Sometimes I have thoughts, but it’s difficult to translate the elliptical way I think to the linear way I write.
Onward.
I’ve finished the second draft of the Queen of Wands story—written in a white-hot heat of trying to meet deadlines and build up my word count for Get Your Words Out. I’ve decided, for that challenge, [...]

First story of the year: second draft completed, with a word count of 20,458. (19,728 if you take out what I dropped in editing.) It’s now in the hands of First Readers and there’s three more weeks until it’s due to my publisher, so there’s plenty of time for fixing things, should it be needed. [...]

Something Beautiful has a new review at Coffee Time Romance and a four-cup rating.
Jenna Jones conveys with words the anguish experienced by both Micah and Dune. I love how she builds a relationship out of long-time love and not out of love at first sight. Micah is a wonderful and confused man who is learning [...]

New layout!
Some streamlining with the pages!
New excerpt for The Queen of Wands!

I am not doing well in the Cannonball Read, but I am doing fantastic in Get Your Words Out. I’ve reached 17,000 words today (in 16 days, go team me) and nearly finished the rought draft of my first story of the year.
(I also went through all the stories I have planned and their approximate [...]

Four of Cups has a new review at Literary Nymphs!
And the Queen of Wands rough draft has hit 10,000 words. YAY.

Preditors and Editors year poll is now open for nominations. (You can view the current tally here.)
Should you wish to vote, the links are:
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelh.shtml
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelsf.shtml
http://critters.org/predpoll/bookart.shtml
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/shortstoryh.shtml
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/shortstorysf.shtml
http://critters.org/predpoll/shortstoryr.shtml
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/author.shtml
(I am not currently nominated for anything. Should you wish to change that, I wouldn’t say no.)

Two new reviews! Four of Cups: The Best Man has its first review at Rainbow Reveiws and Something Beautiful has a new review at Joyfully Reviewed.

I’ve fallen out of the habit of reading, and it’s been hard to get back into it. I decided to start with an old favorite, Jane Eyre, which I’ve read nearly every year since I was twelve until I got caught up in teh interwebs and its own particular form of entertainment. I mean, I [...]

I’ve added a few more items to the CafePress Shop. One of them is a mug with my favorite Dune-ism from Chiaroscuro: “He who forgets the sugar must drink his coffee black.”
So here’s a question for you, Dear Reader: What’s your favorite line of Dune’s (or any other of my characters) that you think is [...]