I finished the prequel story last week, and since I don’t have the time to start writing something new, I spent Friday and Saturday writing notes about gnomes, shifters and Vampire on my tablet. It was an experiment, to see if I could actually do something writing related on a tablet without getting a headache. Today, I decided to do something else. And, since I’m planning on Editing Daughter of the Dark in February, I decided to read through A…
I know. In my previous writing update post I said it would be a novella. Well. I was wrong. I had written 3000 words when I realised I had forgotten one important difference between the outline for Cauldron Bound ( the novella) and Exile ( the Short story), namely that the middle of Cauldron Bound was compressed into ” they travelled and met clans, some hostile.” While the middle for Exile was more detailed. I’ll admit that I was a…
I have 200 books marked as unread in Calibre, most of them written by authors that I have wanted to give a try for a long. And yet, none of them spark my interest. Normally, I would have shrugged it off, and assumed that it would change soon. Except that I have been in a reading slump since October. Which is very frustrating, when you like me used to read 1 book/ day, if not more.. But then I started…
I finished Cauldron Bound on Friday, and then had a CSI Miami marathon the whole weekend. This morning, I sat down to outline the prequel story I want to write before I get Daughter of the Dark back from the Editor, sometime in February. ( I’m sending it to her Feb 4, and I suspect a short turn around time.) I cursed a bit when I realised that the short story didn’t want to be a short story. Nope. Based…
I finished the first draft of Cauldron Born today. It isn’t perfect, but I’m proud of it. Cauldron Born was originally written for an anthology, as a historical fantasy short story featuring undead. Except as I finished the first draft of that story, I knew I had left a lot of the story untold. So I let it sit, with the vague plan of rewriting it, and change the setting to Ireland or the British Isles. Fast forward, a couple…
Right now, I’m working on Cauldron Born ( or Bound). And yesterday, I reached the part of the draft that is an eternal slog. The inner critic whispers ” This is crap. Shouldn’t you focus on the unfinished YA Fantasy instead?”, while I would like to finish it, I know that I need to finish this draft first. At the moment, I’ve written almost 8000 words, which means I’m probably roughly half way into the first draft. The draft is …
Tada! Isn’t it pretty? I’m really happy with the cover, especially since I designed it myself. :).
I spent yesterday creating a cover for Daughter of the Dark. I am really pleased with how it turned out. Simple, yet it doesn’t scream home made to me. Best of all? All the elements in the stockphoto I found is tied to the plot. So here comes a tiny snippet from Daughter of the Dark: I knew that the wool was expensive. Very expensive. The money I would get if I sold a bolt of that wool was…
I have been talking about selfpublishing several times, but it has stayed at talking. Not this time around. I have already settled on which story is going first ( Daughter of the Dark, since it is stand alone), the cover artist I want, and the editor. I plan to contact the editor later this month, and the cover artist next month. Why not immediately? Because while they are well within my budget , they want half the fee in advance,…
I am 14 000 words in to the type in, right now. And I really like what I got so far. But I have also been thinking about the pacing. Why? Because a lot have happened. Too much. So far in this book I have: * One theft * One crazed werewolf * One werewolf/vampyre hybrid * One engagement * One murder *One escaped villain And I am not even half-way into the plot. And, I cannot cut any…