Friend: I’m looking for a new clock
Me: Here’s a link to a dragon clock on Amazon!
Friend: It needs to be silent… Continue reading “Dragon Clocks and Lamps”
Revisiting Old Playlists
One of the nice things about working on a sequel to The Snake’s Song is that it gives me a reason to listen to the playlist I listened to while writing it again. It’s a good playlist, and it helps get me back into the characters and world.
Happy Kitten –> Happy Writing
How to write:
—get kitten
—dangle feathers
Look, if you measure in word count, sure, this strategy may not be the MOST effective. But if you measure in HAPPY KITTENS, it’s much better. Continue reading “Happy Kitten –> Happy Writing”
Chaos Sundae
My life has been a bowl of chaos ice cream during this pandemic, and then my dog died, so we got a new kitten… Basically, we put some chaos whipped cream, chocolate sauce, cherries, and sprinkles on top of the chaos ice cream to make a chaos sundae.
Zoom meetings with a kitten…
Me: Here! See my new kitten!
*tilts camera down*
Kitten: plays charmingly on my lap Continue reading “Zoom meetings with a kitten…”
Impossible Choice
The kitten wants scritches. The keyboard needs typing. You must choose.
Kitten or writing?
You only have enough hands for one…
Research
The thirteen-year-old comes in to find me watching the forest fire scene from Bambi. Specifically just the forest fire scene. Looks at me quizzically.
Me: “Research. For the novel.”
Thirteen: “Ah. I wondered.”
Bridging the Span Between Shelties
The book I started writing yesterday is about a squirrel going to rescue a big, jolly otter she loves; he nearly died at the end of the last book but instead ascended into the heavens.
She will bring him back, but he’ll be changed. Continue reading “Bridging the Span Between Shelties”
Trilogy Finished!
It’s been less than a year since I signed with Aethon Books for my Entangled Universe trilogy – which at the time was just one book & some vague ideas – but I just sent off the manuscript for the final book! Continue reading “Trilogy Finished!”
Finishing Trilogies and Losing Dogs
Full draft at 81,023.
That’s the second time in my life that I’ve finished writing a trilogy.
The last time I finished writing a trilogy was nearly four years ago, and the trilogy took longer to write but was shorter. Continue reading “Finishing Trilogies and Losing Dogs”