Transistor is finished.
A chapter shorter than I expected, but still almost 95K words. God, this has been an adventure, and I am so, so freaking proud of myself for writing this book. There are not words for how much it means to me.
Alone With My 500 Trillion Girlfriends
(The title will make more sense once you’re read Transistor, I promise.) Writing is, by its very nature, a solitary pursuit. Sure, there are people who work with writing partners. I’ve even done that a time or two myself. But even when you’re working with someone, the actual writing is done alone, with nothing but …
Progress Report 8/24/21
I broke 80K words on Transistor this morning. Getting close to the end. Maybe another 5 or 6 chapters, depending on how things shake out.
Making Writer’s Block Your Bitch
So, I try to have a coherent topic for these posts. I figure if I’m putting up content to try to encourage people to give me money over on my Patreon, I owe them good content. Today though, I’m cheating a bit, because it’s been a rough week, and honestly, I’ve had writer’s block from …
Status Report
This is a quick breakdown of the status of my various projects. Mail Order Bride: On Submission to Publisher. Response Expected Late October. Scatter: On Submission to Publisher. Response Expected Late October. The Master of Puppets: First Draft Finished. Awaiting Revisions. Transistor: 76,515 words. First Draft should be finished within the next two weeks. The …
A Matter of Perspective
(TW: Mentions of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors) So, I got asked a question yesterday by one of my Alpha readers for Transistor that threw me for a loop. To give a bit of context, Naomi is the main character of Transistor, and due to a mistake made by her doctors, she ends up with an …
Progress Report 8/9/21
Transistor is at 51,902 words. Major characters (so far) include: A trans woman A hundred trillion tiny robots A Nephilim A Superhero recruiter 5 Archangels The Devil A stuffed dog A Dragon And Cinderella
Bleeding for Your Art
Some weeks, coming up with a topic for the blog is easier than others. This is a week I struggled. A lot of that is because I did the post on how reality influences writing a couple of weeks ago, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to revisit that idea so soon, but given what …
Putting the Romance in Romance Novels
I love romance. I really do. I live for the tension, the slow burn, the soft “Oh” when one of them finally realizes the other loves them, the first kiss, the cuddling and the softly spoken words and the quiet peace when they finally get a moment alone together to just bask in each other’s …
Progress Report 7/30/21
Broke 19 thousand words on Transistor this morning. Also finished Chapter 5. I am really, really loving this book.