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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]
Round of Words in Eighty Days: My Goal (Singular)
Hello there! So happy to be back for my fourth round of ROW80, the writing challenge that knows you have a life. The past two rounds I’ve shot way too high. Although I’m making a ton of progress, my lofty goals are making me feel more and more behind. So it’s time for a reality […]
7 Lines From Page 7 of Flight
The darling Lauralynn Elliott tagged me to show off 7 lines of my work in progress, Flight, the third paranormal romance novella in my Children of the Sidhe series. Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript Go to line 7 Copy down the next seven lines as they are – no cheating […]
ROW80 Round 1: The End!
I can’t believe Round 1 is at an end! Crazy how time flies. For those of you who haven’t heard of Round of Words in 80 Days, it’s a writing challenge where writers set their own measurable goals four times a year, and cheer each other on while we reach for them. Over the last […]
Sunday Update: Finally Getting Somewhere
Well, I don’t know if it’s the panic from knowing these are the last days of ROW80’s Round 1, or what, but I’ve been productive this week! I’m tying together the threads of my story in the last handful of scenes. It’s exciting territory, and devouring a large part of my attention in recent days. […]
Sunday Update: And I Lost An Hour?
Suck. Time suck. The disappeared hour . Can somebody tell me what the heck justifies daylight savings time in this day and age? Totally upsetting to the body clock — especially with little kids. I’ll quit complaining. Especially since that isn’t the reason I have about zero progress to report since last Sunday. I’m not […]
My Writer Friends Are Good for Me
Hi there! Are you a good listener? Well, for me it’s hit and miss. Ha! What I mean is that sometimes I have the most difficulty listening to those closest to me, especially my family. (Most especially my husband — sorry honey, you married kind of a difficult lady. Can you see where our girls […]