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Reconstructionist 2: editing mode

I received story notes from Scott Fitzgerald Gray (aka the editor, aka SFG) on Reconstructionist 2 last night, which means that I’m in editing mode this morning.

To that end, I have accomplished the following before 10:23 am:

  1. fed and free ranged the chickens
  2. drank my breakfast smoothie
  3. cleaned the kitchen
  4. emptied my inbox (as empty as it gets)
  5. took a selfie in support of International Women’s Day
  6. posted selfie on Facebook
  7. showered
  8. dried my hair
  9. put on and flipped a load of laundry

Currently: blogging.

Next up: hot chocolate and gingersnaps.

So yep, I am editing.

Oh … and I thought you might like a sneak peek at the title for book two:

The first page of my notebook for Reconstructionist 2. Gearing up on the final draft!

Oracle 3: 2nd draft excerpt

– May contain spoilers for Oracle 1 and 2 –

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“Stop squirming,” I said. “This is what you came here for.”

“It tickles.”

I snorted. “Your life is fraught with inconvenience.”

Henry chuckled, causing his chest to shift underneath my careful henna application. Again.

“Don’t make me hurt you,” I snarled, only half-joking.

“I bet you say that to all the sorcerers.”

“Only the good guys.”

“I’m not sure you’re the best judge of that, Rochelle.”

“Yeah?” I kept my attention glued to the fine line I was adding to the henna design on Henry’s chest. “And what does that say about you?”

Henry didn’t answer. I flicked my gaze from his pale-skinned left pec to his piercing cobalt blue eyes, countering his judgemental silence with a sneer. He broke eye contact with me almost immediately.

I didn’t blame him. I wouldn’t want to be gazing into the weird light-gray eyes of a diminutive oracle either.

– Chapter 1, Oracle 3, 2nd draft (unedited and unproofed)

Dowser 6: Warner and Jade chat over dim sum

I stared at Warner, mouth agape. “You knocked on the door of the big bad of London because I was concerned?”

Warner shrugged. “It’s good to keep them a little shaken up.”

“How shaken?”

Warner grinned wickedly. “Well, he’s going to have to rebuild a tower that was probably seismically substandard anyway.”

“You … destroyed the big bad’s … castle?”

“Destroyed is such a harsh word.”

Chapter 1, Dowser 6 – [unedited] second draft

Release date TBA [Spring 2016]