Hello everyone. Hope your spring has been a good one so far. For me, it's rain and snow. Yes, I said the "s" word. At my elevation it does happen and has been known to happen through June. Think of me while you're all warm and running about on the beach.
Over the past year I entered into a monthly submission schedule, which leaves not a lot of time for conversing. Although I still try. I do believe I have a couple friends who are missing me...somewhere out there in the world.
Anyway, upon doing the new submission I've gotten into a relative decent writing timetable. I will soon have four series' going and three more upcoming. See, I really have been a busy little writer bee.
I will say it again...and again when I get side tracked...my plan is to get into blogging at least once a month. I've said that every year and so far that's one resolution I've missed. And it's the only one I take on each year. Now that doesn't say much about me does it? Haha...
As before...I shall be back. Even if only to up date you all. Take care and blessings.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Who is With me?
So, who's ready for winter to be over? *raises hand* Yep, I am. It's the middle of April and SO ready for warmer weather it's not funny. Just got a smattering of rain/snow last night and it's spit little tiny bits of of white stuff late this morning. Don't get me wrong, I love winter. One of fave seasons, however, this 2013/2014 one is kicking my ass...as well as my electric bill.
Now, I will say this for the long lasting season, I was able to get many short stories written that required the fluffy white stuff. Which is a major plus, although I would like to work on warmer ones now...still waiting. Just last week we had highs in the 50's and 60's. Saturday was my favorite as we saw 70. Whoot! Whoot! That all ended late Saturday as a system came in and dumped first rain (which turned to ice on the cars) then snow. Not a whole lot, but enough to make Monday annoying. Now it's Wednesday and the chill is still in the air. Wonder what that means for spring and summer? I mean, it is spring, right? At least should be anyway. Bet I'll be screaming for cooler temperatures come July, I can feel it. *shakes head*
What have ya'll been up to these days? Waiting for the season to change and give us what we've had the past decade or so? Vacationing? Staying warm? Seeking out warmer climes all while wishing the US looked slightly more like what we've grown accustomed too over the years? You know shit's crazy when every state (in the lower 48, that is) is getting snow and that includes the panhandle of Florida. INSANE! Not to mention funny as hell. :-)
Tell me what ya'll have been up to. Share, share. I'm out till later.
~Alix
Now, I will say this for the long lasting season, I was able to get many short stories written that required the fluffy white stuff. Which is a major plus, although I would like to work on warmer ones now...still waiting. Just last week we had highs in the 50's and 60's. Saturday was my favorite as we saw 70. Whoot! Whoot! That all ended late Saturday as a system came in and dumped first rain (which turned to ice on the cars) then snow. Not a whole lot, but enough to make Monday annoying. Now it's Wednesday and the chill is still in the air. Wonder what that means for spring and summer? I mean, it is spring, right? At least should be anyway. Bet I'll be screaming for cooler temperatures come July, I can feel it. *shakes head*
What have ya'll been up to these days? Waiting for the season to change and give us what we've had the past decade or so? Vacationing? Staying warm? Seeking out warmer climes all while wishing the US looked slightly more like what we've grown accustomed too over the years? You know shit's crazy when every state (in the lower 48, that is) is getting snow and that includes the panhandle of Florida. INSANE! Not to mention funny as hell. :-)
Tell me what ya'll have been up to. Share, share. I'm out till later.
