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Let’s KICK OFF SUMMER!

Hopefully I’ll get to kayak this season, my current vehicle lacks a roof rack so I’m depending on other people and, that seldom ends well. I’m sort of in financial limbo as the union could call a strike any day, so I’m not eager to run out and spent $$$ on a big ticket item. I have money in savings, I have back ups, I’m fine; I have to be smart.

I heard back from Champagne that Magus’ Gambit, the second book in the Rogue Healer series is delayed until September 18. I learned years ago not...

Too many Characters? What I wish I would Have Known

So my beta reader and my niece are critiquing the current project and it’s hilarious how much they disagree. This isn’t new because I used to do writers circles and critique groups until I realized that most people aren’t going to be particularly helpful. People who like emotional gut wrenchers want different things than someone more technically inclined, for instance.

On a side note, sometimes they totally do agree (they both want more Tiffany – I get it guys), I know one of my weaknesse...

Spring is Finally Here (What Happened? No seriously, what happened??) and Philosophical Meandering with World Building

It doesn’t feel like April on account that we had the usual birthday blizzard, but this round with no False Spring in which for a week in March, we’re all breaking out the shorts and deluded winter’s done. I have been stupid busy with work that it doesn’t feel like mid April; I guess I find out if the strike vote goes forward soonish; we’ll be mandated to work and I’m not against that. One of the few mandates I agree with, actually.

Oh, and Ballad bloated right up and is now a 160k monste...

Review for The Windfeather Saga – Books and TV Series (First Season)

               I first came across the animation for the show when I was on The Babylon Bee, so while waiting for the animated premier I checked out the first book, and quickly got another copy of the first book for my niece for Christmas. It’s a little on the advanced side for her at nine (she likes chapter books, but I’m a terrible judge because of my own reading at that age) but the tv show recently put a disclaimer that the show is meant for ages seven and up, mostly due to the violence ...

A Ballad of Wood and Strings: Concepts, Follow Through, Revision

    I don’t normally like writing about my ideas because they’ll change but, this is as good a time as any to talk about my concepts, and what all changes. There’s plenty of happy accidents, things I didn’t consider, and really the first draft is me taking concepts and scenes and telling myself the story. Revision and editing is where I go, “And I meant to do that”.

               I wrote The Mermaid and the Unicorns for my niece when she was just starting to read chapter books, knowing it wo...

Review for Puss ‘n Boots: The Last Wish

The first movie I’ve seen in a theatre in about three years: of course it’s an animated feature.

 I didn’t see Shrek when it came out but when it came out on VHS (I belieeeeeve Shrek came out in 2001. Yeah, VHS and Blockbuster; I was there 3000 years ago, Gandalf…) I remember seeing Shrek 2 in theatres, and enjoying it so much I went twice. It remains one of my favourite comedy movies to this day, the people involved went extra when they didn’t have to. I mostly didn’t like the third movie, d...

By Any Other Name

Tower of Obsidian Launched Ebook it’ll be 10 years ago coming up early February. I hate that it took me so long to do follow-ups, but hey a girl needs a good job and it’s not like I sat on my hands twiddling my thumbs. I do need to fix the stuff up that I wrote in the meantime, but it got me thinking about why I chose to write Tower of Obsidian and stick it in our past.

I also promised I’d talk about Not-England and Vaguely-France last post.

The two series that comes to mind that I eit...

The Bonemender Trilogy by Holly Bennett

Set in vaguely France during medieval times, Gabrielle is adopted and raised as a princess, having a unique ability to heal. She has a hard time finding love despite being beautiful as there’s something off about her, and when she thinks she does find love with Feolan, an elf, she worries that she’ll die and leave him broken hearted for the centuries he has left to roam the earth. She pours herself into her duties as a bone mender and learns more about herself.

I’m going to talk about Vaguely...

Merry Christmas and Here’s to a Blessed 2023!

I worked a lot during the holidays (Christmas Eve, Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day) and I’m excited for a tour off of vacation later this January. Blah blah blah work is dumb but I’ve been off this tour because I’ve been sick most of the month. I thought I was better last tour, but either it came back or something else hit me when I was down (Not C—- I am borderlining on Strep. I think I may be a strep carrier) but I think at long last this is finishing up. I was supposed to be a lot furth...

Musketeers and Yay for Editing

Second round writing this. My Computer is acting up, but the short of it is I ain’t letting anyone touch it until I send Magus’ Gambit back to the editor. I’m at the tedious part and I doubt we’ll have it done before end of the year, which is the goal, but I’ll have my part done and that’s all I can expect. I made a huge breakthrough figuring out a motivation for the main villain for that Puppeteer book while I was doing laps at the pool this week, and I’m pushing 90k. I thought it would be a 90...