Deadlines, Tie-in Stories, and Two Workshops
It's been Quite A Week over here in Wales. It started with a beautiful, sunny UK Mother's Day last Sunday, which was wonderful, but then both of my kids caught a stomach bug over the last few days, so...yeah. I'll leave the gruesome details from this latter half of the week to your imagination! ;)
On the upside, though, I still managed to get through my first big revision of my adult romantic fantasy novella Snowspelled this week, powered by rich, dark hot chocolates. Huzzah! I sent the new draft off to critique partners late this morning, and since I'm not expecting edits for my next MG novel until Sunday or Monday, I am - for the first time in a looooong time - temporarily deadline-free!
Needless to say, I immediately started trying to think of a new short story to write before my edits arrive. I don't do very well without an ongoing writing project to keep me busy. ;)
And speaking of short stories, my Kat prequel story (about her parents when they were young), "Forbidden Magic," will be published as a 99-cent ebook in just 5 days, on April 5th. You can find a full description, a brief excerpt, and the pre-order links here.
I originally wrote that story on commission earlier this year, for a charity auction winner who requested a story about Kat's parents. It's so much fun to write those tie-in stories! I love doing it. Of course I'm already contemplating my first tie-in stories for The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart. So far, though, my ideas have all been for stories following that first book, so I'll have to wait until the book is safely out in America (on May 30th! less than 2 months away!) before I start writing (or at least sharing) them.
Still, if you've read the book and have any particular characters you'd love to read about in a tie-in story, do let me know, and I'll make sure to keep them in mind!
And if you're interested in talking more about writing with me, I'm going to be running two different writing workshops over the next month.
On Friday, April 21st, I'll be running a science fiction and fantasy writing workshop for adults and teens, as part of the Abergavenny Writing Festival. You can find more details and book your ticket here.
And on Wednesday, April 19th, from 2:30-3:30, I'll be running a dragon-themed writing workshop for kids at the Abergavenny Library. (No tickets necessary!) My 8-year-old is VERY excited about that one. :)
I'd love to see any of you guys at either of those workshops! Do let me know if you'll be coming.
Hope you all have a good weekend!
On the upside, though, I still managed to get through my first big revision of my adult romantic fantasy novella Snowspelled this week, powered by rich, dark hot chocolates. Huzzah! I sent the new draft off to critique partners late this morning, and since I'm not expecting edits for my next MG novel until Sunday or Monday, I am - for the first time in a looooong time - temporarily deadline-free!
Needless to say, I immediately started trying to think of a new short story to write before my edits arrive. I don't do very well without an ongoing writing project to keep me busy. ;)
And speaking of short stories, my Kat prequel story (about her parents when they were young), "Forbidden Magic," will be published as a 99-cent ebook in just 5 days, on April 5th. You can find a full description, a brief excerpt, and the pre-order links here.
I originally wrote that story on commission earlier this year, for a charity auction winner who requested a story about Kat's parents. It's so much fun to write those tie-in stories! I love doing it. Of course I'm already contemplating my first tie-in stories for The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart. So far, though, my ideas have all been for stories following that first book, so I'll have to wait until the book is safely out in America (on May 30th! less than 2 months away!) before I start writing (or at least sharing) them.
Still, if you've read the book and have any particular characters you'd love to read about in a tie-in story, do let me know, and I'll make sure to keep them in mind!
And if you're interested in talking more about writing with me, I'm going to be running two different writing workshops over the next month.
On Friday, April 21st, I'll be running a science fiction and fantasy writing workshop for adults and teens, as part of the Abergavenny Writing Festival. You can find more details and book your ticket here.
And on Wednesday, April 19th, from 2:30-3:30, I'll be running a dragon-themed writing workshop for kids at the Abergavenny Library. (No tickets necessary!) My 8-year-old is VERY excited about that one. :)
I'd love to see any of you guys at either of those workshops! Do let me know if you'll be coming.
Hope you all have a good weekend!