Black Wolf Series
May 17th, 2009
Let’s see, I have been very busy with a lot of things this week, but since The Official Start of the series on May 7, 2009, I have gotten over 50, 000 words written for the first Novel Guardian Wolf. Cordelia and Rune leave me baffled most of the time as I write them, but it all seems to be working. Eden Ashe and my mother have both been reading full chapters as I produce them. It’s interesting how two different people can get to totally different things out of a story. Eden has one view and my mother has another, but they both say that it is working, so I am just going to go with it for now and hope for the best. According to how I plan a rough draft, I have about 6 more chapters and maybe a epilogue (and maybe the prologue, too) to write. I am hoping that’s all that is left, but my character seem to have other ideas of what they want to be doing. I can’t wait to get story done, because *I* want to know how it all ends and know if Cordelia and Rune are going to make to their happily-ever-after, or if the dark Mage will kill them both! I am killing myself with suspense of it all. I guess that’s a good thing, because I am hoping my readers (When I get them) will be in just as much suspense as I am. I have some side knitting projects going on right now, so, I am going to go work on Cordelia’s Market Bag and Shawl for a little while before I go to do something things. I hope to have another chapter done before bed tonight.
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May 10th, 2009
I have been slowly working on my new Black Wolf series. I have the novels names. (I need them or I can’t seem to make myself function as a writer. So just know they are working titles.) I have characters names, and I have the beginnings of a fantasy world for them to live in. I love the world of the Undying, but I was nearly burnt out on it. It was good to take the break when I did. I will continue to work with Eden on Warrior until it is done, but it’s not one that is my responsibility, so the brunt of it is going to fall to her to write and to plot. As always, Elburon is in the back of my mind. I thought I was going to get back to it, but it seems it is best left to the fall and winter months. So I will make my schedule according to it. I want to start getting these stories finished and ready to send out. I WANT to be a published writer, but I still have to figure out the marketing end of it. So, as I work myself up this month to start editing Undying Savage, I will work on the Black Wolf world and come up with a different name for the world, if it’s needed. I so love to world build. People could pay me to build their fantasy worlds for them and I would be a happy person.
p.s Happy Mother’s Day!!
Happy Mother’s Day – 2009!
May 10th, 2009
Happy Mom’s Day to all you Moms out there. As you can see, I have been busy writing Black Wolf with Cordelia and Rune. I am having a ton of fun with them! It’s closer to the type of fantasy I write for myself. It’s not that I don’t enjoy writing Undying, it’s that it’s more of a modern or urban fantasy then High/Epic fantasy. I don’t read enough of the former to really know that I am doing something unique with the genre. I hope I am and I can only assume that I am because, well, I just don’t read that much of it. Anyway, it’s Mother’s Day, and while I’d love to spend the whole day writing in silent bliss, my kids would like to spend the day with them, so I am off to the shindig at my younger sister’s house.
Book Report: Dark Legend by Christine Feehan
May 6th, 2009
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Main Characters: Francesca and Gabriel
I liked the premise of this book, but unfortunately, I’ve already read several of Miss Feehan’s Carpathian Series, and I am beginning to feel like I am reading the same book over and over again. This series has become very formulaic. Meet hero, meet heroine, he finds his lifemate and gets his emotions back. Some small bit of danger happens and then they have a sex scene and they “bond”. The big bad vampire tries to get them in the end (though there was a twist with that, but it wasn’t like I didn’t see it coming.) My suggestion would be to have at least a year between each of these books. It will cut up some of the monotony while reading them. I would say that while Miss Feehan is a good writer, she is wasting her ability by what seems to be a copy and paste approach to sex scenes and plot design. It would only get a 3 out of 5 five stars from me because I have come to expect more from this author. |
Time Out
May 3rd, 2009
I am on an enforced time out. I need to get the house cleaned up and do some other things that I have been putting off while I have been on my four mouth writing binge. When that is done, I think I will delve into a new world I have been thinking about and begin the editing on the beginning stories of Undying. I want to get back to Elburon, but I am not sure I am ready for that kind of intensity again for another few months. Elburon is usually a fall/winter project. We’ll see what happens. This month I will be reading fiction books (fantasy and romance) and books on publishing.
Book Report: Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
April 29th, 2009
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Main Characters: Shea and Jacques
Of the entire Carpathian Series by Miss Feehan, this one would have to be one of my favorites, simply because the hero is much different than the other ones. I’m still not exactly sure how Shea and Jacques ended up in love, but I do know that by the end of the book, I did believe they were good together. It fell short in the ending danger and I expected a slightly bigger bang for everything Jacques had been through. Shea’s actions were a tiny bit unbelievable, not so much because Jacques was using his ability in mind control, but because he’d only been feeding on the blood or rats and bugs. From reading the other novels in her series, I’d have not expected him to have that much power. Conversely, if he did have that much power from rats and bugs, I’d expect that with a real human blood diet, he wouldn’t have ended where he did in full power. Good points about this novel. It’s different from the other ones. The danger at the end was still a vampire, but the twist on it was enough to satisfy me, though it could have been done better to get full dramatic impact. I’d give this novel 3 3/4 stars out of 5. While reading Miss Feehan, it is best to put distance with another author of any genre before continuing on to the next novel as they tend to be formulaic. |
Fears and A Break
April 26th, 2009
I have been on a mini writing break this past week. I did get a few chapters of Undying Heart written, so I am happy with that. I know I can write a novel in ten days and I can write a short story in four. I don’t have to prove anything in that regard anymore. I have decided to take my writing down to a more human pace. I can’t keep cranking out rough drafts and never finish the editing phase of a project. Once I have Undying Heart safely rough drafted, I am going another break from writing and begin the work on editing Undying Savage. I want that book to be done and I want to start marketing it.
There is a part of writing that I have no idea if I can do or not, but I will find a way. I will have to market my own book. I don’t know how to do that just yet, but I will figure it out. I figure if I get some books on marketing, and I have a few other resources I can use to help with this. I am terrified and excited about this story all at once. I know it can become a bestselling novel, I just have to figure out how to get it there.
Book Report: Dark Celebration by Christine Feehan
March 4th, 2009
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Main Characters: Recap of Dark Characters Even though I’ve only read a few of the novels in this series, I laughed my head off in some parts. I mean, come on, Gregori as Santa Clause? It was hysterical. It had a tiny bit of a plot, but it was mostly catching up with everyone Feehan has already written about in this world. Great catch up novel and a fun read, but not something that is all that great if you are looking for a dark, vampire romance. |
Not feeling well
March 1st, 2009
Legend is done and started on Hunter, and I feel like crap, so I am going to go get a little bit of writing in and then go get some sleep. Sorry for the short entry.
Book Report: Dark Magic by Christine Feehan
February 25th, 2009
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Main Characters: Savannah and Gregori I love Gregori. I think he is one of Feehan’s best characters, but, Savannah got on my nerves for the first fourth of the book. I kept waiting for her to grow up and figure it out. I mean come on, she’s 23 years old and she was born and grew up as a Carpathian. Why oh why would she not understand how her own people mate? It made no sense to me, and then it only took a page or two to figure out what she was supposed to be doing before she had it all figured out on how to be as good of a life mate to Gregori as he was to her. I have to admit that I did like her much better after she figured everything out, but I do think it should have taken her a tad bit longer to figure out since she was in such a childish state. |