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March 6, 2016
Breaking the Author – Week Nine
It’s March 6th, 2016and I have been writing and editing this week! It’s time for the Week Nine update for 2016.
I managed to miss some of the goals this week, but I still accomplished several and feel pretty good despite the hectic days I’ve been having.
Shapes 2 Part...
March 3, 2016
A Pile of Failure
This clip is relevant to today’s subject!
FAILURE.
Failure’s a thing, right?
A dirty, rotten, horrible robberwho shows up to knock you down and take your wallet. You’re not expecting this assault against your person, and yet it comes like a tornado through your psyche, uprooting all the positive feelings and tearing down all the sensitive barriers you’ve built up.
I received my first 1-Star ratingon The Recluse and the Runaway this past week. It was via Goodreads, a random person I don’t kno...
March 1, 2016
The Wings Take Shape – Part Four
Tuesday is here again, my friends! I hope the week passed for you as fast as it did for me, but perhaps not if you were impatiently awaiting the next part of this story, eh?
In Part Three, Wing CaptainRenee Mollen conferred with Sergeant Regina Hughes in the Red Forest while learning what she could of the events inside the capital city. The place has been overrun, and Renee’s old Captain, Claire Claymonte, is presumed dead along with the rest of the Winged Riders and Kingsguard remaining in t...
February 28, 2016
Breaking the Author – Week Eight
It’s February 28th, 2016, and that means I have an update thing for you. You know, that thing I do. On a weekly basis. It’s cool. Trust me.
So it’s well known that I’ve been having a rough time of it for pretty much all of this month, but I managed to complete all my goals for the week this week, so that’s a step in the right direction!
Write Shapes 2 Part 4 for next week’s post. Write the opening part to a collaborative story game beginning in March. Continue plugging away at Shapes 1 line...February 25, 2016
Media Medley – February 2016
It’s the last Thursday of the month, which means it’s time to yammer on aboutall the movies, TV shows, books, comics, games, and whatever else I consumed during the previous month, talking about each one briefly and what I liked or disliked about it, with a single recommendation at the end.
Away we go for February!
Movies:Deadpool–The Fox vehicle that surprised pretty much everyone, starring Ryan Reynolds as a psychotic, fourth-wall breaking maniac in a red suit. It was everything I hoped it...
February 23, 2016
The Wings Take Shape – Part Three
Ah, can you smell it? The oaky scent of a fresh installment in The Wings Take Shape.
Last week, Sergeant Marie Mollen helped keep order in the Red Forest while her twin sister, Captain Renee Mollen, decided what they should do. Their home had just come under attack from a foreign enemy, and they were barely outside the city when it started.
Private Jonathan Sawyer, a secret Skinchanger, took flight as a hawk to gather intel for Captain Mollen, and they rushed to the gates of the city based on...
February 21, 2016
Breaking the Author – Week Seven
It’s Sunday, February 21st, 2016, and it’s time for another update!
The past week of my writerly productivity has been mildly depressing. I had a list of things to achieve, as per usual, and I did almost none of them.
Maintain the blog with a weekly update, an editorial, and a story post. Complete Shapes 1 Line Edits Submit Darkness Inside Write Shapes 2 Part 3 Write the opening part to a collaborative story game that begins in March. Find cover art for Shapes 1 Begin Gridfall read and broad...February 18, 2016
The Moment
We’re turning things around here on Panning for Clouds this Thursday with alittle walk down memory lane.
The Moment. It’s different for everyone. That second when you realizethat thing you enjoy doing in your spare time is a thing you maybe could see yourself doing professionally.
I’m a writer. To be clear, that is not my professional title, but it is the title that sparks my imagination, gets me up in the morning, pushes me ever onward and upward. It is the framework through which I view the...
February 16, 2016
The Wings Take Shape – Part Two
Tuesday has come once again and it is now time to delve back into the world of shapeshifters, twinners, and more with Part Two of “The Wings Take Shape”!
Last week, Jonathan Sawyer, hiding his Skinchanger abilities from the empire, found himself a recruit of the elite military Winged Riders under his twin friends Renee and Marie. They have set out upon their first mission together when the capital comes under attack from a foreign hostile takeover. They barely escape into the Red Forest with...
February 14, 2016
Breaking the Author – Week Six
It’s Sunday, February 14th, 2016, Valentine’s Day though that doesn’t really matter. It’s time to update you on my pretty horrendous week!
If you saw my Thursday post about the slump I’m in, I haven’t gotten much writing or editing work done this week.
I managed to keep the blog updated. I started posting the serial novella The Wings Take Shape I wrote the next part of The Wings Take Shape for next Tuesday I submitted Damp Summer NightsI didn’t finish line edits on Shapes 1, submit Inside...
