Category: Updates

• January 8, 2024

  Character Spotlight (because my novel is 99 cents right now): Lanokas the Lighthearted

  Preparing for my book launch last summer, it didn’t take me long to decide to start character spotlights with Lanokas (LAN-oh-kass), the Crimson League’s swordsman. I realized relatively recently that, apart from one couple who steals the show in book two of my trilogy, almost all of my favorite scenes or discussions in the entire…
• December 18, 2023

  Big blog update! Changing my schedule

  I just wanted to announce that I am updating/changing my blog schedule. I’ve been toying with this for a bit and have decided it’s very necessary and will get me excited about the blog again. I’ll be going to a 4x weekly schedule. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I will blog about my fiction or about…
• December 4, 2023

  Riding a high . . .

  As I write this on November 30, it’s been quite a week since Sunday! Here’s just a recap of all that’s happened: That’s quite a list for one week! Some items are more major than others, but all represent progress, and things are so hard as an indie author that I love celebrating the small…
• November 29, 2023

  My latest small win: first sale from an Amazon ad

  As any creative type could tell you, it’s HARD out there. Even with a quality product, it’s hard to get attention, hard to get heard, and even harder to make any kind of sale at all. That’s why it’s important to celebrate small wins. Today, I’m super excited that after doing some research and setting…
• November 24, 2023

  Sending my manuscript to the editor this weekend!

  My editor isn’t scheduled to start working on “The Magic Council: The Fight for Home” until December 1, but I’m so happy to announced that I’m going to be sending the manuscript to her this weekend. It’s as good as I’m going to get it, and I need to get it out of my hands…
• November 15, 2023

  Decisions to make . . .

  I’ve recently been helping out with two programs at my local parish (Catholic Church), one on Mondays and one on Wednesdays. The one on Wednesdays has finished and has a hiatus until January, when a new course begins. The one on Monday has three sessions left. I feel tired and a bit burned out, and…
• November 14, 2023

  Editing update! Under 109,000 words!

  I’m so stoked. The first edition of “The Magic Council” clocked it at 125,000 words roughly. Certainly, it was between 120 and 125k. Over the years, preparing the second edition, I’ve trimmed a lot of weight while fleshing out a limited number of things that needed more focus, like the king and queen and their…
• November 11, 2023

  A new, forced rhythm to the week

  Lately, with multiple Church programs, this blog, and a day job during the week, I’ve been forced more than usual to set aside Friday night through Sunday for my writing (at the moment, revising book two of my trilogy), without much writing at all the rest of the week. In one way that’s not a…
• November 6, 2023

  Tempted to put down book two for now

  This post is a bit of an update. I’m exhausted in general these days. My editor can’t take book two until December 1, and it’s already in good shape. I’m tempted to let it sit until she can take it, but I know it’s worth it to get it in as good shape as possible…
• November 4, 2023

  My authorpreneur/ small business goals for November

  Big goals for November here! We’ll see how they go. I’m hoping to: This is a lot. But it’s going to be great! Wish me luck!