I’m currently working on the first draft of Sorry About the Seitan (Real Werewolves Don’t Eat Meat 8), and yesterday I wrote a scene that almost made me cry. I guess it’s good if I can elicit that kind of reaction in myself; it might mean my readers will like the scene too. I can’t READ MORE
Tag: paranormal
First Draft Done!
In October, a week or so after I released Ebb and Flow, I started writing the sequel to it, which is tentatively titled Life and Time. Yesterday, I finished writing that sequel! I think that’s one of the fastest first drafts I’ve ever done. And I’m pretty happy with the story, though there are a READ MORE
The Best-Laid Plans…
I try to plan in advance what books I’ll be working on and when. If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that those plans often get changed. This is partly on me. Sometimes I bite off more than I can chew, so to speak, and plan too many projects in READ MORE
5 Stars!!
I don’t automatically expect my books to get great reviews. Some of that is me being realistic; all books have issues of one kind or another, and not every story is every reader or reviewer’s cup of tea. But some of my lack of expectation of good reviews is due to imposter syndrome: “I suck, READ MORE
Blurbs
Sometimes writing a blurb is harder than writing the actual book. The blurb is the little “description” that appears on retail sites and on the back cover of a paperback. It’s meant to attract readers to the story. Which… isn’t easy. Back in the day, when I was working with publishers, sometimes I had to READ MORE
Progress and Process
For far longer than I anticipated, I’ve been working on Bring On the Broccoli (Real Werewolves Don’t Eat Meat 7). I wrote a draft that took me over 3 months to complete, which is nearly twice as long as my drafts usually take, and then realized that that draft was mostly unusable. There wasn’t enough READ MORE
New Month, New Projects
Well, technically one of the projects I’m currently working on isn’t new. After spending a week going through my universe bible (the document in which I try–and sometimes fail–to keep track of all the details of the world in which my books are set, plot points of the books, characters, and so on) and previous READ MORE
New Newsletter Thank You
When people subscribe to my newsletter, they receive a free gift as my thank you. For the past several months, it was a free PDF of the young adult novel Fresh Meat, which details the origin story of Tobias Rogan from the Real Werewolves Don’t Eat Meat series. I like to swap things out occasionally, READ MORE
This Week Is Hectic!
This is a hectic week, but hectic in a good way. Thursday is the official release day for A Fighting Chance! I put this book up for Kindle preorder on April 26, and on May 9 it will release for Kindle and paperback. I’ve been making some tweaks to my release schedule going forward. Take READ MORE
Available for Preorder!
A Fighting Chance (Chance Met 2) is now available for Kindle preorder! The book will release on May 9 in Kindle and paperback formats, and will be available through Kindle Unlimited. This is a sequel to Chance Met, which was released in March 2023. I had hoped to have A Fighting Chance out in March READ MORE