So I reeeeallllyyyy wanted to have graphics for each of my series, and for the trilogy. I had commissioned the portrait of Jacinth, so I used that as the background for the Wishes & Dreams series, but I’d done the … Continue reading →
So over the past months, I’ve had lots of fun building my Pinterest boards, and I think now they are finally organized enough to start to share (I’ve had to work and re-work them, trying to find how I want … Continue reading →
Status Report! Last night I hit a milestone… 200,000 words on When Darkness Falls, my paranormal romance trilogy in a 15th Century Arabian Nights type setting. I’m aiming for at least 240,000 total. so far it’s broken down into 68k … Continue reading →
So… OMG. There is so much to say, I don’t even begin to know where to start! This was a FABULOUS conference and I had the time of my life… in great part to my SecondLife roleplay mom and writing … Continue reading →
So another writer on Twitter mentioned a site, Inkarnate, that was for people to create their own fantasy world map. I headed right over. There were no instructions, and you start from a blank picture of water, so it was … Continue reading →
I went to bed just at midnight, but I couldn’t sleep so I got up and got back to work on Michael’s Quest, as I needed 2k words to finish NaNoWriMo. Somewhere around 3 am (I forget exactly), I hit … Continue reading →
Yes, I did! I finished writing When Darkness Falls! Last night at some stupid o’clock hour (I think it was officially this morning), I typed THE END! This doesn’t mean it’s *done* … there’s still editing and working more on … Continue reading →
So really honestly, this isn’t so much about ego and patting myself on the back, but more about being completely amazed at this story, and that I wrote it at all, and that it’s turning out the way it’s turning … Continue reading →
For the last year… ever since I started When Darkness Falls back in NaNo of 2016, I’ve been stressing and agonizing over what genre it is. It’s middle ages time period, set in a fictitious country in the middle/near east … Continue reading →
I’ve been struggling with this subgenre distinction for my current work in progress, When Darkness Falls, which has vampires, djinn and shapeshifter and other paranormal species, set in a medieval desert city in an Arabian Nights type setting. Tricky. This … Continue reading →
I’m seeking out beta readers for my manuscript, When Darkness Falls. It’s a fantasy romance set in a medieval middle eastern city (think of Arabian Nights or Kismet). There are paranormal elements: vampires, djinns, shapeshifters, and others. Rating: There are … Continue reading →
I always saw my current story as being one young woman’s journey. But this morning, when pondering the length of the manuscript (currently at 619 pages), it suddenly came to me that there are three journeys here. Alyssa, the heroine, … Continue reading →
