The stake through his heart pierced more than the depths of his soul, it pieced together all of his past lives to this one. Every forgotten memory rushed before his eyes. A Viking warrior, a pauper on the streets, a jungle ant, and so many more flashes of his past but what hurt him was the flashes of the life he was now losing. The … Continue reading The Life
Staring at the cream wall in front of her, tears streamed down her face. She was losing her mind. No. She wasn’t losing her mind. She was losing memories of him. She felt each memory slip away as it slid down her cheeks. She was afraid if she blinked that another memory would disappear so she stared hard at the wall through blurry … Continue reading Don’t Blink
I am really proud and honored to announce that THE SOUND OF MADNESS is now available for the world to read. This novel and this character made me grow as a writer and as a person. She became part of my world and brought me strength and I would like to think I brought her vulnerability. I hope you enjoy reading THE SOUND OF MADNESS because I sure … Continue reading The Sound of Madness
As I soon start draft 2 of The Sound of Madness, I am reaching to friends, family, and strangers on the ol’ interwebs to be beta readers. What’s a beta reader? A beta reader is this: A reader who will read your work that looks for typos, grammatical errors, continuity issues, critiquing/commenting on plot, plot issues, characterizations, what could use improving, etc. Basically, I need … Continue reading Beta Readers Wanted for The Sound of Madness
On March 1, 2014 around 10:17 pm I completed the first draft of The Sound of Madness. It took me 68 days total from December 23, 2013 to March 1, 2014. Of that 68 days, I spent 30 days actually writing. On the 38 days I didn’t write, I was probably staring at the monitor with self doubt. On my lowest word count day, I … Continue reading UPDATE: The Sound of Madness – First Draft Completed
As I write The Sound of Madness (aka in my work in progress (WIP), I had to take a week off of writing in it. It’s a cardinal rule in my writing world to write a minimum of 500 words a day in whatever current WIP I am on, but there I was taking a week off. I needed to sort out my head and … Continue reading The Sound of Madness: Clearing Headspace
When the pesky Muse strikes, she strikes hard and without warning. On December 23rd, I was casually singing “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You’ll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away…”to Nick da Dawg. I was channeling my mom really. She sang the song to my nieces when they … Continue reading The Sound of Madness: A Work in Progress