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April 1, 2018
Work in Progress: The Lady and the Sword, week seven
My word counter is back!
The Lady and the Sword
Swords of Charlemagne, Book 2
Just about a third of a book. Still fussing a little with the format — where in time should it start, how much time should I spend in one era before we go to the other. Things are pretty fluid right now.
I’m trying to keep that other thing in mind and get a handle on that while working on this one — still not idea what that OTHER thing is. All I know so far is that the hero is a merman, you can tell by looking at h...
Rabbit Rabbit!
No pranks here. I promise. Just an updated list of what’s in the works.
To Write:
The Lady and the Sword (Swords of Charlemagne Book 2) Ashes and Light (Swords of Charlemagne Book 3) Tablets of Stone (Swords of Charlemagne Book 4) The White Raven: Morrigan’s Wrath (sequel to Princes of Air) The Sea Prince The Willow Sword Blood BoundTo Edit
Hidden Things (Swords of Charlemagne Book 1) Bonds of Blood and Steel (Sable Locks sequel) The White Raven: Morrigan’s HeirTo Outline
The...March 25, 2018
Work in Progress: The Lady and the Sword, Week Six
My word counter broke. I went to go and grab the code so I could update it, and discovered that the site where the image originates is gone. I’ve been using that word count code for practically my entire novel writing career.
Time for a change, I suppose.
The Lady and the Sword
Swords of Charlemagne, Book 2
Official a quarter of a novel, and things are coming along nicely. This past week was a little slow, because of Spring Break, but we go back to school tomorro...
March 18, 2018
Work in Progress: The Lady and the Sword, Week Five
The Lady and the Sword
Swords of Charlemagne, Book 2
Five weeks in, just about a quarter of a book done. I’m pretty pleased with how things are going. This week was a better word week, even though during a routine repair, our local power company managed to fix the junction box that supplies our house so well that we lost power for seven hours instead of the two to four hours that we were told to expect.
Skilled technicians, my arse.
That being said, I made up for it the next day, and I’m now...
March 11, 2018
Work in Progress: The Lady and the Sword, Week 4
Bit of an upside down week. I’m a bit methody — I like things to happen when they’re supposed to happen, and I don’t like unexpected schedule changes. This week we had both. I still got my words in, though.
The Lady and the Sword
Swords of Charlemagne, Book 2
Here’s this week’s excerpt. Jump ahead to 1898 for a reunion between our “modern” heroes. Yes, it’s short. It’s later than I like, and I’ve another upside down week this week (including scheduled maintenance on the local power lines th...
March 4, 2018
Work in Progress: The Lady and the Sword, week 3
So, my muse is a toddler. I can say this with good authority, being that I had one of those.
Me: “Okay, it’s time to write!”
Muse: “Yay! Vampires!”
Me: “What? No. No vampires. Not yet.”
Muse: “No vampires?”
Me: “No. Roland and Turpin. You like them, right?”
Muse: “Want vampires!”
Me: “Vampires later. Roland now.”
Muse: “Donwanna…”
In other words? This week has been a bit of a slogfest. I’m a little behind where I should be, but not too terribly much.
The Lady and the Sword
Swords of Charlemag...
February 25, 2018
Work in Progress: The Lady and the Sword, week 2.
Busy, busy, busy! There’s been a lot of running, a lot of research, and not nearly enough writing this week. But I had a fantastic time at Coastal Magic this past weekend. If you need an excuse to come to Florida in February, this would be it.
Now, as to writing, I started the book on the 15th, as planned, and immediately bogged down. I finally figured out that I had started in the wrong place — I had initially started the book with a scene in 1898. Nope, Roland was not having that. So I went...
February 18, 2018
Work in Progress: The Lady and the Sword. Week 1
Back to work for me! I started in on The Lady and the Sword, which is the working title of book two of The Swords of Charlemagne.
The Lady and the Sword
Swords of Charlemagne, Book 2
I started by rereading Hidden Things (aka book one). I didn’t realize that I’d missed Roland until I started rereading. Yes, I have a new favorite character. Made some notes of things that need to be addressed when I get edits back, updated the series bible (yes, I have one now!), and got started.
Sort of.
It’s...
February 13, 2018
New today! Well… sort of.
New release today! From Forbidden Fiction, my novella Chains of Light!
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When Delan stumbled into the Temple, he wasn’t expecting to be welcomed as a Temple servant. He wasn’t expecting his only duty to be to serve Lyander, cloistered son of the High Priestess. He wasn’t expecting to fall in love.
Now, some of you might be thinking “Hey, this sounds familiar.” You’re right. This is a reprint of my novella From Dusk ’til Dawn (published in 2013.) Which does NOT mean you should not buy this o...
February 4, 2018
Complete: The White Raven: Morrigan’s Heir
That’s a draft. The White Raven: Morrigan’s Heir is done. I’m going to let it sit for a bit before I reread it and send it out to the beta-readers. But it’s done.
Total wordcount: 88,910
Total days: 112 days
Average words per day: 793.8
The White Raven: Morrigan’s Heir
Sequel to Princes of Air (2011)
So, what now? Now, I’m taking a few days off. I’m cleaning my house this week, and prepping. On February 15th, I’ll be starting in on The Lady and the Sword, book 2 of The Swords of Charlemagne....
