I am doing edits on Daughter of the Dark right now. They are progressing nicely, so I thought it is was a good time to post the edited version of the opening scene. Or at least the first 150 words. :). I’ll put up the whole chapter closer to the publication date. The three stories high house with its red-brick facade and walled garden didn’t look out of place in the neighborhood, at least not on the surface. The…
I am spending the weekend finishing the second draft of Exile. Since it I am planning publish it sometime in July, and it is Midsummer, I decided to post the opening scene. 🙂 There are some typos but I hope you enjoy it! I squinted at the scroll in front of me. It was written in High Dhurian and in a tiny, cramped script, by a long dead Priestess. I was certain the scroll contained the information about the Wise…
My publication schedule for 2014 is set. I know what I will publish, even if I am not certain of the exact dates. So now I’m thinking of 2015. Which feels a bit odd. I’m used to writing whatever I’m in the mood for. Now I have to treat it like a business. Set a schedule, yet allowing enough flexibility for any changes ( both good and bad) that occur. So next year I’ll make a loose schedule, probably more…
I rarely write about what I’m doing, but I thought I would make a difference for this weekend. It began on Thursday, when my brother graduated from Med school. *beams* I’m so proud of him. He celebrated with a party, which was lot of fun. I chatted with people, got to see his face when our youngest brother showed up. The whole family had been keeping that from him, as a surprise. And when I got home,…
Last night the edits for Daughter of Dark landed in my inbox. I read the edit letter, but decided to wait with reading the draft. Honestly, the edit letter made me so happy that I have been smiling all day. It also worked as a motivation boast for finishing The Wild Hunt. I have been struggling with them lately. Now I have a reason to finish them ( well, beyond the fact that Thirzah would have shown up at my…
This is a sample of the short quotes and teasers that I’m planning. The size and so on will probably be tweaked a bit, but I like it. 🙂
Soo.. If you look to the sidebar on my homepage, you will see a new page called Bookstore. Right now it is empty, but in the future I’ll offer exclusive samples ( of the longer version), free short stories and maybe even ARCs. Everything will be in watermarked epub, since Publit don’t offer a mobi option. ( That’s the only drawback as far as I can see.) It will work like Bookview Cafe’s bookstore: You pay with credit card (…
A couple of days ago, Shamrokon tweeted: Just 99 days to go. I stared at the tweet for a moment, and then panicked for a moment. Let’s just say I’ll be busy this summer. I’m revising the Wild Hunt, which keeps on growing to Thrizah and Kari’s delight. But being told ” More is good, since it is a fascinating world”by Kari does boost my self-esteem. 🙂 The goal is to finish the revision in June 1st, but I don’t…
”Selfpublishing is better.” ” Selfpublishing is the only path.” I’ve lost count on how many times I have read things like that, both in blogposts and in comments.. Don’t get me wrong, I can understand why selfpublishing is appealing, but for me it is more complex than that. When I consider which stories I’ll selfpublish and which I’ll submit to a publisher, it depends on the genre and the length. The Portal Universe stories is slated for selfpublishing, purely…
I don’t watch much TV. I intend to, but well, I haven’t gotten around to getting Cable TV yet. This weekend I was at mum’s and I happened to turn on Viasat History. And there was a fascinating Documentary called Your Inner Fish. It is about how Mammals and Humans have evolved during the millennias, and how the traces are still visible in our bodies. I knew part of the information, since I have taken a course in Evoluntion Biology,…