Update!
I haven't updated the blog in a while, but I had good reasons, I promise. I've been super busy with a number of things, and, fortunately for those of you who are doing NaNoWriMo this year, one of them is a blog series to help you prep for that. But more on that in a minute.
This little cutie is Rosie, a kitten we got a few weeks ago (in this picture she's hiding behind our bathroom toilet, because we're apparently intimidating people).
She didn't come from a pet store, but she's not a rescue; the gentleman that had her adopted her mother, who was a stray, and wasn't prepared for kittens. He wanted good homes for them, and didn't have the resources to care for them as well as he would have liked. She had fleas when we got her, and is currently being treated for roundworms. So we've been busy taking care of her, training and such.
Our other cat, Frodo, isn't too pleased with having a little sister, either, so that's been taking up quite a bit of our time. Fortunately, she's adjusting pretty well. Her fleas are gone, she has two rounds of roundworm left, and no longer hides behind the toilet when she hears us coming. Or cries when we turn the lights off.
I've had a number of writing projects taking up my time as well:
In the last few weeks I've finally completed the rough draft for Metamorphose, and begun the editing process. It's taken me months longer than I'd planned to get this far (I'm going for mastery in the art of procrastination, in case anyone's wondering), but it's still going. My plan to rewrite the entire thing has done what I'd hoped; the editing is going to be much easier, since the raw material is higher quality this time. So it should be done relatively soon!
I've also been working on the editing for the next chapter of Tales of the Darkening. I would say I'm about 35% done with the first round of edits, so that should be done pretty quick too. For those who are interested, the title is Lorica, and yes - it's about Lady Lorica Garnelthicke from Festival. So if you wanted a little more info on her, you'll have your chance shortly.
I've even completed the cover for it, which you can see here.
I've spent a not-inconsiderable amount of time updating all the covers for the Tales of the Darkening books. (You can see them here if you're interested.) I did the cover for my intermediate world-building book, and realized that it looked so much more professional than the covers for my other books, so I spent hours upgrading everything. I'm super happy with how they look now, and I plan for all future chapters to have a similar theme.
I've been busy outlining a new stand-alone novel that I plan to bust out in the month of November for NaNoWriMo. For those following my character design posts, two of the three characters will appear in this story. The working title is The Dragon King. It's a fantasy, which is pretty obvious, but I'm trying a few new things with this one that I've never done before, and I'm really excited to get it started. It'll be full-length, unlike the Tales, and I'm aiming for about 80k, so it's not likely to be all done in November.
Sixth and last, I've been outlining a blog series for NaNoWriMo prep. I've taken the challenge (50k in 30 days) for the last three years, and I've won each time, so this series is going to guide you through my process for getting it done. It will be nine posts, one each Saturday between the first of September and the first of November. My goal is to have you all prepared and ready to go on November first, so we all have a good chance of finishing this year. The first post in this series will go live next week, so keep an eye out!
This little cutie is Rosie, a kitten we got a few weeks ago (in this picture she's hiding behind our bathroom toilet, because we're apparently intimidating people).She didn't come from a pet store, but she's not a rescue; the gentleman that had her adopted her mother, who was a stray, and wasn't prepared for kittens. He wanted good homes for them, and didn't have the resources to care for them as well as he would have liked. She had fleas when we got her, and is currently being treated for roundworms. So we've been busy taking care of her, training and such.
Our other cat, Frodo, isn't too pleased with having a little sister, either, so that's been taking up quite a bit of our time. Fortunately, she's adjusting pretty well. Her fleas are gone, she has two rounds of roundworm left, and no longer hides behind the toilet when she hears us coming. Or cries when we turn the lights off.
I've had a number of writing projects taking up my time as well:
In the last few weeks I've finally completed the rough draft for Metamorphose, and begun the editing process. It's taken me months longer than I'd planned to get this far (I'm going for mastery in the art of procrastination, in case anyone's wondering), but it's still going. My plan to rewrite the entire thing has done what I'd hoped; the editing is going to be much easier, since the raw material is higher quality this time. So it should be done relatively soon!
I've also been working on the editing for the next chapter of Tales of the Darkening. I would say I'm about 35% done with the first round of edits, so that should be done pretty quick too. For those who are interested, the title is Lorica, and yes - it's about Lady Lorica Garnelthicke from Festival. So if you wanted a little more info on her, you'll have your chance shortly.
I've even completed the cover for it, which you can see here.
I've spent a not-inconsiderable amount of time updating all the covers for the Tales of the Darkening books. (You can see them here if you're interested.) I did the cover for my intermediate world-building book, and realized that it looked so much more professional than the covers for my other books, so I spent hours upgrading everything. I'm super happy with how they look now, and I plan for all future chapters to have a similar theme.
I've been busy outlining a new stand-alone novel that I plan to bust out in the month of November for NaNoWriMo. For those following my character design posts, two of the three characters will appear in this story. The working title is The Dragon King. It's a fantasy, which is pretty obvious, but I'm trying a few new things with this one that I've never done before, and I'm really excited to get it started. It'll be full-length, unlike the Tales, and I'm aiming for about 80k, so it's not likely to be all done in November.
Sixth and last, I've been outlining a blog series for NaNoWriMo prep. I've taken the challenge (50k in 30 days) for the last three years, and I've won each time, so this series is going to guide you through my process for getting it done. It will be nine posts, one each Saturday between the first of September and the first of November. My goal is to have you all prepared and ready to go on November first, so we all have a good chance of finishing this year. The first post in this series will go live next week, so keep an eye out!
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