How can such a short week feel so long? I’m still working with the same seven days as the rest of you, but I did have less day-job days. Per usual, I didn’t get any writing done over Saturday and Sunday last week. Those days are, generally, reserved for writerly administrative things. Despite having the …
Hi All! For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on the world building for a new project. The new shiny is a space opera and I’ve been having fun creating a couple of different alien species, and that’s what I want to talk about this week. Now I didn’t call this post “ALIENS!!!” …
I don’t know about you, but I’m kinda digging the alliteration in the title there. Anyway, here’s what’s been going on since the last Friday Fess-Up. I didn’t do a damned thing over the weekend. Well, that’s not entirely true. You may have noticed that I’ve got a blog. Sunday morning is usually when I’ll …
This weekend included a couple of firsts for me. Friday night I went out to see my first, ever, live hockey game AND I stepped into a casino for the first time. Some of you might be wondering what this has to do with anything, and why I’ve decided to bore you with it on …
Hi there all, and welcome to my Friday Fess-Up. As promised, here is an unvarnished look at what I’ve been working on (or not) this week: Jade Moon Waning: I’ve been working on a couple of different alien races that will appear in this story. I still don’t have an elevator pitch and I …
Hold Onto the LightThe Hold Onto the Light campaign has started for another year. For those of you that don’t know about the campaign, it’s Science Fiction/Fantasy authors and fans speaking out about Mental Health awareness. I’ve written a post or two for the campaign and I think that it’s something that we all need to …
Last year, for the #Holdontothelight campaign, I talked about bullying and the impact it had on me while I was growing up. It was a rough time to remember yet, while I was unpacking all that, I came to realize that I’m still dealing with the effects, even decades later. You see, this was back …
“The world has changed. I feel it in the earth. I feel it in the water. I smell it in the air.*” Autumn is coming. What that means is kinda dependent on where you are. For me, Autumn looks like this: (Click to fully fill your eyeballs) Now I’m not saying that this is what …
In a previous post, I shared a bit about what goes on when I’m creating a character. I can’t say that I’m surprised to find that the process has changed a little bit. I’m still doing the character sheet, but there have been a few tweaks along the way. For example, I got rid of …
Earlier this month, for purely selfish reasons*, I challenged my friend, Lillian Archer to commit to posting a new entry on her blog, once a week, for the remainder of August. For myself, I committed to posting an extra entry once a week. Lillian rose to the challenge admirably and I am happy to report …