Writing Life

  • Is It Friday Yet?

    It’s felt like Friday since like Tuesday. That could be because the household was once again sick, necessitating several doctor/er visits. Luckily, no hospitalizations this time. (Good lord, the things that make me happy these days) I’m seeing a lot of questions abut the Gus serial. Just so you know, there won’t be any more…

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    Back at It

    It’s been a hellacious few days. Probably some of the worst in a really long time. Both children ended up in the hospital again for bronchiolitis. The eldest had a three day PICU stay. As dire as that sounds, things are on an upward swing. Everyone is home and on the mend. It’s sunny out…

  • Friday

    No Gus chapter today. I got Lasik eye surgery yesterday and I’m still adjusting. The words are just a little too glowy for me to want to work for long periods. In other news–I’m getting a lot of questions of whether Gus will be turned into an ebook/physical book. The answer is yes to both….

  • Done

    Whew. What a difficult end of the year/beginning of the new year it has been. Due to a variety of personal and business reasons that I don’t feel like getting into, I think this has been my most stressful release yet. But it’s done. I finished my final readthrough of Echoes of Insurrection yesterday and…

  • Draft Three

    The third draft is done and off to the beta readers and my editor. Thank you to everyone who signed up to beta read. We had over a hundred submissions. I actually increased the number of beta readers to sixteen this time because of how many there were. Every time I finish one of these…

  • Treading Water

    The book is pushing back hard today. I should have known bragging on Facebook about hitting word count every day last week in Aileen 7 would jinx me eventually. The morning wasn’t so bad. Just under my goal of 1000. However, coming back after lunch was a different story. For some reason, the words aren’t…

  • Finish line

    This last week has been a roller coaster. I think this will be the last time I schedule a release around Christmas. It’s just too hard. Pre-orders are fine. That’s not the issue. It’s everything else that happens around this time of year. I haven’t done any of those things. All of the gifts have…