Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. — John Steinbeck People often ask where do writers get their ideas from. Let me give you an idea of my creative process. Chaos Wolf was originally supposed to be a single story, a one-off […]
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Sometimes I feel more like a juggler than a writer. I timed the completion of Lucy Harker perfectly to give me two days off before diving into the copy edits of Chaos Hunt. I spent those two days taking some deep breaths and setting up everything that happens next. If you’re not familiar with how
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I typed “The End” on Lucy Harker, Vampire Hunter earlier this week. It’s a milestone that I’ve passed, but there are a lot of miles ahead still. But then I looked back and realized there are many miles behind. Out of idle curiosity, I did a search for files on my computer that mentioned Lucy
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I’m in this liminal space preparing to publish a book. There is so much that I want to be talking about for these books and a few other projects I am waiting to hear back regarding. Until things are cemented down, I can’t. That’s one of the awkward things I experience about being a writer.
At the start of 2021, I decided to be better about blogging. I would post something once a week, no matter what happened. Of course, the universe heard me make this promise to myself and the universe decided the best reaction was to say “challenge accepted.” It’s never a good thing when the universe says
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Normally I do a post about what my goals were for this year, based on something I posted at the beginning. Apparently at the beginning of the year, I was so busy with the edits for Chaos Wolf that I didn’t write one. Oops. So I decided that I’d go over all the accomplishments I
I think I’ve figured out the problem I’ve been having with my latest book and has been draining away my productivity. I’m working on the sequel to Chaos Wolf, currently titled Chaos Kin. Now that Jordan has survived becoming a werewolf, she now has to learn to live as one. I’m building out the plot
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… and I’m starting to run. Figuratively speaking of course. A lot of August was spent recovering from the personal issues of May/June/July. Things have finally settled in my personal life and I can look at the future without panicking. With the end of Worldcon, it’s the end of con season for me. I will
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A friend once told me that the business of being an author is “write a book. Publish a book. Write another book. Publish another book. Repeat.” Chaos Wolf has been out almost a week now, and I’m still processing it. I’m also looking to the future and what else I need to get done to
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Well, June and most of July was a loss because of illness and the website issues. So here’s where things stand. Chaos Wolf, Jordan Abbey Novel #1 – Urban fantasy novel. Currently being read by the developmental editor. Working on the non-story elements it will need (cover, blurb, etc.) Chaos Hunt, Jordan Abbey Novel #2
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