In case you didn’t notice the WIP progress bar on the sidebar over there, I FINISHED the first draft of Intoxication (Firmament Book 9) today! I’m really proud of my consistency in getting it done, and while it definitely needs work, I’m overall happy with how it turned out. In honor of this momentous occasion, I found an excerpt that…
If you’ve been listening to my podcast, you know that I finished the first draft of book eight in the Firmament series recently; a book called Humanoid. Now that Firmament: Eleftheria is complete on Kindle Vella, I’m ready to start thinking about revisions on Humanoid. I think it’s actually one of my better first drafts. The ending definitely needs work,…
I’ve continued to write more than I have in awhile the past month or so — I finished a novella for a project that will be announced soon, I’m working on a short story for a contest, and I’ve submitted several of my best (in my opinion) short stories to magazines. No acceptances so far, but I enjoy submitting, so…
I’m still not able to login to this website at home, but I’m staying at my parents’ for the week so they can have some grandbaby time, so I’m here for the moment. However, I originally wanted to post this on the Firmament Series website, but apparently the domain is not propagating. If you don’t know what that means, don’t…
Today I am proud to feature a special guest post by my talented sister Hope Pennington, whose book FairyTale will be released soon! I enjoyed reading her assessment of the main character of the Firmament series, and I hope you will, too. I’ve invited her to write a few more of these character studies over the next weeks, so stay…
One of my favorite movies ever is The Secret Life of Walter Mitty–the new one, with Ben Stiller. (I have the ticket stub in my wallet still to remind me to get out there and stop dreaming and start living, but that’s neither here nor there.) Aside from being incredibly inspiring, it’s just brilliantly executed. The storytelling is excellent. But…
I won’t announce that “I’ve been on a blogging hiatus” since you already know that if you follow my blog at all. I’m sorry for not warning you all ahead of time — the holidays just got so busy and I got out of the habit. But I’ve been thinking of blogging ideas for the new year, and I’m excited…