Yesterday evening, I finished the edits. Yay! Now I am going to send it to a beta reader ( I haven’t decided who, yet), while I query copy editors. While Daughter of the Dark is being read by someone else, I’m moving on to the next project. Which is writing Frosthold in longhand. Why? Because […]
For a number of reasons, I had to go to our summer cottage this weekend. While waiting for mum to pick me up at the closest train station, I noticed that the bookstore had a back to school deal: Buy 5 things on the table for 12 dollar. I promptly bought two A5 notebooks, one […]
It is less than a month left to Shamrokon, and I am on panels! I even know some of the other panelists. 🙂 Self Publishing: Career Progression Post Publishing Saturday 21:00 – 22:00, E. Room 1/2 (Double Tree by Hilton Dublin Burlington Road) “Next Steps in Self Publishing” You’ve written the novel, designed a fantastic […]
Ta da! I spent the morning finalizing the cover for Exile, the prequel short story I’m planning on releasing in August . It isn’t entirely final, but any changes will be minor tweaks. Isn’t it pretty? I’ll admit that I had a lot of fun creating the cover.
I’m doing edits right now, and the last couple of days I have been thinking about speed. I’m the first to admit that I’m a slow revisor. Some people blows through 10 pages per hour, while I’m overjoyed if I manage to edit 5 pages per day. I know why it is going so slow, […]
Time stretched-. My shoulders started to cramp, and I wished my abductors had untied me before they left. When I heard the sound of voices, I was sure they weren’t going to my cell. Because no kidnapper would take a guest to see a prisoner. They would if they plan to sell me. The thought […]
The rats scuttled deeper into the shadows as I walked by. Around me, the alley were dark. Almost as dark as my mood. I had scoured the docks for days, in search for a vampire. Finally one patron had told me to go to the Broken Rose, at the end of Varne Alley. Varne Alley […]
This is part of the 1800 words I had to cut yesterday. It is non-spoilery, though, so I have decided to post it here in chunks. I *might* rewrite it into a short story about how Jenny and Tony met some time in the future. Tension coiled inside of me when I stepped out. […]
This conversation happened last night, and it amused me. My family support me, but they don’t really understand the difference between selfpublishing and traditional publishing. Mum on seeing the cover: Daughter of the Dark? That sounds a bit grim. Me, a cheekily: That’s because I’m an evil daughter. ( I’m not)
I am being wise ( hopefully) at SF Signal in this week’s Mind Meld about re-reads. I had a lot of fun to write down the thoughts I have had about why some books sucks and some doesn’t when you re-read them. I have been thinking about this for a long time, so I am […]