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August 21, 2014
Yoga in August
A lovely yoga session on the back porch. Cool for August. I never put my AC in my office window this year. Are we having a strange year? I certainly appreciate August being so temperate – but does this mean we’ll have a frigid winter?
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August 20, 2014
Meditation
Heading into my 10pm meditation – just launching my new dystopian novella. Feeling content that is finally ready. One step at a time :).
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Badge of Honor
Working on a new cover for my medieval romance Badge of Honor – thoughts? This one is set in Worcester UK.
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Looking Back
A first cut on Looking Back – I’m having technical difficulties with iStock so the woman is rough for now. I can only use the public thumbnail and not the full size version I bought (without a watermark). Thoughts?
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Into the Wasteland
Or maybe this for the Into the Wasteland cover, with a reaching arm and a burnt out hulk :). What do you think?
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Into the Wasteland
Into the Wasteland, my first novella in a new dystopian future series – is now complete! A young woman blinks into awareness as she’s about to be ejected – along with fifty hardened criminals – into a barren wasteland. If she can make it the 250 miles north through dangerous terrain and hostile locals, she’ll be granted amnesty. She has no idea why she’s here or how she’ll survive. She only knows she must.
Next I’ll be working on the cover. I’ll post that as soon as I get it mocked up. Let me know if you’d like an ARC of the story! It’s about 30,000 words / 178 pages.
… What do you think – does this cover scream dystopian future? It’s set in North Dakota. The opening scene looks like this. I like the bright teal of the bottom, but tire fires are incredibly smoky. The top really should be solid black, but it’d blot out the landscape.
Or I could lay into the smoke a bit more heavily, and sacrifice the landscape …
Or I could just go whole-hog into the black smoke …
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19th year anniversary
Today is my 19th year anniversary of living with Bob; we’ve known each other for 28 years. That’s just amazing. And I love him more daily :). We both went to WPI and our lives have intertwined since then. He supports me enthusiastically in everything I do – drives me to writing group meetings, helps me with my books, gathers art supplies for me, helps me with my wacky creative ideas, cooks delicious meals for me, and so much more.
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Yoga
What a beautiful day! I enjoyed my back-porch yoga with hummingbirds, JulieCat, morning glories, cosmos, chickadees, and gentle breezes. Are you soaking in the sun?
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August 18, 2014
Meditation
Heading into 10pm meditation – finishing up polishing on my dystopian novella. Yes, another genre. I’ve always wanted to write this story. In the past when I had a scifi story demanding to be told I tried turning it into a medieval novel to stay with that existing genre series. It didn’t work – my brain still wanted me to write the scifi version. So now I just let the stories out the way they want to be and don’t worry about what genre the story is in.
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Creating Memories
The cover for Creating Memories – A Medieval Romance is tricky with the bright scene. Ideas?
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