Hey! Long time no blog. I was going to post a general update about what I've been doing this month: walking, thrifting, reading, writing... and since the running thread in all of those things is stories , I decided it might be cool to concentrate on THAT. After all, this month …

That's right. It's that time of the year again! I signed up for NaNoWriMo 2019 . Yay. 😃 After spending the weekend thinking about the two stories I narrowed it down to last week, and chatting to hubby about both options, I picked one. Here's the description I poste…

Yep. I finally did it! I signed up. Today is Friday, and after spending the beginning of the week picking out a handful of possible ideas, as well as letting the loudest fill my mind... I'm excited about my pick. The novel I'll be working on during NaNoWriMo 2018 will …

The other day I posted this tweet: And just had  to mention it here, because this time of year is always the same. By the time we reach December, I've done so many things that my brain begins to slow down.  I'm the kind of person who's always got a to-do list and pr…

After my whole writing world was turned upside down early this year , I decided to throw myself into writing new short stories and novels. I thought it was time to deal with everything by taking a step back from the publishing world and going back to basics. I wanted to remember w…

Welcome to a new month. OMG. Can you believe it's August already? AUGUST! Why is the year moving so fast? O.o Anyway. A new month means new plans. A new set of goals to tackle. Especially since July was mostly hubby break time with a side of sorting + researching. LOL.  …

The other day I posted this tweet on Twitter: And after I did, I thought it might be a cool idea to write a blog post about it. I get ideas from everywhere: dreams, songs, random words, TV, a sentence, pictures. My muse isn't fussy and has been going strong this year. Wh…

While going through my word count totals during the last few years, I noticed something missing: short stories . I'd written several novellas and a bunch of novels, but short stories seemed to be missing from my yearly totals. And I'm not sure why. I've always enjoyed re…

Yep. I did it! This week, I officially signed up for NaNoWriMo 2016 . THIS IS ME ! :) It's fine and dandy to decide that I'm going to take part, but it doesn't count if I don't sign up. So... I signed into the website the other day, added a dodgy 'cover' …

So. A new week is here. After a super busy weekend, which included lining up early in the morning for Free Comic Book Day , this week I've decided to tackle the third draft revision of my 1980s YA novel. Yep. And I started yesterday. I managed to revise 33/289 pages. That…

As you can tell from last week's posts, I've been catching up on some reading. Mostly I've been reading intriguing books, but yesterday I finished one that was disappointing. :( There's nothing worse than reading the next book in a series that I like and not enjoying…

A full colour, behind the scenes look at the bestselling world of the HOUSE OF NIGHT. Merry meet, fledgling. I trust this guide will serve you well... Every vampyre fledgling who arrives at the House of Night receives a copy of The Fledgling Handbook 101, and now, fans can have…

You guys already know about my fascination with 30STM , right? But I'm not sure if you know that I have a very similar fascination with MCR . There's just something about these two bands that gets my creative juices totally flowing! It's awesome. So when I drop my daughte…

As I mentioned the other day, The Vampire Oracle: Volume Four is now available in print! Yay. I'm so very excited about it, but it won't feel quite real until I have it in my own hands. It's exactly what happened when the first print anthology I was in was released. S…

My mind keeps wandering... what's wrong with her? The pic's called Trapped , and that she is. But why, and by who? Okay, I gotta stop now because my muse wants me to take notes. I've already got a bunch of those to add. Things I thought about during my walk. We're g…

I've decided that this pic to the left is the inspiration behind the hero in my latest novella. You all know who it is, right? I don't think I need to tell you. ;) Anyway, it's exactly how I imagined him. And this particular pose is just so him. It's amazing when you fi…