~Alix
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Absence Equals Writing
First I want to apologize for my absence. I do have a good excuse though, honest. I've been writing and doing edits. You could say I've raked in the contracts and haven't stopped to take a breath over the past few months. Yay! I know, it's exciting. :-)
Catch up...I have a new book coming out approximately every couple of months this year. Starting February 28th with the release of Twin Flames: Soul Destiny, followed by a spring release of Twin Flames: Soul Design, then in the summer will be Twin Flames: Soul Nature. Hot of the heels of those is Twin Flames: Soul Revealed in summer/fall. Have a couple of editor call-outs, Dark Jewel and Dark Fire due around fall/winter. Not to mention a new series I've started, Divine Immortals: Immortal Bond. That one is in submissions and I'm waiting (on pins and needles) to hear about. There are others to follow in the 'Dark' books as well as Divine Immortals, but we'll wait and see. :-)
There really isn't much more to tell. What do you when you can't seem to be able to stop writing? I try to take breaks and relax, but that only lasts a few hours...if I'm lucky. Does anyone have any ideas? Not that I want to stop, it would be nice to relax once in a while. If only a day or maybe two. Just sayin'...:-)
Catch up...I have a new book coming out approximately every couple of months this year. Starting February 28th with the release of Twin Flames: Soul Destiny, followed by a spring release of Twin Flames: Soul Design, then in the summer will be Twin Flames: Soul Nature. Hot of the heels of those is Twin Flames: Soul Revealed in summer/fall. Have a couple of editor call-outs, Dark Jewel and Dark Fire due around fall/winter. Not to mention a new series I've started, Divine Immortals: Immortal Bond. That one is in submissions and I'm waiting (on pins and needles) to hear about. There are others to follow in the 'Dark' books as well as Divine Immortals, but we'll wait and see. :-)
There really isn't much more to tell. What do you when you can't seem to be able to stop writing? I try to take breaks and relax, but that only lasts a few hours...if I'm lucky. Does anyone have any ideas? Not that I want to stop, it would be nice to relax once in a while. If only a day or maybe two. Just sayin'...:-)
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Graduation and May Writing
I know, I'm late. *sigh* I really am working on it, honest. In my defense, I have been a little busy. My son is graduating this Sunday (May 19th), and school is ending for the youngest two. Summer vacation will be under way in just a few days and I can't wait. At the same time, I can. Once they're home that means I'll hear more 'Mom, she took that.' and 'Mom, make her stop.' There are many others, but if you have children or nieces and nephews, you know what I'm talking about.
I have also been called up for jury duty. Yeah, since it involves something I've gone through I won't be sitting there long. No defense attorney wants me sitting in judgment over his client. I detest jury duty. :-(
On a happier note...Spring final sprung and we've been dealing with warm weather. I mean awesomely warm weather. It's GREAT! My toes are unfroze and so is my nose. For the most part I am warm morning, noon and night. Happy, happy, happy! *singing*
As for writing...Oh that's been fun! I've finished Twin Flames: Soul Destiny, now I'm working on the submission package. Have I mentioned I'm SO not a fan of a synopsis? Yeah, I'm not. I know I have to write one, at the same time, I'm a pantser, which means I fly by the seat of my pants through the stories I write. Or as many writers prefer to say, my characters write the story, I'm just the tool they use to get it told. So outlines and all that, I don't have. And trust me when I say, when I have plotted, the story stopped dead in its tracks until I let it flow the way they wanted it to and not what I wanted. Lesson learned. *laugh* Let characters write the story, I'll just go with the flow. :-) I have also finished Book #4 in the Twin Flames series. Took just over a week to start it and finish it. Talk about AWESOME! I am a happy camper. The only thing missing is a title, hence the 'Book #4', I haven't figured out a title for it. Now I am starting on Book #5. Would be nice if that ones does the same thing as Book #4, I have a feeling it will. *chuckle* Just let it flow...
Alright, I'm out. I have to get some writing done and start thinking about a blog post for the MuseItHot blog that is starting back up again in June. When I know more I'll share here. Take care!
