Friday, March 21, 2014

Done...for now

I’ve just finished the second draft of my new YA novel. I cut so much out of it that all I am left with is a bare bone skeleton. Ouch! It needs lots of work. :-/

Monday, March 10, 2014

Midway

Update on draft two: I just reached the middle of the book. Well, it’s an approximate middle because I never really know how many pages a story will run until I finish it.  Still close enough. Usually I rejoice a little at this point. Not this time. That first haft still need so much work, it’s crazy. Right now I’m contemplating getting ride of chapter five completely. That’s the easiest change I have to do.  There a lot more. :-/ On the positive side, it’s a good story. So back to work I go.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Read an Ebook Week


Smashwords Read an Ebook Week promotion is taking place March 2-8 2014. For one week only, thousands of Smashwords authors and publishers will provide readers deep discounts on ebooks, with coupon code levels for 25%-off, 50%-off, 75%-off and FREE.
 
 

I enrolled two of my books in the promotion, so this week Death in the Traveling City is 50%-off and The Digging Crew is FREE! Go for it!

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Monday, February 17, 2014

Mondays are tough

Don’t ask me why. They just are…for me anyway. I always am a little disconnected from my work on Mondays. It takes me a couple of hours to get back into groove, if not the entire day. This, no matter how passionate I am about the story I’m writing or its characters. It’s frustrating as heck! That’s why I never work on important scenes on Mondays. I keep those for the middle of the week.

 
Today is worst than usual though. I was up at 3:00 am (not of my own volition). My husband had an early shift, and the dogs decided I should be up too. So not only am I disconnected, I am also sleep deprived.  Tough, tough, tough.

Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy Valentine's Day



                                     Happy Birthday Dad! =)