Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: Sunday is my Birthday! If you want to help me celebrate, go out and review a book. Any Book. It doesn’t have to be one of mine – though that would be appreciated. You …
Earlier today (or maybe it was late last night), a friend on Twitter asked the #writingcommunity what got people in the mood to write. It was a pretty lighthearted question and the thread was full of good music recommendations. But there’s a hard truth that you may or may not be aware of. You can’t …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: Jade Moon Revisions are Done!! Now begins (well, they began yesterday) the final read through. I’m so eager to get through this final read/polish that I nearly missed scheduling this post ahead of time. …
So… Yeah… This post is a bit late. Well, better late than never, right? But why is the post late, you ask? And, if you’re asking, thank you for sticking it out today. This weekend I had set myself a deadline for finishing this revision pass on JADE MOON WANING. Then, as it often does, …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: I am now down to the final 50 or so pages to revise for Jade Moon Waning! I am so close to the finish line, I can just make it out up ahead. This, …
How many times a week do you ask this question, either of yourself or someone else? If you’re like me, you tend to do it more on the weekend than any other time. It seems a little ridiculous to ask it during the week, what with so many of us having a routine already laid …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: The Under 20 Rugby World Cup has been quietly playing under the radar! The Final round is this Saturday between France and Australia. Go Wallabies!! Thing #2: I have reached the point of revising …
I am deep into revising JADE MOON WANING. Of the feedback I got when I sent it out to my CPs, a universal response was that it was kinda slow for the first hundred pages. This time through, I saw a place where I could tighten that up. One little change… And over 8 chapters …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: The Predators in Petticoats Anthology funded!!! One of my stories, titled, “Brimstone” was selected to appear in the anthology. I can’t wait for you to see it, and the other stories in there. Check …
This past week was rough. I came back from Balticon, to an immense work load at the day job, that I’m still struggling with. It, along with other factors, combined into a kind of awful, mental stew that bubbled and churned. I lost sleep. When I did sleep, anxiety dreams struck. I was a wreck …