~Alix
I have also been called up for jury duty. Yeah, since it involves something I've gone through I won't be sitting there long. No defense attorney wants me sitting in judgment over his client. I detest jury duty. :-(
On a happier note...Spring final sprung and we've been dealing with warm weather. I mean awesomely warm weather. It's GREAT! My toes are unfroze and so is my nose. For the most part I am warm morning, noon and night. Happy, happy, happy! *singing*
As for writing...Oh that's been fun! I've finished Twin Flames: Soul Destiny, now I'm working on the submission package. Have I mentioned I'm SO not a fan of a synopsis? Yeah, I'm not. I know I have to write one, at the same time, I'm a pantser, which means I fly by the seat of my pants through the stories I write. Or as many writers prefer to say, my characters write the story, I'm just the tool they use to get it told. So outlines and all that, I don't have. And trust me when I say, when I have plotted, the story stopped dead in its tracks until I let it flow the way they wanted it to and not what I wanted. Lesson learned. *laugh* Let characters write the story, I'll just go with the flow. :-) I have also finished Book #4 in the Twin Flames series. Took just over a week to start it and finish it. Talk about AWESOME! I am a happy camper. The only thing missing is a title, hence the 'Book #4', I haven't figured out a title for it. Now I am starting on Book #5. Would be nice if that ones does the same thing as Book #4, I have a feeling it will. *chuckle* Just let it flow...
Alright, I'm out. I have to get some writing done and start thinking about a blog post for the MuseItHot blog that is starting back up again in June. When I know more I'll share here. Take care!
~Alix
Friday, April 19, 2013
Hello All!
Well, I'm slowly starting to freeze again. It's funny, last week Tuesday we go buried under snow and then it melted around the weekend or so. Then on Tuesday (of this week!) we got plowed again! Same icy temps and wonderful 'white gold' with the frigid winds to boot. Now, don't get me wrong. I love snow and winter (it's actually one of my favorite seasons), but this is the middle of April. Doesn't that mean, rain? *sigh* Oh the joys of messed up seasons.
I've been horrible at posting here and I don't have a good enough excuse. I do apologize though. However, I can give you a reason for my absence and erratic postings. I have the attention span of a flea. No seriously, I do! I get sidetracked just leaving the living and going to the bathroom. Now if I'm heading to the kitchen...well, there's a whole other matter. Because I'll end up washing dishes or the counters. Hell, I'll even start sweeping the floor and rearranging the cupboards! While all of this is happening I'll promptly forget my true reason for walking away from my work and the computer to begin with. The next thing I know, I'm off doing something totally different again. You've heard, 'you're focus needs focus' well, in my case my attention needs attention. *laugh*
I'll barely acknowledge the Boston Marathon Bombing and the West Fertilizer Plant Explosion as well as the recent (tonight, Thursday) shooting on the MIT campus. That's just too much sorrow to focus on for longer then to say, I pray for each and to say it will get better.
My not paying attention to them may seem cold to you, but I am a writer, a mother, wife, sister, friend and the list continues. I prefer to enjoy the goods times over the bad, that's why we have them. And why it always seems the bad outnumber the good. It's because we're looking and seeing things the way we shouldn't. We should be looking at the good over the bad. I'm not saying ignore what happened, I'm saying acknowledge and move on. That's what healing is all about. Trust me on this, we all need the white light of healing surrounding right now.
So, I've rambled on about nothing and everything. A little bit of this and a little bit of that. I hope I haven't bored you to tears yet. *chuckle* I can, give me time and I will. Bad habit I guess you could say. I have set a timer and the alarm will sound next week about this time and I plan to here posting again. Even if it's just a short paragraph telling you all that I'm alive and well...and buried up to my eyeballs again in snow! Yeah, that's what they're saying. More of the 'white gold' is heading our way Sunday and Monday. I'm not really looking forward to it. My toes are ice and my nose is red. I really need the warmth that is normally Wyoming in April. Right now the yard is either mud, frozen, white or brown. Ick! I haven't seen green in my yard in almost a year. Now that's just flat out sad. Just sayin'...
I've been horrible at posting here and I don't have a good enough excuse. I do apologize though. However, I can give you a reason for my absence and erratic postings. I have the attention span of a flea. No seriously, I do! I get sidetracked just leaving the living and going to the bathroom. Now if I'm heading to the kitchen...well, there's a whole other matter. Because I'll end up washing dishes or the counters. Hell, I'll even start sweeping the floor and rearranging the cupboards! While all of this is happening I'll promptly forget my true reason for walking away from my work and the computer to begin with. The next thing I know, I'm off doing something totally different again. You've heard, 'you're focus needs focus' well, in my case my attention needs attention. *laugh*
I'll barely acknowledge the Boston Marathon Bombing and the West Fertilizer Plant Explosion as well as the recent (tonight, Thursday) shooting on the MIT campus. That's just too much sorrow to focus on for longer then to say, I pray for each and to say it will get better.
