Author of spooky, fantastical and swoony fiction and blogger of high strangeness.
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 side of the door, and […]
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 the baggage that Alek must […]
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. “He’ll be fine. Just keep […]
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 in slow motion. But I’m […]
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 see a boy get struck […]
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 without permission. With a sigh, […]
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 bottom lip, to pick her […]
Read More »I have a confession: I haven't written anything on Dominion in over a week. There's really no excuse, other than that my mojo has been seriously off since my dog had a seizure last Sunday night and we rushed him to the animal ER. Pete's fine (though possibly epileptic), but that event set off a […]
Read More »I passed the 60K mark on Dominion this morning, and I’m still muddling through the middle. Um, I think it’s safe to say that I’m not going to finish this thing up by mid-August like I’d planned. Too soon to tell whether this means I won’t be able to publish by Halloween, since I’m likely […]
Read More »I’ve been wanting to post snippets and sneak peeks as I work on Dominion, but I haven’t because, mainly, I’m never sure how to walk that line between enticing the reader and spoiling what happens. But here’s a bit I wrote today that I’m pretty happy with, that I don’t think is too spoilery: The […]
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