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 […]
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 have dreaded writing this post for weeks, but I have to. I reached a reading slump in October, and I’ve never really left it. Yes, I’m reading, but it is at a much slower pace. And the books that I do read, I feel no urge to review. So during the holidays the […]
A part of me is a bit panicked over the fact that 2013 is almost over, but I’m actually glad it is. Even if 2013 was an interesting year, I’m really excited for 2014 :). It was the year when I travelled on my own for the first time. I’ve flown before, but never alone. […]
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 […]
I’m the first to admit that I am not a graphic designer, but the last couple of years I’ve realised that I’ve a good eye for it. Both when it comes to seeing which elements that fits, and what to not to do. 1. Keep it simple If you decide to design your own cover, […]
Merry Christmas! As Christmas Gift, I decided to post the first chapter from Daughter of the Dark. It is been edited by me, but not by an editor. So it will probably be different when the book is released in Spring 2014. Chapter One: Standing in the shadows, I watched the house on the other […]
I’ll admit it. When I sat down to start writing the first draft of Cauldron B ound, it felt… odd. The last year, or two, I’ve mostly written in Swedish. Don’t get me wrong, I’m proud of the stories I wrote in Swedish, and there were times I wondered if I’d go back to write […]
Right now, I’m editing Daughter of the Dark, before I send it to a friend who has promised to crit it. ( Actually, I sent her an earlier version, but this one is much better.) Moira Rogers wrote a blogpost about quiet success recently, and after I read it I started to think about what […]
I have been busy editing Daughter of the Dark, and I’m reminded how much I love this story. And I’m also reminded of how much better I am as a writer now, since I last revised it 2009. Which is almost 5 years ago, now. And I have written a lot of stuff since then. […]