Author: ejohnson116
November 2, 2020
Apparently, I haven’t sent out a newsletter since The Hunt was released. Where in the world has this year gone? The Hunt was officially released last year on September 15, 2019. My family and I are doing well – we’re all taking the… (READ MORE)
Author, Division 53, Editing, The Hunt, The Shield, The Streets, Writing
Author, Author Thoughts, Division 53, editing, The Hunt, The Shield, The Streets, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
September 7, 2019
Man, it has been a crazy summer. I’m not sure where it all went. My next event and my publish date for The Hunt both just snuck up on me! Teffifa and company are free in the wild! The Hunt… (READ MORE)
Author, Division 53, Publishing, Teffifa Ripper, The Hunt, The Shield, The Streets, Writing
Author, Division 53, Publishing, Teffifa Ripper, The Hunt, The Shield, The Streets, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
March 17, 2019
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)
Author, Division 53, Editing, Publishing, The Haven, The Hunt, The Shield, Writing
Author, Division 53, editing, Publishing, The Haven, The Hunt, The Shield, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
November 8, 2018
I’m so terrible at journaling. I’m sorry! However, I feel like this definitely warrants a post, so I’ll whip something together. I finished the first draft of The Shield (book 4) last night! This book was a little different from… (READ MORE)
Author, Division 53, Editing, Publishing, The Hunt, The Shield, The Streets, Writing
Author, Division 53, editing, Publishing, The Hunt, The Shield, The Streets, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
August 24, 2018
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)
Author, Division 53, Editing, The Conspiracy, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, The Ripper, The Shield, The Streets, The System, Writing
Author, Author Thoughts, Division 53, editing, The Conspiracy, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, The Ripper, The Shield, The Streets, The System, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
July 20, 2018
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)
Author, Division 53, Editing, Publishing, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, The Shield, Writing
Author, Author Thoughts, Division 53, Publishing, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, The Shield, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
May 31, 2018
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)
Author: ejohnson116
May 26, 2018
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)
Author, Division 53, Editing, Publishing, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, The Shield, Writing
Author, Division 53, editing, Publishing, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, The Shield, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
April 5, 2018
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)
Author, Division 53, Editing, Publishing, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, The Shield, Writing
Division 53, editing, Publishing, Selling, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, The Shield, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
March 8, 2018
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)
Author: ejohnson116
February 19, 2018
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)
Author, Division 53, Editing, The Haven, The Hunt, Writing
Author, Division 53, editing, The Haven, The Hunt, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
November 30, 2017
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)
Author, Division 53, Editing, Malkarai Faerstathe, Shawn Oversia, Teffifa Ripper, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, Traphian D'vane
Division 53, editing, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
September 22, 2017
I’ve been focusing on finishing art and sewing projects this week, so I did a read-through of Afterworld in my downtime – my next writing project, my fantasy trilogy. After about halfway through it I felt like it turned into… (READ MORE)
Author: ejohnson116
September 13, 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)
Author, Division 53, Editing, Teffifa Ripper, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, Writing
Art, Division 53, editing, Teffifa Ripper, The Dark, The Haven, The Hunt, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
July 7, 2017
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)
Author: ejohnson116
January 17, 2017
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)
Author, Division 53, Editing, The Haven, The Hunt, Writing
Author, Author Thoughts, Division 53, editing, The Haven, The Hunt, Writing
Author: ejohnson116
October 7, 2016
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)
Author: ejohnson116
September 25, 2015
Not sure if it’s been distractions or procrastination, but yeah, my next character journal is waaaay late. I’ve started it, but Rae’s tough to write – and I have to write for her without dropping spoilers. Since Malk’s post I’ve… (READ MORE)
Author: ejohnson116
August 28, 2015
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)
Author: ejohnson116
August 18, 2015
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)