Writing Wednesday – Flash a Naked Heart

It's that time of the week again! I'd hoped to start today's entry with an update about the NYCMidnight Flash Fiction Challenge, but they're delaying results fifteen hours. Womp-womp. But I did have the thrilling, not-at-all intimidating realization that if I do make it through to the third round, I'll have to write my next …

Writing Wednesday – Prose and Cons (and Echoes)

Hello again! Yes, I've been very remiss lately on the blogging front, but in my defence, uh... Actually, I have none. I was working my butt off to hit some deadlines and anything that could go did go, and this was one of them. That said, the fallout of said working included Can*Con being a …

Writing Wednesday – Submit!

Thanks to the Flash Fiction Challenge, from NYCMidnight, I feel so much better this week about the state of the 'Nathan. Last time, I made it to honourable mention in the first round of the earlier contest, which… wasn’t far, but like I said last week, it’s a challenge and it makes me stretch, so I …

Writing Wednesday – Typa Typa Typa.

This last week has been much, much better. Wordcount is flowing, even I'm starting to get sick of the rain, and my books arrived for Romancing the Capital, which is in less than a month and oh wow, that's really soon. The other thing that will happen this week is the Flash Fiction Challenge, from …

Writing Wednesday – Let’s Just Pretend June Didn’t Happen, Okay?

So. June. Two things happened in June. Thing the first? Renovations. Casa Smith needed an upgrade, and unfortunately it needed a major one. Hence why no visit to New Orleans this year for my fave literary festival. The roof needed to be replaced. So did some windows. So did the siding. Oh, and the parging. …

Writing Wednesday: 3, 2, 1…

This is it! Tomorrow, Triad Soul launches. I'll have more to say on that tomorrow, obviously, but I just want to take a second to publicly thank everyone who's given me thumbs-ups, gentle (or not-so-gentle) shoves of encouragement, and has had my back through the whole process of this, my third novel. Holy crap. Three novels. …