Musings About My Journey
Welcome to Musings.
My blog, Musings, will document some of my fantasy novel writing and holistic health journey. Life is more than the mundane, more than we know, and Musings will cover topics from writing tradecraft to myth and lore , from ancient wisdom to spirituality. I hope you will join me often!
What an exciting couple of months!
The world is an entirely different place than it was in February. In February, I was able to attend the Super Stars Writing Seminar in Colorado Springs. Phenomenal! It was also life changing. I learned not only about the business … Continue reading →
Plots–oh how they twist and shout!
What a great couple of weeks! My revised outline to my draft three revisions (don’t ask) are in to the editor! That was a lot of fun as I restructured the front half of “The Blade of Ages”. What does … Continue reading →
Seeing Stars!
I am so lucky that my friends from Ireland encouraged me to sign up for Superstars Writing Seminar! I got to meet, dine with, and learn from the co-author of the Dune series, Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta of … Continue reading →
Flying By
It has been crazy. The days are flying by. I’m working on outlining a major rewrite of The Blade of Ages. I’ve also been taking Dave Farland’s Advanced Story Puzzle class. I wish I had taken this before starting my … Continue reading →
The story. My story.
Wow. Time gets away from me! I’ve got a lot I’m juggling, but that is the life of an author. I just submitted the first two chapters of The Blade of Ages for a craft day workshop in February taught … Continue reading →
Growing wings
Did you know that when a baby eagle gets close to ready to fly, his mother will throw it out of the nest to see if he will flap his wings. The first handful of times, or maybe more, she … Continue reading →
Distractions
The past month have been full of them. I even accused myself of planning to fail because I failed to plan. That can happen, but sometimes planning to fail is a wake up call from the distractions of life. Sometimes … Continue reading →
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
I guess I did a little on a lot of things, but not much on any one thing. It’s like when you clean your house and you take dirty clothes from one room to the next to discover there’s something … Continue reading →
Behind the Scenes
The weekend has been busy! Saturday, I attended the all–day Don Maass “Emotional Craft of Fiction“ workshop put on by the Maryland Writers’ Association. Don is not only super insightful, but approachable and hysterical! I took tons of notes, and … Continue reading →
Contracting and Expanding: One Novel Becomes Seven Novels or One Sentence
For a week I thought would be filled with downtime, it has been incredibly busy! I’ve started the process outlining the full series. I have had pieces of this done for quite a while, in terms of themes and outward … Continue reading →