Short update today, as I’m vacationing with the fam on the Oregon coast. Getting right into it: By Friday night, I’d finished dissecting my first draft of the fantasy novel Queen Witch. I know what needs to be added and where. I believe there are about 15,000 words to write, along with revising as I […]
Mid-Week Update: Sunny Skies and Bubble Buckets
Hello again! I hope your weather has been as nice as mine. Spring is ripe. Lilacs, my favorite spring flower, are blooming and filling the air with their lovely scent. I’ve been spending a fair amount of time in the backyard with my girls; blowing bubbles, drawing with sidewalk chalk, and playing on the play […]
Sunday Update: Sickness, Stalling and Shorts, Oh My!
I fell off the face of the blogging planet for a couple of weeks, not even posting my ROW80 updates. We had a bad cold that took about ten days to work it’s way through our household, including sick days for both my husband and me, and then the requisite catch up on life, work, […]
Eleven Random Questions
I’ve been absent for a while, but a nice opportunity arose today to jump back to my blog. Lauralynn Elliott tagged me in a little game of eleven questions. I’m going to participate in the first part, answering the questions she posed on her blog, but I’m not going to pass it along. Her questions, […]
Finally on Facebook
It took my best friend asking why I didn’t have an author page to get my hiney in gear on this one. She pointed out that for many, it is the preferred way to communicate about things they like — so not being there I was missing out on opportunities to connect. I took her […]
My Blogging Anniversary!
Actually, it was two days ago. Ahem. So I completely dropped the ball on that. 🙂 But now I’m recognizing the milestone. It’s been one year since my first blog post and since I committed myself to actively pursuing independent publishing. One year of meeting amazing people and making wonderful friends, learning the publishing ropes, […]
Sunday Update: A Fun Week!
My singular goal is paying off. I know where I need to focus my attention, and my plan for Queen Witch is unfolding before my eyes. Have I said before that I love my brain? Oh, come on. I know I’ve said it before. Trusty smooth engine makes so many decisions while I’m not even […]
Mid-Week Update: The Ideas Are Swirling
Hi there. I’m late for the Wednesday Round of Words check in, but going to post an update anyway, since I didn’t get around to any author business on Easter, even posting to my blog. I’ve had so much fun brainstorming about what my fantasy novel is missing! I have pages of new notes…now I’ll […]
Interview with Romance Author Nadja Notariani
The Third Fate is the third release of novelist Nadja Notariani. I asked Nadja here today in celebration of this new book, and to talk a bit with her about writing in different genres, which I am quite fond of myself, among other things. Without further ado, I give you this interview with Nadja.Hi Nadja! […]
Mid-Week Update: Boy Am I Glad It’s Wednesday
Hi there. It’s Wednesday, which for me means my last day commuting to my office for the week. The trip is fifty miles — one way — so it’s a major blessing that I’m able to work from home two of my workdays. But by Wednesday night, I’m whipped. That’s why I usually avoid my […]