Since finishing my latest first draft a few weeks ago, I've been thinking about how I work through each draft. Especially first drafts. So I thought I'd post a bit about how I tackle these projects by allocating daily, weekly and monthly goals. I always find it easier to b…

Hey! How's it going? There goes another week. Man, they sure go fast! O_o Although I plan to embark on a new WIP this month, I just wasn't ready to start yet. Not so close to the revision I just finished. Not when I wanted to think and brainstorm some more. So, I spent …

The Goetia the Lesser Key of Solomon the King: Lemegeton, Book 1 Clavicula Salomonis Regis by S.L. MacGregor Mathers   My rating: 5 of 5 stars I just finished writing the first draft of a novel that leans heavily on demonology, so reading this book has been very helpful. T…

The other day I mentioned that I had a new shade in my hair, and here it is! What'd you think? I love it.   I took this pic--with my daughter's help--this morning and finally managed to capture the actual colour. I've taken a few other shots, but they came out looking a …

Really, go away.  It's been raining all this week, and it totally sucks! I'm so over it. I have to wear my raincoat every single day and it's cold, too. We're supposed to have moved past the cold, shitty weather. O_o <--- I took this photo this morning, during my d…

We're sitting on Wednesday again. :/ And it's a wet one outside. It pretty much rained all day yesterday too. It's so annoying when it rains for more than one day. The laundry basket - which I caught up on during the weekend - is now full again. Darn it! Well, yesterday I r…

Well, I'm happy to say that I finished off Friday afternoon by getting the first draft of the (dreaded) synopsis I was putting off done. Yay. Okay. Maybe it ended up being a little too long - seven single-spaced pages - but at least I can go back and cut/edit. :) A rough synops…

Book Description from Amazon A breakout novel is one that rises out of its category--such as literary fiction, mystery, romance, or thriller--and hits the bestseller lists. Maass explains the elements that all breakout novels share and shows readers how to use these elements to write a n…

I'm reading some very interesting research material at the moment. All about how easy it is to plant false memories into people's brains, and how we all go into an average of three trances per day. It's interesting stuff, and all relevant to the novel I wrote during NaNo last…

I took this photo on Sunday. The hubby, daughter and I headed into the city again. It was a lovely day, so that always makes it that much better. The hubby wanted to stop by the Broadway Shopping Centre , and I thought it would also be handy to walk a little and stop into Hyde Park to…