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 …
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 …
Welcome to the end of the August Blog post Challenge. Yes, I know it’s not August anymore, but this is the week that August ended, so I figure that gets me a little bit of wiggle room. This is one of those, peculiar things that I think all newer writers need to hear, before they …
It’s been a long week. And it’s only Thursday. I’ve been having a hard time sleeping, lately. A big part of it is allergies. Summer is knocking heads with fall and I’m seeing temperature fluctuations as large as 30 degrees between morning and nightfall. That sort of stuff plays hell with my sinuses. Add to …