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Works in Progress: Echoes of Light and Wings of Air

Echoes of Light

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***Wings of AirHeir to the Firstborn, Book 4

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Progress continues. Sort of. I started Wings of Air on May 1st, and its going well, its going. Its only been three days, though. Thats not a bad number for three days. And if you follow me on Twitter, you likely saw this tweet about Echoes of Light the other day.

 

A third of the way into writing my the Wandering Jew in the Wild West novel and I hate it. Well, I dont *hate*...

Romance Writer’s Weekly: My Corner of the World

Hi, all! Welcome back on your RWW rounds. This week, the question was where do you write?

I like my office. Its done up just the way I like, and all my stuff is here. My art (and my fountain pen ink) is on the walls. I can look out into the garden, and everything is just so.

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Yes, that is Super Grover, as done by Alex Ross.  The pillows are because this is also the guest room, when we have guests. The picture in the middle is the Jody Lee cover for Witch and Wombat which is a silly book, and...

Work in Progress: Echoes of Light

Echoes of Light

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And here I thought that the only thing that really slowed me down when I was writing were scenes that required blocking, like fight scenes and sex scenes.

Add scenes that require verification to that as in, where exactly was Skullyville, OK during the Civil War (when it was Skullyville, AR. They moved the border later). Reason Im asking? Its NOT THERE now, its somewhere else! From the maps of the era, Skullyville used to be right on the Arksansas...

Work in Progress: Echoes of Light`

Echoes of Light

9368 / 30000 (31.23%)

And here I thought that the only thing that really slowed me down when I was writing were scenes that required blocking, like fight scenes and sex scenes.

Add scenes that require verification to that as in, where exactly was Skullyville, OK during the Civil War (when it was Skullyville, AR. They moved the border later). Reason Im asking? Its NOT THERE now, its somewhere else! From the maps of the era, Skullyville used to be right on the Arksansas...

Romance Writer’s Weekly: From the Writer’s Kitchen

Welcome to the Romance Writers Weekly readers! Nice to have you in.

Im combining things this week. A couple of weeks ago, I started a From the Writers Kitchen thing here, starting with Sunday Gravy (pasta sauce, for those of you not raised in New York or by Italians). The theme is things you can make with pantry staples.

I did a savory last time. Lets do a sweet.

Jelly Cakes.

These are almost like a cross between a danish and a biscotti theyre a sweet cookie filled with whatever jelly you...

Bones of Earth Preorder!

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Shattered by betrayal, Arias Companions have separated. Aven and Del have retreated to the safety of the Water tribe, leaving Owyn and Treesi behind on land to stand with Aria and help their wounded Heir heal. Despite their best efforts, Aria retreats, rejecting them both.

Owyn knows that he and Treesi cant do this alone. He starts riding out to the coastal villages surrounding Terraces, sending messages out to the deep, begging Aven to come back, telling him that the Heart can reach the...

Work in Progress: Echoes of Light

Echoes of Light

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Todays blog post is coming to you live and direct from my closet.

(Our area is currently under a tornado warning.)

Things are going apace with Bones of Earth. Edits are being edited. I will, I hope, have the final manuscript uploaded to all the places by next week. Preorders are open at Amazon and everywhere else.

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Im working on the synopsis for Wings of Air, and I keep telling myself that write stuff happens and then the planned ending is not a...

Work in Progress and Completed Work!

Bones of Earth
Heir to the Firstborn, Book 3

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Echoes of Light

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I gave Bones of Earth a final push yesterday, and finished it last night with a daily word total of 4,303 words. Which means today Im going to take it easy.

Stop laughing.

Last week, I started the work that Id been calling John Zebedee and the Elf-Kings Son.  The new working title is Echoes of Light, which means Im in a titling rut (something of something else). It also...

From the Writer’s Kitchen: Sunday Gravy.

Starting something new have a few good recipes that you can make with pantry staples that you should still be able to get at your local grocery store.

Well start with Mom-sauce. Also known as Sunday Gravy, if you grew up the child of a Bronx Italian mother. This isnt the same sauce my Mom would make I riffed on it when I got my own kitchen. This has more texture and no meat. If you want meat in your gravy, add in a pound or two of browned ground meat. It can be whatever ground meat you...

Work in Progress: Bones of Earth

Bones of Earth
Heir to the Firstborn, Book 3

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So Im going to call it. Bones of Earth will be a draft by the end of the week.

Which means you all get to see the cover!

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Things are starting to settle down here. Im getting into a routine.  Get up. Exercise (today was Zombies, Run! did 1.86 miles, saw four people and six cars total. None close up.) Shower, breakfast, then get to work.

Work today involves wrapping up Bones of Earth,...