You may not know that I recently freshened up my website to include selected artwork from the past couple of years.
I’ve also added a NEWSLETTER for my writing projects. Subscribers will be the first to hear about newly-published eBooks and get some sneak peeks behind the scenes!
Maybe an SCVK cover reveal is coming soon. :)
I’ve been struggling with my Fashion Frenchies story; I know it’s supposed to be a comedic love story, but I’m lost in Butcher’s Great Swampy Middle(TM) and don’t quite know how to pull myself out. Doesn’t help that I’m writing out of my genre (comedy? love? wut?).
So for the past few days, I’ve been thinking around the story. It’s a nebulous, gentle sort of thinking that will allow me to stumble upon an idea that will propel the story forward and set my wordcount on fire.
So what shows up today when I’m writing in between piano lessons?
SOME RANDOM SCENE WITH MY SCVK CHARACTERS IN THEIR POST-SCVK-NOVEL LIVES
I wound up writing 800 words in 47 minutes. The words were flying out!!
Dear Creative Impulse: Can I please get that kind of speed with either (A) the vampire prequel novel or (B) this Fashion Frenchies short story that was supposed to be done before Valentine’s?!??
PS – I don’t want to write a direct sequel to SCVK–it’s gonna end up like Tales from Watership Down, I know it, and I DON’T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. *grumbles* but if that’s what shows up…
(At least the scene is a riot.)
But more importantly, I just discovered that the Richard Simmons remix of Car Wash is far, far better than it has any right to be.
That’s like… Car Wash meets Vogue, everyone!
Actually, the music production values of Richard Simmons’ workouts have always been top notch. I’d buy a CD of Party Off the Pounds’ tracks. And I wish the version of Rebel in the first Sweatin’ to the Oldies was a buyable track off Amazon, for reals.
In other workout news, yesterday’s Tonin’ Uptown and Tonin’ Downtown was a fever-dream of a workout! You’ll just have to do it.
Sometime soon (hopefully within this first quarter!), my epic science fantasy will be published as an e-book.
It is about as long as the LotR trilogy, but separated into 5 parts. I’m trying to decide if I should try to sell each part separately (which I NEVER wanted to do…plus I don’t want to confuse people, because I can only commission one cover!) or just sell the whole megawhompus in one go.
And then, since it’s longer, should I price it more than $5.99? Does anyone out there have any experience with this?
…when you haven’t even got all the proofreaders’ notes back:
Why do i do this to myself
…when you haven’t even got all the proofreaders’ notes back:
After doing a little research, I finally named the Chinese fashionista witch in my latest short story (which has the tentative title of My Frenchie Valentine). Only took 8,000 words!
I’m still struggling on a water faerie name for my nosferatu novel. After researching Irish, Celtic, and Scottish water names (she’s a selkie), I started using “Coventina” just so I could stop typing [name] every time she shows up! But it’s not ringing the right bells for me. :\
While indexing names for my church calling, I came across the name “Scythia,” which I may try, but…*shrug*
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