2019 plans

14
Jan
2019

New Year, who dis?

I realized that I really do have to get back to updating the blog more frequently. I fell out of the habit over the holidays. Bad writer. No biscuit!

Work has started on both new novels. If you’re following along, that’s Table of Stone (Swords of Charlemagne 4) and Forged in Fire (Heir to the Firstborn 2)

Table of Stone
Swords of Charlemagne, Book 4

Forged in Fire
Heir to the Firstborn, Book 2

 (Forged in Fire is further along because I stated it on January 1st. Table of Stone is a week behind)

Written in Water is in the pre-order stage of publishing — you can find it anywhere you find ebooks, and it will drop on Tuesday, February 19th. The proof for the paperback is sitting in m inbox, waiting for approval, but I’m waiting on my beta readers to check in with me and let me know if I screwed anything up. There have already been typos that have slipped through the editing process. Those are now fixed.

Forged in Fire should start showing up on Patreon on February 1st. Remember, these are the largely unedited chapters, so if you want to see the sausage being made, come join the party!

No data yet on when Swords of Charlemagne will start showing up in places. Nor any data on anything else that’s out in traditional publishing land. Once I know, you’ll know.

And that’s where we are. I’m busy getting ready for the weekend because I’ll be volunteering at The Central Florida Highland Games.  This means that if anyone is in Central Florida, you can find me in an unofficial capacity (well, unofficial writer capacity) working at the Bairn Care tents on Saturday and Sunday. This means I’ll be offline most of the weekend, and writing will begin in full earnest on Tuesday of next week.

See you there! Unless you’re not there, in which case, I won’t see you there.

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07
Jan
2019

Busy, Busy!!!!

Busy, busy morning!

Ebooks are set up for presale

Print book is uploaded for layout and processing.

ARCS are off to readers

Written in Water is coming February 19th!

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26
Dec
2018

Ummm… hi…

Been absent a while.  Part of it was that right after I finished writing Written in Water, and immediately after I printed the manuscript for editing, my laptop died. Near as we can tell, the motherboard went, and took the SSD with it. When we took the SSD and mounted it in another computer, there was no there there.  I had just backed up my files, so I didn’t lose anything but some old emails (because I had to forget to back up just one thing…)

I’m now on my new baby — a very nice Lenovo Thinkpad. My first writing computer was a Thinkpad, and it lasted seven years and five novels. The two Dells I’ve had since then? Not so much. (The one that just fried was not even two years old. A refurb, so no warranty.)

While waiting for the new laptop, I finished my read-through on Written in Water, passed it on to another editor, and now have all the edits and suggestions back. I’ll be incorporating those in to the manuscript, and hope to have an ebook ready to go by Valentines Day.

There was also this holiday… I can say that the extra ticket events like Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party are indeed worth it.

There were treat stations (sadly, not much was offered that was both gluten free AND chocolate free, but when I spoke to Guest Relations about that, they comped us some lovely treats from the Confectionary). They also pulled out all the stops for the fireworks, and (according to a certain young man of my acquaintance) launched everything but the cow! It was daylight-bright in Fantasyland at 10PM.

I can say that I have a new favorite restaurant in the Magic Kingdom — Skipper’s Canteen is a MUST. The food is much more interesting than anywhere else in this park, and the schtick reminds me of the late-lamented Adventurer’s Club. For example, I had the Sustainable Fish (Not Pirhana). It SAYS that on the menu!

So, what am I up to now? Well, the synopsis of Forged in Fire is almost done. I’m just about to the big reveal, which leads directly to the black moment that will lead us into Bones of Earth. I’ll be starting Forged in Fire probably in a week or so, so there might not be a break in the action over on Patreon once Written in Water ends. I’m gearing up to start Table of Stone, too, so I can bring Swords of Charlemagne to a close. I’ve got a busy 2019 ahead, and I can’t wait!

And that’s where I am in my little corner of writer land.

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25
Nov
2018

Cookiepocalypse is nigh!!!

Well, it won’t happen this week. I have too much to do this week. But Cookiepocalypse 2018 is coming!

Now, if you’re asking yourself what the heck I am talking about, welcome to the funhouse. You must be new since last December. Allow me to explain.

Cookiepocalypse is what I call my annual holiday baking. I regularly make enough cookies to feel a small army. A good number of them are given away, but for the past couple of years, I have been recording my culinary feats of derring-do under the tag Cookiepocalypse.

This year, the expected goodie list included:

  • Chocolate chip cookies
  • Carob chip cookies (because we have chocolate allergies in the house — the chocolate ones are for gifting)
  • Molasses cookies
  • Italian three-color cookies (a two day process. WORTH IT!!!!)
  • Biscotti (what kind depends on my mood when I go to the pantry. I’m thinking gingerbread this year. Or maybe maple walnut. Or both. Could be both.)
  • Thimble cookies (a shortbread base with some kind of jam in the center.)
  • Almond macaroons (a new recipe for me)
  • Mince cookies

And there might be some kind of surprise cookie thrown in, just because I catch a wild hare on baking day. Oh, and there will be struffuli on Christmas Eve. Because there has to be.

I will still be writing in and around this. Written in Water proceeds apace, and looks to be done sometime in the next six to eight thousand words — call it two to three chapters.  Then I need to do edits and prep the book to go live once the last chapter runs on Patreon, and get the ideas I have for Forged in Fire down on paper.

And in January I start Table of Stone, which will be the last book in Swords of Charlemagne.

And, in other news, I get to go back to the gym this week! I have to go in to the doctor on Friday for more xrays, to see how the toe is healing. At this rate, we won’t need lights on our Christmas tree — I’ll be glowing by the end of the month.

See you all next week!

 

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