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I just finished a novel, no big deal
You read that right. I just finished Stranger Skies, the NaNoWriMo novel I’ve been posting snippets from for SFFSat. First draft clocks in at just over 70,000 words. Definitely shorter than Bellica‘s ~250,000 words, but then Bellica was meant to be a standalone (ha ha) and Stranger Skies is going to be the first in…
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SFFSat, January 19th: the magic of one’s True Name.
Last week, Silva found her new True Name: Thalaea. After asking Enendoa if she can take on the moniker, the ex-goddess discovers that finding her new True Name has some pleasant effects on her newly-mortal body. Three hearts beat the way they should; her bones were no longer so heavy. She was not cold any…
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SFFSat, January 12th, 2013: Silva finds her new True Name
I’m finally doing this again! I started work on Stranger Skies again this week, and decided I should start posting snippets again — if only to keep myself motivated. (Joking. I’m motivated because the story is awesome.) In this snippet, Silva, our goddess-turned-mortal, has just finished reading a large tome at the behest of Enendoa,…
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The Next Big Thing Author Blog Hop
KariAnn Ramadorai tagged me for this blog hop, and I figured it’d be a fun thing to do. She also said some very nice things about me in her blog post, which made me blush. Yes, I’m blushing. Shush. And it’s totally still Sunday. Because I haven’t slept yet. That’s how it works because shut…
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Win Bellica (and 18 other awesome books) in a Literary+ giveaway!
Literary+, that wicked-cool group I’m part of, is holding three separate giveaways! The prize? 19 ebooks, including a copy of Bellica! Woah, you say. That’s a lot of ebooks! It sure is. And entering to win couldn’t be simpler. Go to this post and leave a comment saying why you love and support indie authors.…
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Weekly Round-up, November 16th: Bellica, SFFSat, Savita, and mom’s book
The title of this post makes it seem like the “weekly round-up” is an actual thing here at Bacon and Whiskey, but this is probably the first time I’ve ever done it. Also, not sure if it’ll happen again; there are just several short things this week that I want to cover in one post.…
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SFFSat, November 10th: the agony of living
This week we’re veering away from The Jade Star of Athering snippets so I can share with you a bit from my NaNoWriMo novel, Stranger Skies. The first two chapters of Stranger Skies is available on Smashwords for free, by the way, so I’ll be sharing the first few sentences of Chapter Three: Flesh Prison.…
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Eight Days In, Halfway Through — the magic of planning my NaNo-novel
You read that right. I’ve already hit 25K in my NaNoWriMo project, Stranger Skies. The story is fleshing itself out nicely, and I’ve gone ahead and done the Smashwords NaNoWriMo promotion — you can read chapters 1 and 2 for free. Curious as to what it’s about? Here’s a short description: Silva, Lady of the…
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SFFSat, November 3rd: Communication Problems
Welcome to another week of SFFSat! In this snippet, Agate and Damien have been lead to the Ixile’an sovereign who has taken her army to occupy the town of Southland. There was a silence as the two women stared at each other, assessing one another like enemies on the battlefield. Normally Agate would have held…
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Day one of Nanowrimo
I stayed up late on Hallonanoween so I could start writing at midnight. I didn’t start writing until 12:30 or so, because my Samhain ritual ran a bit late. Kept writing till 4 am. Totals Longhand: 7.5 pages. Typed: 3,814 words. Those are about equivalent with each other — I typed up almost all I…