I just went out to grab the mail and found this waiting for me: It’s a trinket from Karen – who also made this bookmark – made specifically for me!! So fun! So sparkly! Can you tell that Karen is a fan of Jade and the Dowser Series (& me, YAY!)? Clever, clever. How many references to […]
Category: On My Desk Today
Monday, January 6, 2014. 9 a.m. PST – I settle down at my desk. It’s been over two weeks since I laid my pen to paper, so I’m eager to dive in but careful in my approach. The day is crisp, literally there is frost coating all the houses that spread between the ocean and […]
Soon I will be announcing the release date for Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic (aka Dowser #2)(YAY!!!). But, to tide you over until then, I thought you’d like to see that Richard Parker, the golden-shaded Persian, is cracking his whip this afternoon and keeping me on track with the first draft of Dowser #3. […]
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And the winners are …
Thank you to everyone who participated in my birthday giveaway and book sale! Your comments, tweets, and shares helped make my birthday a super fun day! The winners are: The Cupcakes (Etc) paperbacks are being mailed off to: Patricia from Saskatchewan (yay, fellow Canadian!!) and Sandy from New Jersey. Amy from Ohio also won via Goodreads. […]
Okay, drive by update. I’m over halfway through the second draft of  Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic, so if I keep up this pace – and the edit isn’t too atrocious – I’ll hopefully be hitting publish on this sequel in October. I’d like to say that it has taken me over a week […]
Guess what was in the mail today? The Cupcakes, Trinkets & Other Deadly Magic paperback proof. It looks amazing!! Unfortunately, Leiah uncovered a few more typos (GRR!!! & thanks Leiah!) in her read last week, so I’ll have to fix those and upload the text again before I can publish. But, never fear, the paperback […]
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3600 words and counting…
The sequel for Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic got its first official words today. Actually, I’m still ignoring emails (etc) in favour of writing. I figure I have a good hour remaining in the work day. And yes, I have chocolate fuel on hand – 70% and 72% valhrona to be specific – and […]
… though that doesn’t mean I’m not adding/changing things, of course. And yes, that is my customized pink ruler. It was a gift many, many years ago, and it is just the perfect length to keep me focused line by line. So focused I don’t even have time to take a picture and … err. […]
… is an adventure akin to the one for the final frontier … except on a much smaller, 8.5 x 11 inch, 112 page scale. Let’s hope my eyes are eagle sharp and my senses typo-honed. See you on the other side!!
Amazon flexed its algorithms last night and this was in my inbox this morning … here’s hoping Amazon decides it likes pimping After The Virus for me, and this appears in many other inboxes!!