• Blood Winter snippet

    I managed almost 5K words today. Whoohoo! I’m in a groove at last. So in honor of that, a snippet. Keep in mind it’s very drafty and so it will likely change. Hope you like it. The witch stared at…

  • point of view

    I’ve got a post up on Magical Words talking about Point of View and how to choose which one might work best for you. I typically write in third person point of view for my novels, which, in the case…

  • Blindsides

    I’ve got a post up on Magical Words today on getting blindsided while writing. Come have a look. And a snippet: Alexander kicked aside snow until he found dirt and lowered Gregory down. Instantly he turned to Max. She was…

  • I’m excited

    whenever a writer happens to get through a rough patch, or reconnect with a character, or discover what is making the scene flat, or so on, s/he gets excited. Or at least I do. Last night, during and after football,…

  • Not so important news

    I think I’m going to make chicken enchilada chile tomorrow. Found a cool recipe and it seems a good choice for football watching. Anybody else out there planning football and food? In other not so important news, Voodoo (dog) has…

  • These things are true

    The new printer arrived. Well, it looks new, though it’s probably refurbished, but the important thing is that it actually prints. Whoohoo! Actually, I had to delete all the previous software and redownload, so it wasn’t as easy as just…

  • A snippet from Blood Winter

    So this is rough, but from Blood Winter: “Quit wasting time,” Max said. “Give me your pain now.” “I—” For a moment Max thought she was going to have to pull Giselle into the abyss, far away from any attack.…

  • A writing tool

    I recently found this service, thanks to Shiloh Walker. It’s call Pinterest and here’s my little area. What it is, is a place where you can “pin” pictures or what have you to electronic bulletin boards, and can add comments…

  • A writing tool

    I recently found this service, thanks to Shiloh Walker. It’s call Pinterest and here’s my little area. What it is, is a place where you can “pin” pictures or what have you to electronic bulletin boards, and can add comments…