These entries deal with the craft of writing.
Three Tips Number one: Never, EVER pay to have your work published! Any agent or publisher that asks for money up front is NOT your friend! They are called a vanity press and are nothing more than scams. Number two: Any legitimate publisher will look over your work and either offer you a contract, which … More Tips for Newbie Writers
The NaNoWriMo challenge is over. Shifter Born is in the editor’s hands for the final round and I took the holiday weekend off to party with some old and dear friends. Now we are in the holiday season and for many of us, that means making lists, sorting priorities and focusing our attention on edits. … More Edit Time
This past week was hectic to say the least. As I mentioned in my last post, I was on a roll with my NaNoWriMo novel and this all came to a head, early Saturday Morning. I woke up at 3:30 in the morning with images and dialogue running through my head. Nothing would do but … More NaNoComplished!
I was spinning my wheels a bit, while trying to write and I realized I had only a very vague idea of what the Cloud Dancer looked like. This was not acceptable, so I took some time to draw up a rough sketch that gave me an idea of proportion, crew size, armaments, etc. So, … More A Change of Pace
Wow! Time passes when you’re having fun! It has been a week since my last post and I’m now up to over seventeen thousand words in Cloud Dancer. So far, there have been two romantic interludes, two battle sequences, many historical references and some required expository text. Things are shaping up nicely and I’ve not … More Day Nine of NaNo
Well, I managed to break six thousand words in the NaNo challenge this evening. It would have been better to hit my initial goal of eight thousand, but I got sidetracked. It seems that there were several spots where my memory failed and I had to do some quick historical research. That led to adding … More NaNo Day Two
As of shortly before midnight, last night, I made it to 5070 words. Not bad for a first day, but I wouldn’t recommend it for a daily run.
Today is the first day of the NaNoWriMo challenge and I started at midnight, last night. So far, I’ve added over a couple of hundred words to my note file along with a half dozen more URLs for research as I get deeper into the tale. The word count on my actual novel file is … More Off to a Flying Start
Shifter Born is the first book in a series of tail tales that will be released on December 31st, from Red Rose Publishing. I just got the cover art and love it! Theresa McKinney is the artist and has done a marvelous job.
A trio of tail tales, my new shifter stories will be released soon, from Red Rose Publishing. And since I’m going to be really busy this coming month with NaNoWriMo, I thought I would share an excerpt. Shifter Born [Excerpt Rated PG] The movie was just okay, pizza with the other couple was fun and … More Becoming an adult is scary. Even with fang and fur.
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