I’ve recently had the opportunity to be on a couple of podcasts talking about writing and my new novel, Samantha Kane: Into The Fire. All were incredibly fun! First two are from my friends over at Beyond The Trope where I got to share the...
Writing Year in Review I started 18 new Scrivener Projects in 2012. This shows a lot of restraint on my part. (I have double that and change in my 2011 writing folder) That breaks down to 5 novel projects, and 13 short story projects. Novels...
So, last time, I decided that I wanted to talk about my novel, Sam Kane: Into the Fire. I started with some background info on the main character, Samantha Kane. Today, I want to talk about her Yoda in the book, Jack Mayfair. My mom loved John...
I’ve decided I want to talk about my novel, Sam Kane: Into the Fire. You never know how much it’s okay to reveal when you have a book out there that you’re trying to sell, or that an agent is trying to sell for you. Or at...
Been quiet for a few days due to stuff. Job Stuff. Still nothing on the job front. Aside from figuring out how to make my resume flash with red and blue lights, I don’t know what else to do to get someone to take notice. Unemployment...
I was thinking about pen names the other day while editing an episode of ISBW. Mur was talking about nom de plumes, and I am not a fan. A pen name (or nom de plume) is when an author adopts a name other than their own for their published works. ...
I haven’t been keeping up with the writing journal lately. This is due mostly to not knowing what to say. Or maybe not having anything to talk about. Sam Kane books 1 & 2 are being shopped by The Agent, which takes time, so...
It’s been a long time since my last Writing Journal (50 days). I’ve started and stopped several new journal posts in that time. I can make excuses about why I haven’t journaled, including the whole unemployment thing, but...
Last time, I mentioned that I was going into edit/revision mode for Sam Kane Book 2, which I did. I also sent out a ton of resumes, hit a job fair, recorded some podcasts – but we’re here to talk about the writing, so let’s get...
When last we talked about my writing, I’d finished the draft of Book 2 and was trying not to obsess about it. I wanted to take a little break from Sam Kane and write something else before diving into the editing / revision process. Then...
The End. I know, I know, you’re not supposed to start with those words. But in this case, it’s appropriate. You see, over the weekend, I finished draft 1 of Sam Kane, Book 2. As you can see from the screen shot, I needed more words...
The weekend was good to me. 3400 words one day, 4300 the next. Not too shabby. When I started writing Cold as Ice, the story flowed really well. I wrote the first part fairly quickly before my mind, racing ahead, forced me to skip a pivotal...
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