The proof copy of my paperback arrived today. The entire process may have been worth it just to see it in lovely book form. I don’t know what it is about ink on paper, but I do think it has its own magic. BooksReadingSelf PublishingWriting
I wanted to post something on the blog that will give people a taste of the world and the characters of my novel Rell. So I’ve posted a prequel short story entitled “The Calling”. You can click here to read it, or find it under the short stories/flash fiction tab. Hope you enjoy it! FantasyOriginalWorkShort…
So tonight I officially have the ebook version of my first novel Rell all formatted, loaded, and ready to rock on Amazon. All I have to do is hit the “publish” button and it will be live. I’m holding off because I think I can have the hardcopy (paperback) formatting finished within the next week.…
I am currently reading (well, listening to) Claudia Gray’s The Murder of Mr. Wickham. I’ve read lots of Austen inspired stuff, but this book does something that I’ve never seen before – she comes up with a convincing way to put characters from all (or almost all, I’m admittedly not a Jane Austen expert) of…
Pen trouble, scribble scrunch,A blank catastrophe.Orphaned notionsDribble to naught.Not a blockBlocks are solid.Chasm? Void? Abyss?What do you want?If I knew the right wordWe wouldn’t be here.We’d be writing. -Jenel Alan CreativityOriginalWorkPoetryWriting
I’ve been hesitant to post about this – because I said this last year and then hit a giant roadblock, but…if I keep on track with my “last read through” goals, my novel Rell will be fully ebook formatted and ready to rock by the end of this week. I’ve tentatively set a publishing date…
A couple of weeks ago when I was on vacation I read Katherine Center’s book The Bodyguard. I enjoy all of Center’s books, but her novel How to Walk Away is especially powerful, and definitely a more serious work than The Bodyguard. That being said I loved every minute of reading The Bodyguard – it…
Stumbled across this quote by author Lisa See and it made me smile – “Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.” I read a lot of books. My Goodreads goal for this year is 200 books and even that feels like not enough. Books fuel me in so many ways,…
One challenge I seem to have in the last few years is consistent momentum. I’ll have a few days where I scribble like crazy in a notebook and set a bunch of goals, and then…. More and more I’m becoming convinced that the secret to doing anything, especially if you want to do it well,…
What happens when a crusty FBI agent meets his scrappy new recruit? Read about it in Two Beats of Reg Mitchell’s Heart. Hope you enjoy. Love StoryOriginalWorkShort StoryWriting
