I’ve been away for a bit again due to some projects at work but one of the big projects has been completed so I’m hoping to get my creativity going again. I’ve been toying with this idea for a while and finally decided I want to do this. I’m going to start a series of…
Category: Writing
Shadow Life Sample
Here is a little sample of Shadow Life, the book that was born from NaNoWriMo. Chapter One Darkness wraps me in its arms, protecting me from preying eyes. Even though no one seeks to find me in the quiet lonely streets of the subdivision, at least not right now, I still welcome it. No wonder…
NaNoWriMo and Shadow Life
Good Morning Everyone! I hope your middle of the week is going well. Today I want to chat about two things. NaNoWriMo and my book in progress Shadow Life. NaNoWriMo starts up in November and is just around the corner. A few years ago a writer in our writing group told us about it. I…
To Preface or Not
The question of whether to add a preface or not came up quite a bit in the writing groups I attended. The common answer was almost always, don’t do it, and instead make it chapter one. Oh, dear the discussions over it. I can still hear it. I personally think if it’s well done, and…
Final Cover Art
The final version of my cover art for Rise of the Winged Assassin has finally come in! Late Friday afternoon I received a text message form Page Publishing notifying me that there had been a change to my author portal. My heart immediately started to flutter. Questions raged through my mind. What will it look…
Wakizashi Arrival
Happy Saturday everyone. If you don’t know this already, I love love love swords, but my true love are Japanese blades like the katana. I love them so much that they find their way into my books on a regular basis. I recently purchased a wakizashi and have been awaiting it’s arrival. This post will…
Cover Art Has Arrived
Happy day after Labor Day everyone! I’ve been away for a bit, again, due to my day job. I have this week off for vacation so I hope to get caught up and start a regular routine for blogging and social media. With some luck my book will be out by Christmas at the latest….
Writing Battle Scenes
I love to read and watch great battle scenes! When I decided to write my fantasy book Rise of the Winged Assassin I realized that I needed to learn how to not only watch and read them but write them. Even practicing kenjutsu didn’t provide me with enough skill to put the movements on paper….
Open Doors
This story is the result of a prompt I did with the writing group I’m a member of. I don’t remember exactly what the prompt was, but it was something like, you walk into a garden. I just let myself go and came up with this. Open Doors The smell of jasmine, mint and…
Fantasy Progress
Rise Rises Again Finally the stress that has been keeping my creative mind captive has released enough so that I can think about my book again, Rise of the Winged Assassin. I’ve been working on a project at work and was super stressed about it. I have the Sharepoint site installed and now I will…