Dawn Blair's Blog, page 137

Redesigned cover

I’m sure this has to do with reworking Sword and Shield yesterday, because today I got the notion to change the cover for Palladium. Yes, I know. It’s been up for barely a week and I’m already making changes. But the cover always bugged me. I couldn’t find anything better that I liked. What specifically … Continue reading Redesigned cover

Sword & Shield – Sacred Knight #6

The 6th Sacred Knight book draws one more step closer today. I finished the manuscript several months ago (I’m not going to say how many because I was a bit embarrassed when I looked up the date — whoa, really?), and I have been nagged by it ever since. I knew there was a scene … Continue reading Sword & Shield – Sacred Knight #6

Bookkeeping and covers

Temmy tried to get me up early this morning. I should have listened to her. But no, I knew what was waiting for me and I didn’t really want to get to it. As a result, it was a strange day today. I partially blame Mercedes Lackey too. I started reading her book, Joust, last … Continue reading Bookkeeping and covers

To tear apart or not to tear apart?

That is the question I deal with today. In trying to work on the trilogy yesterday, I started feeling like something was going wrong, like maybe scenes were out of order. I feel like I’ve reordered them once, even though the truth is that scenes I was able to merge in one of the scenes … Continue reading To tear apart or not to tear apart?

Release the hellhounds!

I made it. I got my words in and met the weekly goal for last week. It was late when I finished (after midnight, but since I hadn’t gone to bed yet, it still counted as Sunday). I took Merlin outside after 1:00 a.m. and the sky was so bright with the full moon that … Continue reading Release the hellhounds!

Making a comeback

**Cue the Rocky music** I was down 5,700 words last night when I went to bed. I’ve written that much in a day before. I think my highest word count for non-fiction is 13,000 words in a day, but yes, that was 15 hours of straight writing. Someday, I might turn those words into a … Continue reading Making a comeback

Back from Boise

I made the trip to Boise today to visit with my writer friend, Merri Halma, who I’m narrating the first book in her Indigo Travelers series. We had a preliminary visit to start getting her setup for putting her audiobook up and discussing the business of writing. I had fun. I hope she did too. … Continue reading Back from Boise

Decisions

I have some decisions to make. I’m not sure this week is a good one to make them. Yesterday after I posted my blog, I started feeling strange again, that same blah feeling I had after getting my booster. I got the chills and a headache. Today, I’ve been having them again periodically. Yeah, blah. … Continue reading Decisions

A long time coming

A long time ago, chapters were posted on my blog every week. They have all since been pulled down and the novel completed. It is much different than what was here. Now, Palladium is available as a finished novel. I do have to send a shout-out to Amazon customer support. Vella ended up being a … Continue reading A long time coming

Back to normal

Back to normal… mostly. I woke up this morning feeling so much better. Yippee! My writing computer, however, wasn’t. I think it tried to do a software update that didn’t quite make it through. Just like a booster shot, it felt a little ill too. Anyway, I had a strange screen and weird messages. After … Continue reading Back to normal