Alas! It has been a long time since I updated this space. I primarily blame searching for and landing a new job and the process of selling my condo, buying a townhouse and moving.
Other things that have happened since I last posted…
- I did successfully complete NaNo16 in word count. The book still needs an ending.
- I successfully completed a Whole30. It literally took over my life—soooo much cooking!—but even now, months after I finished, I’m trying to generally (sometimes very generally) to keep to the template.
- Went on vacation to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone, which inspired me to set one of my books in that general region.
- Successfully completed a 40 hour goal in July for Camp NaNoWriMo, working on #5 and #6 below.
- Thought of a way to revamp my very first novel into something much less derivative (gravity magic a death sentence! Small country surrounded and constantly at war! Society/government contains no kings or princes, but a delicate system of checks and balances between military, forge magic (w/health benefits), and legislature. Physical setting see #3!). Same characters–Marla, Russ & Nat–with similar backgrounds and goals. I’m currently brainstorming.
- Finished my (hopefully!) last big revision for Dakotashi. I changed the beginning around. Now, I’m polishing/editing and getting it ready to query again.
My self-imposed deadline to finish polishing Dakotashi and get it out there is the end of September. My drop-dead deadline is to do that by the beginning of NaNoWriMo 2017.