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Help Wanted: Title

Serial Anthology with Less Than
Three Press. Coming Oct 2014I'm participating in a group sci-fi serial about white & blue collar workers of space (the laymen, scavengers, dockworkers, etc). I'm having a most difficult time coming up with a title. Usually, titles come pretty easily to me. The only other time I was stumped like this was when I wrote Ruby Red.

So I thought I would throw it out there and see what y'all could come up with. If I pick your title we could do something like a $10 gi...

What Am I Working On with Excerpt

Keeping Faith is one of the stories that I'm working on and it will probably be the longest one I'll write this summer. I expect it will be 90k. It is the sequel to last year's short story, Playing For Keeps, and one that Ms. Mandy is highly anticipating. I'm broadening the scope a bit, not only giving an account of what happens afterwards but deepening the back story that will include the families of AJ, Trent, and Brock, adding a bit of suspense.

I did debate whether I would write this in fi...

Hearts On Fire Reviews Giveaway

Just a quick note that a giveaway for Striker is going on over at Hearts On Fire Reviews (--> click here ). Enter before 5/24.

If you miss that giveaway, the week of Striker's release, Jun 1st thru June 7th, I'll be giving more away on the blog tour. So keep an eye out for the fun.

June 1st – Hearts On Fire Reviews (http://heartsonfirereviews.com/) Striker: The next leg of the journey, Atlainticia, the Ancients, and AlphaJune 2nd – Ethan Stone (http://www.ethanjstone.com/) The Makings of a W...

A Bit Of Flash Fiction: Imperfections

I was looking at the WIPs switching things around based on dues dates and such so that I could be a little bit more organized (and a realist) on my writing time table. I'm currently working on three WIPs, Keeping Faith, Leap of Faith, and an untitled Sci-Fi.

The only one with a hard due date is the sci-fi piece and I'm hoping to have it completed by the end of the month. Keeping Faith is an M/M/M drama/thirller and will be the longest of the group at an estimated 90k. Leap of Faith I'm reworki...

Something new going on at Mischief Corner Books

The small press Mischief Corner Books is announcing this weekend they are opening up their first call for submission. What I liked best when I read this over was there doesn't have to be sex, it doesn't have to have and HEA/HFN ending. The call is for 10k or less, and for someone like me, who can't write a short story to save my life, will have a little difficulty meeting such a small word count. But I hear all the time how publishers ask for sex or won't take a tragedy, and depending on...

Wrapping up Fate & Destinies

The one thing about hand writing the first draft that can be daunting is typing the manuscript when I finish. When I can, I will type up what has been written every couple of days, but when I'm going into that final stretch, and I can practically taste the finish line, I will push until it is complete.

When I returned from RainbowCon I wrote an estimated 20-30k in less than a week. I can only calculate a rough word count per page hand written, so I never quite know the real numbers until every...

Writing Process Blog Hop

First, I would like to thank Eloreen Moon for involving me in the blog hop. She posted her writing process story a couple of weeks prior.  Be sure to check out her story too.

What Am I Working On? :  Several things right now. I just finished the first draft of Fate & Destinies. I will be starting revisions for it soon. With Fate & Destinies coming to an end, my writing has picked up for Keeping Faith, the sequel to last year's freebie, Playing For Keeps. And I'm world b...

Deleted Phrases From Twin Flames

It seems that at the beginning of Twin Flames Tristan is a bit of a drama queen, and I the cliche' queen. (I think I need a shiny badge.) *preens* He and I make quite a pair. To smooth things out and make Tristan less cliched some of the over-the-top phrases needed to go.

The one thing I believe wholeheartedly is that I should NEVER become so enamored with the words I write to cause me to turn down good editing advice. A good editor is worth their weight in gold. Ignoring sound advice would be...

Striker Character Sketch: Prince Azaes

I realized today that the release for Striker is a little over a month away. In fact, five and a half weeks and I had planned six more drawings. That may be a little ambitious for me. We'll see what I can do. I might end up with five sketches or less for the release week.

Because I'm behind, this is the last character reveal on my blog until June 1st. I had planned for the sketch to be both Azaes and Mestor. It wasn't until after I began that realized 1) my drawing tablet was much bigger than...

Rainbow Con Aftermath

I'm thrilled the stress of Rainbow Con is over. I enjoyed the event very much, even if my pocket book was in agony by the end. I adore autographed copies of books and collect them when I can. :)

I angsted more over my panels the week prior to Rainbow Con than I did once I sat down at the table. I did rush through my reading, but I did not laugh like I had done on the practices. All the author readings that I attended on my own were really good. Wade Kelly was my hero because her excerpts were...