A hand reaches out From beyond all beyonds Shades of blackness Chasing life Outside the veil A whisper of envy Dances across her pillows And even with eyes closed She sees the beast Return A battle gathers In the growing darkness And within her sleeping form Fires are stoked Until they are ready To burst … Continue reading When Night Comes
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Droughts and Downpours…
Our skies are threatening rain here again, in the midst of the worst drought in California history. We've had more rain this year than any year in recent history (by recent, I mean the last rainy season took place in 2005, while I was hugely pregnant and trying to waddle gracefully). Days like this increase … Continue reading Droughts and Downpours…
Storytelling and Healing…#MondayBlogs
You can save yourself, and the world, for that matter. Once upon a time, I had a teacher who told us that each of us had one good novel boiling inside of us. I honestly believe that's true. Sometimes, when I'm people-watching, I like to try to guess the genre of those novels as people … Continue reading Storytelling and Healing…#MondayBlogs
Character Sketches…#MondayBlogs
There have been quite a few posts about outlines lately. As the self-labeled queen of the to-do list, I'm quite clearly a fan of mapping things out. When I was still on chemo and suffering the fuzzy brain that accompanied that treatment, I outlined my stories. I outlined them on huge sheets of butcher paper … Continue reading Character Sketches…#MondayBlogs
Sequels…
A very short post today! This week I FINALLY uploaded the sequel to my first novel, "Blessings." The sequel is called "Damnation," and it picks up with those same characters just one year later than the first novel. Yes, the next in the series is already in the works. I'm running with it. Those characters … Continue reading Sequels…
Building Character…#MondayBlogs
For most of my life, I've heard the phrase "pain builds character." It's true: our trials can build our character, we are made of some pretty stern stuff, after all. But what about our actual characters in our novels? Every writer I know has a different process for creating their novels, and the characters therein. … Continue reading Building Character…#MondayBlogs