After last weekend, I needed the time to recover from the shock and just write. The weather cooperated, by dumping 40 cm of snow. Yeah. There was chaos on Wednesday. I was more than happy to stay inside and just write. And write I did.  Since Wednesday, I have written 4000 words on the next […]

Before you ask: Frosthold isn’t happening this year. I have too many other edits. .  November: World building for The Dragon’s Blade and revising Vanished based on beta reader feedback.  December: Send Vanished to Laura Anne. Give Daughter of the dark a last polishing pass.    Mid December- mid January : Write The Dragon’s Blade.  […]

I began to read Magic and Manners by C. E.  Murphy last night and it is so good.  I am facing a dilemma right now,  though.  Cast in flight by Michelle Sagara is out today. And I really want to read it. Now.  I also really want to read Magic and Manners. Which means I […]

So. Before Octocon I got my ducks in a row. Vanished off to betareader, copy editor contacted ( though I need to e-mail her back), which did wonders to my stress levels. Seriously. I am much calmer now. Or maybe it is “I saw my friends”- happiness. I don’t know. I doubt it will last […]

When I write this I am on the bus home from Octocon which was great. But I decided I wanted to write about the trip home..   The travel adventure  begun with the airport shuttle to the airport.  It involved a large,  swaying,  doubledecker and narrow streets.  There was a lot of gulping and hoping we […]

Laundry Clean the apartment Pack Check bus schedule/ book a taxi Cut my hair Email Thirzah back  E-mail copy editor  Email Likhain Send newsletter Write more world building notes for Rhoswyr series bible Begin type in Spell check Vanished E-mail Daughter of the dark to myself Work more on the Patreon page But next weekend […]

A couple of years ago I wrote a novella long hand.  I have had the notebook next to  my laptop for almost as long.  I have told myself again and again that I am going type it in when I have time.  Except I never has time. There is always something else. So I am […]

I finished the draft on Sunday.  (Yay!)  So I am taking some time of from writing,  and doing all the things on my to do list.  Write blurb for Daughter of the dark Write blurb for Vanished E-mail copy editor  Email cover designer(s)  Pay editor  Email beta reader Read through draft  Write newsletter Read through […]

All books feels never ending, at various stages. This one is no exception.  Yesterday I thought I would be done today ( hurrah!) but this morning I realised that I wasn’t as done as I thought. At first I thought I would have to add 2-3 chapters, but I have figured out how keep it […]

I have read several articles that hammers three things: Backlist, backmatter and newsletter.  I am working on the backlist part, and backmatter is something that I try to regularly update.  But my newsletter, is something that has been forgotten in the last year since I have been focus on on revising Daughter of the Dark. […]