkarai
1/12/37 Satyrna was grumbling all night about how Traphian isn’t playing along and that I need his help more than anyone’s and all this other stuff, so I’m going to leave this as a surprise for her when she gets… (READ MORE)
Character Journal: Traphian
1/11/37 – Traphian Anyone have any spare furniture? We’re eyeing up some unused milk crates at Barry’s and this lawn furniture that’s been on clearance at K-mart for apparently the past six months. How often do they rotate their stock?… (READ MORE)
Character Journal: Cypha
1/8/37 Ugh. I guess if Josh did this, I gotta too. I’d love to know why the person Satyrna’s trying to get to spill their heart and soul onto digital paper hasn’t even written anything yet. Oh, don’t give me… (READ MORE)
Character Journal: Josh
1/7/37 Dyspro is not dead nor missing. I’ve also seen Malkarai during the day plenty of times. Dyspro’s just dramatic. Always. I’m honored that I’m still part of the group, to be honest. I thought Dyspro and his pissy girl… (READ MORE)
Character Journal: Dyspro
1/4/37 For the record, Satyrna now owes me three donuts. One was for a previously fulfilled favor, two are for a chronicle of my super exciting life. I’m not sure why she needs me to write this – the girl’s… (READ MORE)
Character Journal: Satyrna
I’m going to start a series of journal entries written by the characters from The Dark (and The Haven). These will take place directly after The Dark has finished, and for now, before the events of the sequel, The Haven…. (READ MORE)