‘Maestro’ complete at 2800 words. Revisions on ‘The Black Wave’. Refined first two chapters of MORO’S SHIELD, sent rough synopsis to editor. Research Russian resort cities for COLD COMFORT. Epiphany on BLOODSHADOW: a way to cut another 5K off this 122K behemoth, and start the story faster. Character and plot outlines for an untitled fantasy…
Read More October 4 updatesWorks in Progress: ‘Maestro’: contemporary erotica short story for a charity anthology: 700 words, researching subways and violins. MORO’S SHIELD: m/m/f erotic romance sci fi, 9K first draft out of projected 70K. MORO’S CROWN: m/m/f erotic romance sci fi, plotting series closure. BLOODSHADOW: high fantasy, in revision, 118K. LEOPARD’S LEAP: plotted, outlined, waiting on Mixed…
Read More September 27 updatesCOLD COMFORT: still researching the Tam Lin legend and its variants for my story rebuild. Watching ‘Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex’ for inspiration/ world building in the late 21st Century. Listening to Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ and Duran Duran’s ‘Lonely In Your Nightmare’, as I did when I wrote the initial…
Read More September 2 updatesMy signed and countersigned contract for MORO’S SHIELD arrived yesterday from Loose Id. Somehow, having a contract for the sequel makes MORO’S PRICE more real. The story I started writing on 03-05-2011 as a fun experiment is now a job, no less enjoyable but infinitely more terrifying. I have the dreaded Second Novel Syndrome to…
Read More August 11 update