There's no way around it: progress on Between the Lion and the Wolf (BLW) has been…slow. I think I wrote chapters I through VI in less time than it took to write chapter VII. (I could check, but I don't want to depress myself!) That said, I've finally—finally!—finished chapter VII!More
God bless moms. Especially mine, who had the foresight to save so many of the writings I created when I was younger. For decades, she kept unnumbered stories, drawings, school reports, and who knows what else in an old trunk. During one of our trips to Maine, myMore
While trying to gain exposure for Beneath the Vault of Stars (BVS), people say they'd love an audiobook version. Cool. Without trying to sound prideful, people also say I have a good speaking voice. I have no idea what goes into producing a bona fide audiobook, but since I haveMore
I like to break my chapters into subchapters. Partially for effect, but mostly for keeping story elements compartmentalized to some degree—for me as well as the reader. One of the down sides of this approach, I'm discovering, is that such breaks provide a convenient place to stop writing!More
I've been invisible for the last couple of weeks. Well, invisible if one were only searching for me here. I'd mentioned in previous posts that February 10 was Holly Spring's annual Community Arts Festival, and that this year they'd be having a selection of local authors available to…do author-y stuff.More
Part of Chapter VI for Between the Lion and the Wolf just would not come! Seems like weeks since I've made any real progress: I've been developing ideas for Tsharak's Tale or messing around with auxiliary assets in attempts to allow the latest bout of writer's block to run itsMore
Chapter V might be the longest chapter in Books I and II so far! On its own, it's right around ten thousand words[note]I went back and counted: Adobe InDesign says Chapter V contains 74,874 characters, 13,092 words, and 345 paragraphs![/note]: stated another way, it's a touch longer thanMore
I've been investigating ways to get the word out about The Daybringer, and one thing I've come across talked about lead magnets. From what I've seen and heard, free ebooks are some of the most popular lead magnets for attracting new readers or subscribers. That's great and everything, but when all youMore
Progress on Between the Lion and the Wolf (BLW) feels like it's going more slowly than in the past, but if I stop and think about it, I'm pretty sure I sat on two chapters of Beneath the Vault of Stars (BVS) for almost a year before moving forward with that,More
It's been a while since I've updated the site, and I have no excuses! I've been updating and adding to my "outline" and plugging away at Chapter IV, and I'm almost through with it! Between the Lion and the Wolf is hovering around 33,000 words right now. I've beenMore