Coming soon...ish

After focusing solely on one project for so long, I had almost forgotten what it feels like to be passionate about something new, but I've finally put my first novel aside - I'm not finished with it, just getting some breathing room - and I'm working on something new. 

Actually, I'm working on two "Something new's"

The first of my newer projects is actually a sequel to the first, which is currently titled Bound to Shift. I'm about two thirds of the way finished with the first draft, and I don't think anyone will be more surprised while reading it than I have been writing it - there are twists and turned I never saw coming, which as the writer doesn't seem possible... but here we are. I've loved adding in new characters to the dynamic of Payton, Zachariah, Ava, Neil, and the others - I thought Maxfield would be my favourite of the new players, but Laura was a total dark horse and stole my heart. She's so great - you're going to love her. 

The other project is something that I wasn't sure about at first, but since working through the planning process have grown really excited about! I've planned a five book series of eBooks called The Sisters of East Hartleigh - I'm in the early chapters of the first book, Kindred Spirits, but I'm absolutely loving the freedom of writing something completely new. 

Liv is a character I'm already having so much fun with, and discovering the lore of how her magic works has kept me writing when I thought I was ready to give up on multiple occasions.

Please let me know what you think of my cover mock-up (right) for this first eBook, and keep an eye out for updates of when it will be released on kindle! 

When is all this writing happening?!

Since I started working full time, finding the time to write has been a real struggle. There's always other things I could be doing in my spare time, like washing, or playing the Sims, or doing dishes, or playing Don't Starve... you get the idea. But without fail, every November I sit down, and I find the time to write 50,000 words (except for 2016, but I made up for it a few months later). So when Alyce turned to me last December and asked me to join her on a crazy venture she was calling LoNoWriMoFoCray (Local Novel Writing Month For Crazies), I jumped at the chance. The idea is that every three months, lining up with NaNo, we would write 30,000 words (at least, that's the goal for now). When February actually started and I realised what that meant... I wasn't as enthused as I had been. But so far it's been going really well.

Hopefully I'll keep updating this blog to keep you up to date, but with my past track record... I won't make any promises!