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Words From Day 6 - Lunar Wolves: The Unwanted

 Not a lot of words, yesterday. I was planning on a minimum day of 4,000, but completely forgot I had maintenance booked for the air-conditioner - and then I misjudged how long updating a series bible could take, especially when  you've forgotten to do it for a while.That last is a pretty important task for me, as I roll from one book to the next as it helps me track where the characters came

New Cover - A Collection of Dragons

 Some of you might be familiar with my short work - and some of you may not, but I've been gathering my short stories, poems and flash into themed collections, and slowly getting them ready for release. The first of these will be A Collection of Dragons, which will be released later in the year. It's complete and is queued for a final edit and formatting. In the meantime, its cover has arrived,

Words from Day 5 - Lunar Wolves: The Unwanted

With the completion of the first novel in the Lunar Wolves series, The Unwilling, I've started work on the second novel in the series, The Unwanted. In other news, the cover for The Unwilling has arrived and you can see it below. It was created by Jake at JCaleb Design, and I'm looking forward to seeing what he comes up with for this book. The other covers are by Mihaela Voicu (on the left), and

Available for Pre-Order: Mack 'n' Me: Odyssey Omnibus #1

 Now that all the individual titles in the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series are available for purchase or pre-order, I'm concentrating on getting the omnibus collections out for those of you who like to pick up your series in sections or all at once.There will be three collections: one for Books 1-3 (Origins, Blaedergil's Host, and Arach), one for Books 4-6 (The Transporter's Favor, Wolves of Alpha

Second (Re)-Release of the Year - Mack 'n' Me: Blaedergil's Host

The second edition of Mack 'n' Me: Blaedergil's Host released on January 20, and is now available once more. What's changed? Story-wise, not a lot. The book has had a re-edit and received a new cover (courtesy of Moonchild Ljilja at Fantasy Book Design) and new front and back matter, ensuring it gives a solid base for the stories that follow.What's the Series About?I'd like to say the entire

First (Re)-Release of the Year - Mack 'n' Me: Origins

The second edition of Mack 'n' Me: Origins released on January 6, and is now available once more. What's changed? Story-wise, not a lot. The book has had a re-edit and received a new cover (courtesy of Moonchild Ljilja at Fantasy Book Design) and new front and back matter, ensuring it gives a solid base for the stories that follow.What's the Series About?I'd like to say the entire series is about

Words from Day 33 - Lunar Wolves: The Unwilling

 Yesterday, I slated writing time for after dinner... That is usually one of my more productive writing times. The only hazard with that is when I become fatigued enough that I catch myself staring at the screen for over half an hour, not having written any words. When that happens, I've learned to go to bed - and that my productivity will pick up the next day, if I do. It took a while for the

Words from Day 29-32 - Lunar Wolves: The Unwilling

Well, it's been a busy week so far, and there's a lot more distance to travel. My private deadline was to hit between the 80-100k mark by December 20th. So far, that's on track, and I may finish this novel early, buying me time to start the second one early. This is the first book in the Lunar Wolves series, a paramilitary adventure story of two werewolves on the run from two angry

Words from Days 26-28 - Lunar Wolves: The Unwilling

Even though I have 50ked out of NaNoWriMo, the novel has about 30k to go. Here's the progress from the last few days. It's slow, but I finished a major - 100k+ - project on the morning of the 26th, and this is my way of relaxing before kicking back into it again...that and there was a ton of administration to do:Day 26Starting Words: 50,121Finishing Words: 50,535Words Written: 414Words on Other

Why do I STILL do NaNoWriMo?

"Why do you still do NaNoWriMo?" people ask. "Why are you actually here?" It's a legitimate question, and I guess people have a right to wonder."Hey," they say, and go on with any combination of, "you write double the NaNo word quota each month, you're a published writer, you've got a successful eight-book series under your belt, your own stuff is coming along, and you even do work-for-hire, so,