Lord have mercy! What’s going on these days? Three manuscripts in hand–or really, two and a half. Why? First off, keep in my mind that I’m at the mercy of my muse. When I resist everything goes bad. So, I gave up resisting and I write what she wants. Second: I’m shifting my Arrival to… Continue reading This is going to be interesting

Okay, after a severe case of scene fatigue–AKA “writer’s block for certain scenes”–I did manage to power through the manuscript. A couple of weeks spent to let it marinate and then we moved through it again to check for spelling issues and final tweaks. Finally, YAY!! Book Two for the PDX series is up. ROCKING THE… Continue reading Time to ROCK the NOG

That’s what it felt like. It took me nearly two weeks to finish the bottom half of my Chapter 12. A seriously BAD case of Writer’s Block. Example: I’d sit down and open everything up, browse the chapter, tweak a line or add one…then do something else for a while. Writing simply didn’t hold my… Continue reading Was Mercury in Retrograde?

Things are happening right that’s putting things out of my control. All I can do is hang on for the ride. Yes, my Dollar$Dreadfuls are moving right along. (FABULOUS!!) But now, there’s been a nibble for the books to be streamed. Yes, that means put onto film for a in Internet platform. How did this… Continue reading Good Lord!! What a Fortnight of Change

Two things happened this week that resulted in a “damn.” A) Had to take out my bottom right wisdom tooth. Cheek feels like hamburger and, no, laughing gas isn’t like what the TV tells you it is. B) Another scene just arrived into my mind for Nog. It will relate to the upcoming IDES OF… Continue reading Bad week

In sum, it’s how to keep the reader entertained while something boring is happening but it important enough to the story line that it must remain on the front page. The greater conflict is in play, yes, but the IMMEDIATE conflict is what keeps the reader reading the page. (Greater explanation is found HERE.) Article… Continue reading Micro-tension? What’s that?

And that is the hard part writing a story of blended genre. One must ALWAYS fulfill the tropes and expectations of BOTH. So, with NOG I must find a way to touch the story’s Turning Point–AKA the “all is lost!” point, or the “No! And…” point, or the arrival of the Second Plot Point, whatever… Continue reading Also supposed to be a THRILLER

Not wanting to burn out with respect to the scenes of intimacy happening in ROCKING THE NOG’s present act, I took a week to mentally cleanse. By that I mean the past week was spent concluding the first Act of WHITE MARE. Yeah, I’m balancing two books at once. Why? I’m either crazy or my… Continue reading Balancing act: WHITE MARE v Nog

Already? Lord how time flies these days. Especially when your muse is a rampaging beast. I managed to revise Act One for ROCKING THE NOG (Portland Streets, book 2) but it was a struggle. Never attempt to create anything when Mercury is in Retrograde. [BRACKET NOTE: Mercury is the winged God of communication, and since… Continue reading Two Weeks into July 2020?

ROCKIN’ THE ‘NOG is book 2 of my newly branded series and a LOT MORE WORK than I expected. I’m using the frame of the story I once had with (now closed publisher) LooseID. Why? I like the characters and the inciting element. [BRACKET NOTE: Happened to me once. Literally. A buddy sent a d**k… Continue reading ‘NOG – Coming Soon