Kimberly Sue Iverson's Blog, page 60

Story isa flying

Gosh I love this story.It’s at the point where I have to force myself to stop writing when time is up. I am starting to have a feeling this seriesmay merge into another book. I thought this book was the last, but I may have one more in it. We’ll see. I feel like this one is going to be based on the characters Ellie, Jack, Jeremiah, and Stone. Ancient Scarswas based off of Ellie and Claude with the other men, but more so Ellie and her father’s dynamic.

If I don’t solve all the answers in this...

How would I describe the series?

Okay, updated my books page to include the information forUnder Empty Starsas well as the information for whenAncient Scarsis releasing, and the other novels. Still have to make a cover for the short story I finished as well as a page, and finish typing up the story – tentative title for that one is Bittersweet Reality. Also the other shorts I have waiting.The Riverand theInto the Midstcompilation. Also updated my sidebar for the blog finally. Been the same format for a while so it needed one...

Lots done

In my newsletter I sharedthe cover forUnder Empty Stars.I’ll add it to this post on Monday, or tomorrow if I keep writing during the weekend. I sorta want to. Another great day for words. Super happy about that.

I receivedDaughter of the Red Planetand released it for sale via CreateSpace. It’ll take a week for the stores like Amazon and Barnes and Noble to feature it though.

Just over halfway done with the read through of Ancient Scars before I send it off to Jeanie for her first thoughts. Wi...

And so we begin.

Began writingUnder Empty Starsyesterday.Since I’m over a chapter in I can get the page done for it. I’ll wait to share it until next week because my newsletter people will get first look at the cover. Advantage of it. I plan to share exclusive content from the making of the story too, just for my subscribers. I’m waiting until a couple of the books have released before I start.

So far the story is tumbling out of me. It’s just a matter of slowing my thoughts down enough so I can type out the...

Finished Anora this morning

Very pleased that I finished Anora. Although it was left open for a series, I don’t think it will be one. I’m going to have to fix everything and remove the series name. I’ll keep the cover and the series name just in case, but I have no plans to expand.

The dogs were acting up while I was trying to write — typical, eh? — and finish so I purposely pushed past the 11 o’clock hour. I only had a little bit more to go and really did want to try to finish the end. Normally I rush the end, and then...

Heart facts

Since a scene inAncient Scarsdeals with how much blood a heart can produce with each beat, I had to search that out. Turns out the answer is that it can produce up to 5 liters of blood per beat. Quite a bunch there.

Here are some other interesting facts about the human heart –

http://facts.randomhistory.com/human-heart-facts.html

And here is another –http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/IradaMuslumova.shtml

How To Think Sideways course is open

If you’re looking for a great writing course to take, Holly Lisle has opened up registration again for her HTTS course. I took this course and learned a lot of things.

I willllll say straight out that like most writing courses, you may or may not get everything you’re looking for out of it. This may or may not be the course for you. There are a lot of lessons, but I gained quite a bit of new knowledge.

If you’re really only just beginning to write, this would be an even better course for you...

How to write Horror

For a long time I’ve been struggling with this topic. My short stories generally go in that direction whether I plan it or not, but it was attempting to turn them intonovels that made me scratch my head. Mostly because I didn’t really understand what made my shorts such good horror stories. So as we all do, I went online and tried to find the information.

Fat good that did me.

The information I found was generally the same thing:write what scares you, inject fear into the page.Same ol’, same...

Story creation – characters

Stone, Stone, Stone. How you do fascinate me. As I edit DAUGHTER OF THE RED PLANET (play with story notes now that the editor has the book) and ANCIENT SCARS, I discover a whole new plot line with one particular character. I have a load of scenes percolating for when I write the third in the series (now technically 4th, I suppose) book, UNDER EMPTY STARS. During this whole time, one character has been a standout individual who in fact says VERY little through the actual books. In DAUGHTER OF...

Words

Halfway through my Dark Illusions: The Beginning paperback.

Been making some lovely connections in Anora. I’m fascinated to learn where this storyline is headed.

Word count I started the day with: 47,509

Word count I ended the day with:49,794

Total for the day: 2285 words