Another Revision in the Books
This week I finished revising A Compass in the Shadows again. I’ve honestly lost track of the number of revisions this book as has by now (the joys of having pantsed my way through it the first time – I am once again reminded that I will never do that again). It took me much…
Halloween
It’s been years since I did anything for Halloween besides putting minimal effort into dressing up for work. But this year, my childhood bff moved only half an hour away, and she has three young children. We carved pumpkins a couple of weekends ago, which was a lot of fun. Particularly gutting the pumpkins, which…
Revising Again
Hello, lovely people! It’s been a while since I did one of these. I’ve been working on revising A Compass in the Shadows the last few weeks, and it’s going a lot more slowly than I anticipated. Between deciding to completely change Draea’s arc and adjusting Aurea’s arc and cutting the first two chapters, which…
Sometimes Schedules Go Awry and it’s Okay
This year continues to be a lesson in being flexible with the writing plans I make. Well, that and maybe being more reasonable in my expectations of myself. When I first planned out my writing schedule for the year, I gave myself a month to finish writing The Children of Oher, three months to revise…
Why Do We Write?
Hello lovely people! The other day, someone on Instagram asked, “If I knew I would never be published, would I still be writing?” and I really had to sit with that question for a moment. Of course, my goal is to be published, and these days it’s not hard to self-publish, so even if traditional…
Waiting For the Right Time to Write a Story
I’m doing a final (well, final for now) read through of Enorians book two, tentatively titled A Thistle in the Ruins, this month before I send it off to a few beta readers. It’s quite a surreal feeling to have actually completed Vivian’s story, because she’s where all this Enorians business began. Back in high…
The Plate and the Blade
In honor of nearly finishing the second draft of the second Enorians book, now tentatively titled A Thistle in the Ruins, which includes quotes from enorian myths, I thought I’d share Vivian’s favorite story: “The Plate and the Blade.” Long ago, there were two lovers: Kres, an Enosian War Bringer and Solina, a Lorosian Lightbringer.…
Blogs Are Hard
I don’t know how people manage to write blogs multiple times a week, let alone daily. Clearly I’ve been struggling to do it weekly, considering I’ve just skipped the last two weeks entirely. I don’t know why it’s so much easier for me to write 200,000-word novels than it is to write a short blog…
The Mirror of Aethos
Long ago, there lived two Veroxian brothers, Ziraeel and Vronrei. They were rare because they had been born on the same day, which all people know is highly uncommon. Those who knew them said they were one soul split into two bodies, and so it seemed, for from the day they were born, they never…
Mario & Captain Thunderpants
We weren’t intending to get a cat as soon as we did. In fact, Josh and I were still working on painting the spare room at his dad’s house, where we lived at the time, and getting it ready for all the bookshelves that would soon end up in there and turning it into an…
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