The AWESOMENESS of Transitioning into Authorhood

Finally realizing what the heck it is that you could do for the rest of your life without your mind is awesome. For me, my journey into authoring (and writing in general) has brought me to some interesting (and exciting) discoveries about my new chosen career (which will be a career, I promise...I just have to start making some money doing it...getting there...argh...).



Ah yes, writing...

BOOK UPDATE: After The Ending

After The Ending, book one of The Ending Series has made TONS of progress over the last six months. We (me and my co-author, Lindsey Pogue) are nearing the home stretch, finishing our last round of edits and revisions. SO EXCITING!

And...

WE HAVE A COVER!!!






The first few chapters are available at The Ending Series website. The website also contains oodles of goodies like deleted scenes,

MISSING WRITER FOUND!

Lindsey Fairleigh, soon-to-be published author of After The Ending and Echo Prophecy has been FOUND! She (I) was missing from the blog (writing, revising, working, finding a new "money job") for a ridiculous amount of time, but has miraculously returned. Wowie!


Back in the day, I used to play video games with my brother (watch my awesome older brother play video games) for hours. I'm talking

My Five Sentence Fiction: Hunger

Thank you Lillie, for providing this "Your Choice" week in Five Sentence Fiction. At first I was thinking, "Huh, what am I going to choose?" But then I saw "Hunger" next to week one and I thought, "Duh!" Here it is:



     “What’d you like, Sugar?” she asks,
leaning over the bar to emphasize her generous attributes.

     Something you don’t want to give me, he thinks
as his eyes savor her

Ants are People Too! Oh, never mind...

Admittedly, this post has nothing to do with writing. Apologies.

Rather, I'd like to document (boast) about the lovely (back-breaking) time I had in my garden this afternoon. And the war I will soon be fighting (little mother effers!).

I LOVE my garden.


my garden

I love to watch things grow in my garden. And then eat them. Sounds kind of evil. Excellent. *presses fingers together dubiously*

My Five Sentence Fiction: Armor

"What the hell?" she grumbled, opening the screechy screen door to the muggy summer evening, immediately halting the wild growling and fleshy thumps.
In the week since her husband's death, she'd grown so furious with the the world, so cold, that she eagerly anticipated this chance to unleash her aggression on whatever was fighting in her backyard.
The widow raised her wooden bat and stepped into

Inspiration: Robin LaFever's Author Experience

Robin LaFever, author of the amazing Grave Mercy, is my current HERO.

Her author story is amazing. She makes me feel like I can do it, you can do it, he can do it (the guy sitting in the corner over there), and she can do it (the lady hiding behind the bookshelf). Sure, I'm just starting out, but she keeps me believing (like a Journey song) that if we're just true to ourselves (cue emotional,

Outline? We don't need no stinkin' outlines! Oh, wait...

I stumbled upon an interesting and exceptionally helpful post on Amanda Hocking's blog. The topic: outlines.

Outlines suck (I thought). Outlines are boring (I thought). Outlines...(you get the picture).

Reading about outlines would, therefore, be torture. And yet, after the first few sentences, I was HOOKED. Instant conversion. Outline bandwagon, here I come!

Suddenly, outlining has an obvious