Category: My Books

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: Cady comes up with a terrible idea — 2101 words

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: Cady comes up with a terrible idea — 2101 words

    Today went well, and when I say that, I say it with a positively evil laugh. The little secret I’ve hinted at in the Settled Space series emails is now open knowledge to Cady and her team. Well, the fact that Cady has a problem is now open knowledge.  The person behind the problem remains…

  • And I’m back to fiction, and Wishbone… Kind of…

    And I’m back to fiction, and Wishbone… Kind of…

    Got 1883 words of the 2000 I’d planned for the day. Had, however, a brutal time getting anything done at all. Have been fasting since Sunday, (just water and coffee and a bit of salt), and today my focus was just gone. So I broke my fast with some pecans and cheese. Tomorrow will be…

  • Why I shut down my Patreon fundraiser

    Why I shut down my Patreon fundraiser

    I’d intended to send a Questions & Answers email to my How to Write a Novel launch list, but that’s going to have to wait.Instead, I did THIS. Closed my “Move out of Florida while writing fiction” fundraiser. Here’s why — it’s this clause in the Patreon Legal Agreement https://www.patreon.com/legal By posting content to Patreon you grant us a…

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: A Fine Friday

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: A Fine Friday

    Spiffy, spiffy day today, though kind of horrifying, too. I followed Cady’s situation to its logical conclusion, and she’s literally up to her neck in one of those moments I would have previously identifyed as “bad,” but which some of my readers have told me counts as horror. Well, folks who have read and liked Hunting…

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: I love it when a plan comes together

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: I love it when a plan comes together

    Because I have the last Early-Bird Launch for How to Write a Novel going live on Monday, April 1st, and because I had to do a bunch of work on that first thing in the morning so I could send out emails, I got a late start on fiction today. But the whole bullet-journal, check-things-off,…

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: 2204 words… AND a scene snippet

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: 2204 words… AND a scene snippet

    Today I’m just posting a snippet because it surprised me. I have this big, scary, rich guy in the story who’s powerful and dangerous… and here’s where Cady meets him: [DISCLAIMER: This is copyrighted first draft. It may contain bugs, which WILL change in revision, and for which I do not need any notice of typos…

  • Marketing Tuesday: Finished with my survey results (and a game)

    Marketing Tuesday: Finished with my survey results (and a game)

    So, for as long as I’m doing Marketing Tuesdays, I’ve made myself a little image — with Scary Halloween Lettering, because for me at least, trying to wrap my head around marketing is scary. But I have the most amazing readers. I had a massive response to my three-question quiz. Thank you to every single…

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: Totally left-fielded myself today. WOW!

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: Totally left-fielded myself today. WOW!

    Oh. My.  God. Today was the day you want to be a novelist for. Yesterday, I’d set Cady up with a banquet on an activity card,  and a crazy thirty-plus hour schedule she was going to have to get through in which she would not have a single minute to herself, and in which she…

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: 2068 words, and I passed the halfway point

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: 2068 words, and I passed the halfway point

    This was a good writing day, in spite of the fact that I slept in, AND in spite of the fact that I had a hard time getting started this morning. Pushups and coffee only go so far. Problem was, I woke up at around four AM, and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I…

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: Flying words, and ONE word that summoned a new world

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: Flying words, and ONE word that summoned a new world

    This morning was an awesome experience. First, I got 2117 words on The Wishbone Conspiracy. Fun words. I woke up a little late, got started a little later, but nevertheless popped open my Scrivener document, headed into the last words I’d written, scanned my plan for the chapter, and jumped in. The words started slowly—…