(If you don't have time to read this whole post and only want to check out the book blurbs, feel free to scroll down to the end where you'll find both descriptions.) Remember how last week I was basking in the happy sunshine of having (kind of sort of) finished my next two novels? Remember … Continue reading The Torturous Writing Task: Book Descriptions
The Funny Side of Writing Fight Scenes
If you’ve read any of the books in my Osteria Chronicles series or some of the parts of Domna, you may have noticed several pages are filled with action-packed fighting. Whether it’s Hercules cousin, Iolalus, battling a hydra or Theseus going toe to toe with the minotaur, my fight scenes have (hopefully) provided you as … Continue reading The Funny Side of Writing Fight Scenes
Writing a Novel: The Plantsing Method
So last week I was super excited to report that I cranked out a draft of a novel in a tad over a week. And I mentioned part of my being able to pull off this feat was due to knowing what I was going to write ahead of time. This brings up the never-ending … Continue reading Writing a Novel: The Plantsing Method
A Little Makeover for Super Simple Book Marketing
As you learned last week, it was a loooooong process to get The Maze: Book Three of The Osteria Chronicles complete, but now that Release Day is looming it's time to set the book launch plans into motion. But before the book launch push (aka "be warned, there will be heavy marketing going on in … Continue reading A Little Makeover for Super Simple Book Marketing
Preparing to Prepare for Launch
So, just in case you hadn't gotten the hint over the past few months, I've got a book coming out soon -- 7 November to be exact, I'll give you a moment to mark your calendars. One of the questions that may have been gnawing at your brains like a ravenous zombie (is there any … Continue reading Preparing to Prepare for Launch
Read Your Way to Better Writing
What do writers like to do most of all? Okay, besides dream of red wine (or other tipple) coming directly from the faucet tap. It's reading! Writers LOVE (or should love) to read. And the best part about this love is that, unlike the possibility of ever-flowing wine, reading will help you be a better … Continue reading Read Your Way to Better Writing
Novel Writing: Heading into the Third Inning
I have to say that the third draft is probably my favorite when hammering out a book. "Shouldn't the final draft be your favorite?" I hear you ask. Well, no. The final draft is a bit anti-climatic. It's thrilling to be done, but then I have to face the daunting tasks of marketing, publishing and … Continue reading Novel Writing: Heading into the Third Inning
Saturday Selection: In Love with Dragon (app)
Although I am re-reading A Game of Thrones, this Saturday Selection has nothing to do with those dragons. Instead, I'm head over heels for the Dragon app on my iPad mini. Let the swooning begin. My Search for Dragons I went in search of this app because I HATE typing. Short blog posts and letters … Continue reading Saturday Selection: In Love with Dragon (app)
Building Better Characters & Hera Gets Interviewed
Rather than doing the Weekly Challenge this week, I thought I'd partake in a blogging event. One event that was introduced to me through Contortum Designs (beautiful handcrafted jewelery, take a peek!) is called Share Your World. Each Monday, you're given four random questions to play around with. The problem with this is I can't … Continue reading Building Better Characters & Hera Gets Interviewed
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