So, a few days after I wrote this post about continuing little side-stories for NEXT TO GODLINESS, I find out that Harper Voyager is accepting un-agented manuscripts.

Because of course it was.

The bad part was that NEXT TO GODLINESS fell 4,000 words short of the minimum word count. Yeah, I had that sub-plot but there was no way I would be able to ( Read more... )

I apparently feel the need to remind readers of this every time I bring it up, but I started NEXT TO GODLINESS in early 2008. I finally finished the first draft recently and after a few weeks to get a fresh perspective, I’m now going through and editing it before I pass it off to my editor because she actually know what she’s doing.

I don’t know if ( Read more... )

At the beginning of the month I wrote a blog post contemplating problems I was having with NEXT TO GODLINESS. Today I think I have come up with a solution.

I think this subplot will be an eventual additional NEXT TO GODLINESS side story. A little bonus to read independently of the actual novel. That way I’m not holding NEXT TO GODLINESS back and ( Read more... )

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I know myself too well.

I know myself. I know what parts of a story not to touch until the end, otherwise I’ll lose interest. It happened with Project C, it’s happening with Elven Lacryment, so apparently it’s just the way I work.

Months ago I thought of a new subplot for Next to Godliness but I had trouble wrangling together the logistics of it ( Read more... )

Next to Godliness - Camazotz’s Madness by ~AnarchicQ on deviantART

A scene from my upcoming novel NEXT TO GODLINESS. Camazotz, the Mayan goddess of Death, night and Sacrifice meets someone or something she feels a connection with.

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One Long Afternoon by ~AnarchicQ on deviantART

I was inspired one evening, wondering what would happen if Anubis from NEXT TO GODLINESS met one of CoffinBerry’s characters. Thus a scenario played out where Eve propositioned Anubis. Why? I don’t know, maybe she was bartering for Max’s soul?
In my mind Anubis was very unsure about Eve’s advances but ( Read more... )

Art Trade: Anubis and the Sands of the Earth by *hahahaok on deviantART

An art trade I did with the creator of the webcomic Keeping Up With Thursday. Anubis, from NEXT TO GODLINESS, of course.
I have to get on my half of the trade, it’s next on my to-do list.

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Commission - Anubis by *Kishari on deviantART

Another Next to Godliness commission, this time of Anubis, done by the talented Kishari.

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Next to Godliness - Sedna by ~AnarchicQ on deviantART

Sedna from Next to Godliness.

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