The Wishbone Conspiracy: Accidentally finished the novel today

This is awkward. You have plans when you’re writing a novel, you know what you’re writing toward, you’re moving along at your planned pace, doing your planned scenes, and you start writing a scene you know was coming and have been looking forward to writing… And your MUSE shows you a character you have been… Continue reading The Wishbone Conspiracy: Accidentally finished the novel today

The Wishbone Conspiracy: 2014 words, and sneaking up on my ending

Today I discovered something I did not know — that the layered conspiracy that pulled Cady and her allies into danger did so with way more initial planning than I’d realized. That the horrifying crimes she uncovered and solved might have just been a convenient way for someone to get her in front of a… Continue reading The Wishbone Conspiracy: 2014 words, and sneaking up on my ending

The Expanded Ko-Fi Rewards Poll

This is the expanded non-binding vote for rewards you would like to receive for funding me on Ko-Fi. Please vote. Add any comments below.

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Ko-Fi Rewards: I forgot to add some rewards I loved to the questionnaire

I made the mistake of having multiple ways that folks could suggest great rewards for my Ko-Fi fiction-writing fund. Listing sponsor in the ACKS is automatic — to the point that if you don’t WANT to be in the Acknowledgements, you’ll need to let me know. But everything else I CAN do is under consideration,… Continue reading Ko-Fi Rewards: I forgot to add some rewards I loved to the questionnaire

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The Wishbone Conspiracy: Still in the exciting “first ending” bits

Herog decided to be difficult this morning. I had what he was going to do all nicely planned out, and then it didn’t go the way I’d planned at all. Cady is now in a bad situation that’s about to get worse, Herog is in a dreadful situation that he might not be able to… Continue reading The Wishbone Conspiracy: Still in the exciting “first ending” bits

The Wishbone Conspiracy: The twist that took me by surprise

Had a hard time getting going today, but something Becky mentioned in one of our recent podcasts (with derision and loathing) turned out to be a step that helped… Her comment? A reminder that at one time I’d written to an eternally looped version of Classical Gas played by Mason Williams. That was back in… Continue reading The Wishbone Conspiracy: The twist that took me by surprise

Why I chose Ko-Fi to replace Patreon

Today is the last day of my How to Write a Novel launch, so I’m pulling this post from an email that just went out. I apologize for duplicating, but this needs to go to all my folks, and this is…. Efficient. Today, I need that. Quick catch-up if you missed it. I left Patreon.… Continue reading Why I chose Ko-Fi to replace Patreon