Category Archives: The Catmage Chronicles

I have a cover designer! I’m on the home stretch on the book, and will be publishing it on schedule. Mid-August was my estimate. Stay tuned for the exact date.

That sound you hear is the sound of me banging my head on my desk over my inability to find a good cover designer for a reasonable price who will be able to start on August 3rd and turn my … Continue reading →

Well, the novel is currently with my copy editor. I just purchased a new theme for the new writing blog that will go live in a few weeks. The cover art gets closer and closer to done. I’m lining up … Continue reading →

I’m in the editing phase now. Next week I send the manuscript to my copy editor, then out to beta readers. Things are going well. I got thumbnail sketches for the cover art last week and picked a scene, so … Continue reading →

The novel is complete. I did it. I want to jump up and down and shout and then set off fireworks outside. But my neighbors probably wouldn’t like the last, so I won’t. I am, however, going to go downstairs … Continue reading →

Another weekend trying to finish the novel. Over 3100 words and Chapter 13 is finally finished. There are four more unfinished chapters in various stages of incompleteness. I’m sure I can get two of them done this weekend, and I’m … Continue reading →

I spent many hours writing this weekend, especially since I don’t have a car and couldn’t really go anywhere. (Although I went shopping with a neighbor on Saturday and out to a friend’s for dinner on Monday, so carless does … Continue reading →

In case you were wondering, I’m now past 64,000 words and on my way towards completing the novel on deadline. Well, unless I wind up adding another chapter near the end. It may be necessary. Five thousand words last weekend, … Continue reading →

Here I am, writing away, expecting to have a pretty uneventful day. I’m filling in the corners, or at least, that’s what I thought I was doing. But suddenly, instead of filling in a corner, I’ve written my hero into … Continue reading →

Years ago, back when I found myself deeply in debt and unable to find a decent-paying full-time job, I signed up with temporary agencies and worked three jobs, seven days a week, until I found better and better (and better-paying) … Continue reading →

I’m taking every Wednesday off for the month of May to push forward and finish my novel. I’m at 52,000 words out of a projected 75,000 so far. I’ve also started three short stories set in the same world to … Continue reading →

I joined Twitter tonight. It’s going to be for the writing, not the blogging, so don’t expect to read anything about Israel on my tweets. But feel free to find me (and let me know you’re there) on Twitter. My … Continue reading →

I need a professional fiction copy editor with experience in the fantasy genre. If you are one, or know of one, please email me at myfirstname at mylastname dot com. (It’s on the post.) If you have June-July open, I … Continue reading →

Friday night services. Saturday morning services. My niece’s last Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra concert. Then there was the 45,000 Word Challenge, which was to get to 45,000 words before I could start reading The Hunger Games, a deal I made … Continue reading →