The ETERNITY’S MIND Editing Marathon

The ETERNITY’S MIND Editing Marathon

It’s the last draft, my final read-through and edit of ETERNITY’S MIND, the 700-page manuscript I’ve been working on all year. The grand finale of the Saga of Shadows trilogy, tenth novel overall in my Saga of Seven Suns universe. And it’s complicated, 34...
A StoryBundle of Holiday Joy!

A StoryBundle of Holiday Joy!

As I write this blog, Colorado has been hit with the first big snowstorm of the season, 8-12 inches overnight. School is closed for a snow day, and my snowplow guy just called to say that he can’t even get up our road to plow the driveway. So, we’ll sit...
Making a BLOCKBUSTER

Making a BLOCKBUSTER

When I was learning to become a writer, then a published writer, then a novelist, I read a lot of writing books, looking for the key, trying to figure out the next step. Since there were writers ahead of me on the curve, better than me, I knew I had to catch up. Of...
Writing Tools for Nanowrimo

Writing Tools for Nanowrimo

For the second year, I worked with Storybundle.com to put together a massive batch of useful books that will help you survive—and thrive—during National Novel Writing Month. A dozen books on writing craft, productivity, and business—the full spectrum of useful...