The third draft of Beneath the Haze, my latest fantasy novel, is finished! At this point I’ve sent it to my two favorite beta readers: my wife and my mother. I know they’ll give me all kinds of unbiased feedback because they have no emotional connection to the author whatsoever. In other news, I’m open to others reading this as well. As long as you know it’s still not finished and are willing to give…
Welp, it’s certainly been a while since I last updated my blog here. Here’s what’s been going on: Beneath the Haze I am currently halfway through the first round of edits on my novel, Beneath the Haze. This stage of edits focuses on plot holes and inconsistencies. I’ll most likely be adding half a dozen (or more) new chapters into the work in order to fill said plot holes and make everything flow better.…
I’m here with Sharme Rowlar, head and founder of the Haze Institution. For those who don’t know, the HI works to learn more about the Haze: what it is, where it came from, and ultimately, is there anything down there? So, Sharme, why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself? Sharme: I still can’t believe you managed to get an interview with me. But, a deal’s a deal, I suppose. Hi, I’m Sharme. Like…
We’re already well into December and I haven’t written since November. Alright, so it’s only the 6th, and I’ve had longer dry spells than this. But it feels like it’s been so long! NaNoWriMo 2016 was intense, to say the least. But, get through it I did, and while I can already tell there will need to be extensive revisions (when aren’t there?), the story is coming along marvelously. I say coming along, because I’m not quite…
Sorry for no update last week. Between writing and Thanksgiving and everything else that was going on, there just wasn’t time. But, I’m please to announce that, as of last week, I officially won NaNoWriMo! My total word count is 50,673. I’ll have one more day of writing yet this month before my official tally is recorded, but I’m beyond excited for how far I’ve come with it, and for where it’s going. You’re going…
After finishing the last book in my Dwarf Mountain series last year, I was excited to move away from the young adult genre I usually wrote and get to work on an adult fantasy novel. Don’t get me wrong, I loved writing YA fantasy, but what I wanted to do next was beyond the scope of YA. I have been planning my new novel for nearly a year, thinking about it constantly, jotting…