I’ve been writing novel-length stories for well over ten years now, and during that time from reading articles in “Writer’s Digest” magazine to now trolling through blogs, it seems that the discussions on “novel lengths” has changed dramatically. But as authors we tend to see “novel length” in various lights. There’s Wordcount Length Page Length…
Things continue to move forward in the writing and publishing department. At 601 pages and about 340k words, CROSS//Rebirth is currently at first round of betas (weeeee). Yes, if you never knew before, I write me some long fantasy novels. Hip hip hooray? Regardless, I’m glad to not have to look at it for a…
I am happy to report that not only am I almost done with the read through of CROSS//Rebirth (one more chapter then the epilogue!) but I’m also past the 20k mark on Camp Nano.Hooray! I’m managing to cram in 2k a day even with all the editing, blogging, and other BS. Thankfully as I end…
Today’s Friday Flash is brought to you straight from my WIP, CROSS//Rebirth. It’s basically the same scenario as my campaign flash piece “The Fortieth Time“, but obviously about 50 lives later. Basically, for context, Danielle is trapped in her hidden memories and is having a flashback to her (literally) previous life. You’ll notice a loooot…
When you’ve been editing your own work for any length of time, you begin to notice certain things that may be unique to your own writing style that you have to batter away with a leaf blower just to have a salvageable draft. I’m not talking about “passive voice”, “adverbs”, “dialogue tags”, or the dozens…
Totally spaced out writing something this week, what with all the editing going on in my personal life, ha! So here, seems only fitting that I should give you an excerpt from the files this week. Decided on a little of the usual confrontation between Danielle and Miranda because it’s fun. (Also, brief note, as…
lol spoilers tbh. Hey guys, it’s October. October is a great month for three super solid reasons. 1) My birthday is in October. Actually this should be all you need to know about October to know that it’s fabulous. 2) It’s full-on fall now. Hot weather is LOL BAI and blessed coolness all day comes…
…or, why I’m self-publishing it without even trying to find an agent/publisher to begin with. Ever since declaring last year that I would be self-publishing my debut novel CROSS//Rebirth sometime in the near future (you know, when that whole editing thing is done with) I’ve been thinking more and more about the reasons why I’ve…
This only makes sense to one other person. Dang, is it already that time of the week again? Actually, last week didn’t go by that fast, but somehow I’m still surprised it’s Sunday night again. I actually got some stuff done again this week! On enough projects that it’s time to organize them under their…
So a common meme I see around is “Teaser Tuesday”, where you post a sentence or two (without spoilers) from the latest book you’re reading. Thought it was interesting until I noticed the “Tuesday” part. WHY YOU GOTTA PIGEONHOLE ME, BROS? I’ma post this meme on whatever day I feel like! :'( I’m actually not…