Sailing
I thought I’d share some of the research I’ve done today. Yes, there are sailing ships in Tempest!
I thought I’d share some of the research I’ve done today. Yes, there are sailing ships in Tempest!
I’m making reasonably steady progress on Tempest, though not as rapid as I’d have liked. Still, it seems that it’s better to think a bit here and there than to rewrite/rewrite/rewrite. Of course I’ll probably still have to! It might be that this story just didn’t have as long to percolate, so there wasn’t a…
Between yesterday and today, *False Perceptions* has grown by just over 3K. It’s feeling good, emotional and tense. I’ve remapped my way to the finish line, which is just three chapters away now (I think, unless I find a new map). The map was good; it outlined what needed to happen to get to my…
I showed you the cover for my November release, Sweetened with Honey, on Tuesday, but today I’d like to give you a glimpse behind the process. As you know, my daughter over at Book Cover Bakery does my covers. For the illustration style she uses on my Farm Fresh Romance series, she prefers to do…
I now have a complete outline of what exactly is IN False Perceptions’s 84059 words. They encompass 32 chapters that are comprised of 96 scenes. As much as I would like to say that my novels average 1500 words per scene, Real Life would indicate otherwise. My next task, and one I may start on…
I managed over 1200 words today before giving up. I’m not necessarily expecting to get any words tomorrow either, as I’ll be setting up a new fax/answering machine and making sure everything is ready for me to take a week off of work. And yesterday was a washout on account of online meetings regarding the…
I’m not sure what kept the customers out of the store today–yes, I remembered to unlock the door AND flip the sign to Open!–but I had plenty of peace and quiet for writing in. Tempest’s story is almost to fourteen thousand words, which averages out to about a thousand a day since I started writing….