Well, having ordered one hundred copies of Tamed Hearts for the Montana Renaissance Festival, the big event I was anticipating, I didn't sell nearly as many of them as I'd hoped to. I did sell some, though. Hello to anyone who's looking in after having taken my card, and welcome to the blog! If you bought a … Continue reading Renaissance Festival Over (Pictures Forthcoming)

As you may remember, I got to the 'rough draft' stage some weeks ago. Since then I've been revising and polishing, making a few changes to the manuscript of [i]Closer Than Family[/i]--most of them minor, but significant. With luck, I should have my manuscript in front of my editor by the end of this month. … Continue reading Approaching First Draft

Okay, in-depth editing of Closer Than Family isn't quite underway yet, but it will be soon. I realized that I left a couple of my concerns with a new character unaddressed before I finished, so I'll deal with those prior to tackling the rest of the manuscript. The best thing about writing might be that's not a … Continue reading Editing, Other Projects, and a Preview!

Pretty much as I predicted (okay, I'm a LITTLE behind schedule), I have a complete rough draft of Closer Than Family. All the scenes I wanted are there, in basically the order that makes the most sense, drama is escalated, action is exciting, characters are driving the plot. At least, I hope so. As of right now, the … Continue reading Closer Than Family Rough Draft