In April, authors Nancy Kelley, Kimberly Truesdale, and I challenged each other to write in a genre that we weren't comfortable with.  For me, that's straight historical.  Because I was working so intensely on Atone I was only able to write what amounts to the first chapter of this story idea.  It's set in the Regency and is a bit like my short story In Her Service except without the frog or the magic. Here is the first chapter for your...

Here's the thing.  I have way too many projects on the docket. In fact, sometimes I think my brain comes up with new project ideas just to avoid thinking about whatever I'm currently working on.  Now that Atone is in the editing stages I'm trying to decide which of my many story ideas I am going to focus on next.  Some have had more prep work than others, some even have words written, some are just basic plot ideas that I dream about while...

Hello there, long blog post title! How ya doin? Fellow authors Nancy Kelley and Kimberly Truesdale and I are challenging each other to write in genres that scare us this April. We all have genres we feel the most comfortable in. For me it's anything with fantasy in it. Ask me to write straight historical or contemporary and I get really stressed out. You can see my post about the writing challenge on Indie Jane. We'd love for you to...

While I'm not working on the novelization of Red (officially...I'm totally writing the whole thing in my head) until I'm done with Atone: A Fairytale, I am putting it on the list for this year.  I have some really exciting things planned for this story and I can't wait to share more. I think I've told you before about how I am a complete fail when it comes to character names, so I'm asking for your help in naming some characters!  I need both...

The final major revision of Attempting Elizabeth is done!  I'm a bit giddy and punch drunk...and completely ignoring that I was scheduled to have this done more than a month ago.  The point is it's done!   Done!   I feel a little bit like this:   http://youtu.be/a4piBfJ-tEk   This party brought to you by my crazy kids.

On the last three weeks?   Three weeks of being sick has put me so far behind on my writing schedule...and I have developed an allergy to Tylenol.  True story.  How is this even possible?   I didn't even get a chance to announce the winner of my Austen giveaway (although I did email her and get her the books!), so congratulations to Misha on winning!   On the writing front - NaNoWriMo is just going to be a wash...