‘Tis the season for ghost stories and haunted houses… with a little zombie and vampire action thrown into the mix. To help get into the Halloween spirit, you can get my paranormal fantasy about a ghost hunt gone wrong, Restless Spirits, FREE on Smashwords with coupon code FU23M. And that’s Read more…
Administrative note: the house is much improved, but there’s still a lot to get done, so expect this week to be light on updates. Meanwhile, I stopped letting the house be an excuse to not write, so here’s a word count, albeit an anemic one: Today’s word count: 315 Total: Read more…
This started out as an off week, and turned into a big house reorganization project, hence the slowdown in posting this week. But I wanted to pause in the middle of all the disarray to let you know about a couple of interviews I did recently: Writer motivator and author Read more…
Today’s word count: 709 Total: 70,398 The snippet: The buzzer rang, cutting her off as they both looked out of the kitchen toward the door. “Hold that thought,” he told her as he went to see who was there. He couldn’t detect any signs of life coming from the other Read more…
Today’s word count: 696 Total: 69,424 The snippet: Hannah looked up at him and felt a profound sadness that she tried not to let show. Why couldn’t she feel so strongly for this guy? He was cute, and sweet, and funny, and best of all, uncomplicated. She thought of all Read more…
Today’s word count: 293 (filled in some transitions to finish up a couple of scenes) Total:68,728 The snippet: Alek stood back and watched as she bounced him and did her best to sooth him, until his angry cries subsided into hiccups and sniffles. “Is he gonna be okay?” she asked. Read more…
It’s only two days until October, and that means I only have 33 more days to prepare for this year’s NaNoWriMo. Of course, if I don’t finish Dominion in time, this will be moot, which is a distinct possibility what with the way I seem to be writing this novel Read more…
Today’s word count: 543 Total count: 68,435 Today’s snippet: He remembered the day it all changed, when he knew he was and would always be a doctor. He and Esme were on the prowl, strolling the streets of Berlin. Hunting. They stepped onto a busy street just in time to Read more…
Today’s count: 550 Total: 67,897 The snippet: He needed a distraction. He looked around for something to read, but if she had any books, they were apparently still packed in one of the boxes stacked at the other end of the room, and he wasn’t about to dig through them Read more…
I haven’t actually worked on Dominion of the Damned today; I’ve been too distracted playing around with my new blog settings. But as of yesterday, it currently stands at 67,379 words. Here’s a snippet from yesterday’s session: “Damn the sun,” he wanted to tell her. He wanted to taste that Read more…