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Plotting with Notecards

My only MayNoWriMo goal this year was to get a synopsis written for Maya #2.  The only catch:  I haven't written the book yet.

While I haven't had as much time to work on detailed plotting as I hoped, I have made some interesting discoveries.  The main color scheme for this book has been purple and blue (every book has a color scheme–The Bloodgate Guardian was orange and green).  No theme song yet.

I spent a lot of time developing Quinn and Tara.  I researched more about Ix Chel and Yum...

MayNoWriMo Guest Elisa Diehl

Elisa explores ways to find motivation while editing in her MayNoWriMo post On Editing.

MayNoWriMo Guest Isabelle Santiago

If you're going through a tough spell with your writing, you'll want to check out Isabelle's article Drawing Images from Music where she shows how music has helped her get over the hump.

Maya Free Read

As I researched the Maya and developed the mythology and premise for the Bloodgates, I wrote a short story, Well of Sky.  It's an oldie but a goodie, and some of you may not have seen it yet. 

Only Lady Jade Mirror can save the Itza people…but who will save her?  Download Well of Sky (pdf).

MayNoWriMo Guest Bloggers

My apologies for being so late in getting these links up.  The birthday celebrations have been intense this weekend!

My beloved sister writes about Stephen King and the Renaissance Writer and Kal Cobalt has written an article Anger as Fuel.  I hope you check them out!

If you missed our transformative sex panel at Coyote Con, the transcript is available.

MayNoWriMo Guest Maria Zannini

With another great Killer Campaign post, Maria writes:  Darlin', It's Not About You.

Guest Blogging about Ruin

Leah Braemel was kind enough to host me today where I talk about the hero of The Bloodgate Guardian, Ruin: The Trials and Tribulations of Naming a Hero.  Coming June 14th from Carina Press!

For vacation day 2, Littlest Monster was home again.  She probably could have gone, but it was field day, aka play outside all day, and her ear was still hurting.  Plus she fell asleep in the car on the way home from taking Middle to school, so she just wasn't feeling the best yet. 

I still managed to work o...

MayNoWriMo Guest Teresa Wymore

If you're interested in writing effective erotica, check out Teresa's post Writing Erotica:  Do You Know the Code.  Also, don't miss our Tranformative Sex panel this weekend!

Vacation Day 1

Thanks to insomnia, I stayed up until midnight hoping my brain would finally shut down.  I was in bed by 12:15.

At 12:39 I heard youngest monster crying and a crash in the hallway.  She'd stumbled over some books Middle had left out, but that wasn't why she was crying.  Her ear hurt.  I gave her Motrin and checked her for fever, but it was just her ear.  She headed back to bed and so did I, but I was immediately worried about whether she'd need to see a doctor today or not.

At 2:00 am the...

A Week's Vacation

So I have the next week off from the Evil Day Job…and a terrible case of insomnia.  I could NOT sleep last night, and although I should be asleep tonight to make up for the lack, I'm totally wired.  I switched allergy meds and they're totally kicking my fanny.  Hey, I can breathe though.  *rolls eyes*

My plans for this week — if I can ever get to sleep — is to work super hard on plotting Maya #2.  I have a few plot points outlined but significant work lies ahead or I'll never get this...