Why I’m Providing my First Draft and New Chapters!
A friend of mine told me the other day that I was very brave. When I asked “Why?” he had mentioned that it was because I was posting my rough draft of Argentum. There are a lot of things that are scary: fires, accidents, hurricanes, death. Is my posting of a draft scary? Well, sure [...]
Why I Wrote Chapter Breaks
The format for this book features a singular, present tense point-of-view for the main chapters and has past tense, mixed point-of-views for the chapter breaks. Already, I have received some feedback that the chapter breaks are more interesting in the early part of the book than the full-length chapter. The reason why I decided to [...]
What “Condemned” Means
In Chapter 7 of Argentum we meet up with an old friend, Captain Hansen and also say “Hello” to the King of Magic whose name might look a little familiar to you. My interpretation of King Mitra is loosely based on the god Mithras, who has an interesting history in Hindu, Persian and Roman history. [...]
Welcome to my new LJ Friends!
Hey, just thought I’d give all of my new friends on LiveJournal a big wave and say “Hello”! This month is very exciting for me because I’ll be embracing NaNoWriMo officially, blogging more about what I’ve been doing in “the day job” and getting settled in for the winter. (The weather gets cold, and I [...]
My Writing Roadblocks and How I’m Overcoming them
After a few, “real-life” upheavals, I was ready to get started on Argentum once again. I say “was” because I quickly found myself in a bad spot — I don’t like the beginning of the book and the way it was written and I’m in love with the concept. Two, very emotional things that I [...]
