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It’s been a long time coming. Writing Queen of Werewolves was a big undertaking for me. It definitely took me longer to write than any other book I’ve published. It taught me the meaning of patience. I had to be patient because there was no rushing this. This is the end of a series I’ve poured my heart and soul into. It had to be good.

Queen of Werewolves Cover Reveal

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You know that feeling when you’re so focused on something that everything else can go take a hike? You forget to eat. Maybe you stay up way later than normal. That’s what happens when I hit my flow state. I wish I could say I flow on command, but I […]

Week 15 – The Creative Flow State

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Current projects Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 Once Soulmates – These Immortal Vows Book 3 Where do I begin? This week was a blur. I finished the first draft of Queen of Werewolves last week. So, this week was supposed to be dedicated to editing, right? Well, it was and it wasn’t. Queen of Werewolves […]

Week 13 – Edits, Book Covers, and Shifting Priorities

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Current projects Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 Once Soulmates – These Immortal Vows Book 3 Another week down. And I did it. I finished the first draft of Queen of Werewolves. This first draft is 96,223 words. I tend to write my first drafts light, so the final word count is going to be interesting. […]

Week 12 – Finishing the First Draft

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Current projects Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 Once Soulmates – These Immortal Vows Book 3 I always want things to be perfect even though perfect doesn’t exist. It’s kind of a good and bad thing. It’s good because I’m constantly improving. It’s bad because sometimes I get stuck instead. If you’re a perfectionist, I think […]

Week 11 – The Struggles of Writing and Being a ...

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Current projects Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 Once Soulmates – These Immortal Vows Book 3 Another week down! I’m the kind of person who is constantly looking for ways to be more efficient in what I do. I want to write books faster, with great quality, while always improving my craft. Basically, I want to […]

Week 8 – Dictating for Writing Speed and Typing for ...

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Are you ready to learn more about Ash? I talked about Lance in this post and Yuri in this post. Now it’s Ash’s turn. Ash is genderqueer. This means different things depending on the person, but I wanted to make Ash like me. It goes back to each of the […]

Valentine’s Day Tigers – Ash “Nobody”

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I talked about Lance and his asexuality last time in this post. I wanted to prove to myself that an asexual character can belong in a “steamy” romance. It was also to prove to myself that an asexual author can write a steamy romance. Funny, maybe, since I’ve been writing […]

Valentine’s Day Tigers – Yuri Lenkov

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Current projects Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 Once Soulmates – These Immortal Vows Book 3 Queen of Werewolves – The Lost Princess of Howling Sky Book 3 I’m over 30,000 words into the first draft of this book! I actually wrote the outline for Queen of Werewolves right after I finished Saving the Werewolves. I […]

Week 6 – Writing Book Series

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Valentine’s Day Tigers was a hard book to write, but probably not for the usual reasons a book would be hard for an author to write. Today, we’re going to have a look at Lance Lenkov. You may have noticed I have a little bit of a theme in a […]

Valentine’s Day Tigers – Lance Lenkov

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