Wow...the dry spell is over. For those curious about some of the afterlife aspects of my Eternal Cycle novels, there is a detailed article over at Terri Bruce's blog:

http://www.terribruce.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=42:random-thoughts-on-writing&layout=blog&Itemid=69

There is also an excerpt from Today's Promise featuring ( Read more... )

We're holding a giveaway. On the site it says it's for one copy of Today's Promise, but in truth the winner will win three books:

Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, and Today's Promise. The complete trilogy, autographed.

These are all the Dark Quest versions of the books. Spread the word, please.

While there may be future books in this universe ( Read more... )

Here's the official schedule, folks.

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R-60. The Role of Anthologies -- Roundtable Discussion
Friday at 10:00 pm in Parlor 1041
As both a source of fiction and a means of promotion, what do anthologies have to offer? Fan and author panelists discuss.
Moderator: Danielle Ackley-McPhail
Speakers: Michael A. Ventrella; Joshua Bilmes; CJ Henderson; ( Read more... )

No..not a fleecing...Lunacon. Hope to see some of you there. Check out my previous post for where you can find me.

On other notes, the final manuscript for Today's Promise has been passed on to the Production Manager for assignment to an editor! Wheee! Of course, so has Tomorrow's Memories, which means very likely I'm going to receive two sets of ( Read more... )

Hi all,

I'm back from oblivion :) This week's article is a Handyman's Helper from Jeanne Cavelos, Director of the Oddyssey Writing Workshops.

http://lit-handyman.livejournal.com/15931.html

Head over and see what she has to say about Revising!

Enjoy,

Danielle

On other notes,

Mike and I will be at Lunacon next weekend, hope to see you there!

The Dark ( Read more... )

Today's Promise (Book 3 in the Eternal Cycle Series)
Length: Novel
Previous Word Count: 94,189 words
Current Word Count: 107,371
Progress: 13,182 words
Word Count Goal: 100,000 words
Status: DONE!!!

EXCERPT:

Aí flinched and his jaw worked soundlessly a moment. He blew a breath that might have been half of a bittersweet laugh. For a moment his head dropped ( Read more... )

Sorry, I've been away at Shevacon. While some writing has been done, not a lot of computer time so yea...I'm behind. Here it goes, though:

Today's Promise (Book 3 in the Eternal Cycle Series)
Length: Novel
Previous Word Count: 82,647 words
Current Word Count: 84,253 words
Yesterday's Progress: 1606 words
Word Count Goal: 100,000 words

EXCERPT

Still, in the ( Read more... )

Today's Promise (Book 3 in the Eternal Cycle Series)
Length: Novel
Previous Word Count: 82,325 words
Current Word Count: 82,647
Yesterday's Progress: 322 words
Word Count Goal: 100,000 words

Quite the let-down after yesterday's monster count. Got to do better tomorrow.

EXCERPT:

Aí went still, eyes wide and his throat bobbing instinctively. Reason told him ( Read more... )

You know...at some point I'm going to run out of words...

Today's Promise (Book 3 in the Eternal Cycle Series)
Length: Novel
Previous Word Count: 78,511 words
Current Word Count: 82,325 words
Yesterday's Progress: 3814 words
Word Count Goal: 100,000 words

Some of that is actually from today, but it can't be helped. I forgot to do this before I started ( Read more... )

After staring at my kind-of outline for hours accomplishing nothing I suddenly mapped out the whole remainder of the novel--baring inspirational surprises. This is frightening. I rarely know such large chunks at once, which I've never successfully written an outline at the beginning of any project. Okay...so my preemptive outline is only for act ( Read more... )