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