My not paying attention to them may seem cold to you, but I am a writer, a mother, wife, sister, friend and the list continues. I prefer to enjoy the goods times over the bad, that's why we have them. And why it always seems the bad outnumber the good. It's because we're looking and seeing things the way we shouldn't. We should be looking at the good over the bad. I'm not saying ignore what happened, I'm saying acknowledge and move on. That's what healing is all about. Trust me on this, we all need the white light of healing surrounding right now.
So, I've rambled on about nothing and everything. A little bit of this and a little bit of that. I hope I haven't bored you to tears yet. *chuckle* I can, give me time and I will. Bad habit I guess you could say. I have set a timer and the alarm will sound next week about this time and I plan to here posting again. Even if it's just a short paragraph telling you all that I'm alive and well...and buried up to my eyeballs again in snow! Yeah, that's what they're saying. More of the 'white gold' is heading our way Sunday and Monday. I'm not really looking forward to it. My toes are ice and my nose is red. I really need the warmth that is normally Wyoming in April. Right now the yard is either mud, frozen, white or brown. Ick! I haven't seen green in my yard in almost a year. Now that's just flat out sad. Just sayin'...
Friday, February 15, 2013
Reliant
Has anyone ever wondered how we become reliant on other people, or just things in general? I've been wondering that recently. Yeah, the strange shit that wanders through your mind when you're sick, it's flippin' crazy! Anyway...Recently I've tried to figure out how I became reliant on certain things. Like, a computer, or music. Normally people don't see those things as addictions or items you can rely on. However, if you didn't have either, well, you'd miss them. I know I would. Even as a writer who can write as long as I have a piece of paper and pencil, I'm good to go. Now, if my hands stopped working like with RA, then I'd need my computer. As for music...well, I use tunes to transport me to another place deep within myself. The place where I create everything. I know, sounds crazy, huh? It does, but when it's what you've done for many years, if not decades, you realize you've become reliant.
So since I've bored you with something completely unrelated to writing I'll go back into my hole in the wall and see what other things I've relied on over the years. Have a good one ya'll!!
~Alix
So since I've bored you with something completely unrelated to writing I'll go back into my hole in the wall and see what other things I've relied on over the years. Have a good one ya'll!!
~Alix
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Twin Flames: Soul Memory Released
So as you can see I've been a little busy recently. Twin Flames: Soul Memory was released last week Friday (January 18, 2013) and I've been working on Twin Flames: Soul Destiny, which is the finale for Jairo and Joy. Does that mean the end of the series? Um...no highly doubtful, however, it does mean the end of taking two couples through three books. Not doing that again! LOL Seriously though, once I got through content and line edits, awaiting the cover, (which is AWESOME by the way) I started snipping away at the third book and ended up starting another. Ugh! The ideas that roam through your mind when you're supposed to being one thing instead of another are INSANE!
Anywho...added more content to Immortal Divides and Immortal Council and I think I can safely say I almost have Immortal Choice completed. Of course those are all up for debate, as every writer knows even when you think your finished you aren't actually. *sigh* So we shall see.
Recently I've roamed through just about every old manuscript I have and still can't really decide where to start working again. It never ends, does it? Nope, not really. Not if you want to remain in the writing industry and keep the readers attention and have them coming back for more.
And yes, I realize I've fallen behind on posting, sorry about that. I really was my intention to do better. Maybe that should've been my New Year's resolution...blog posting more timely. I can still pop that in there as I forewent the one about losing weight. *smirk* If it doesn't work the first -million- times why then keep adding it to the list? Just sayin'...
Okay, as much as I'd love to keep rattling on and boring ya'll to tears, I'm going to take my leave and see what I can put down for Kia and Brock...yeah, those are the names of my two mains in the next Twin Flames stories.
Be well, stay warm and Blessings to one and all!
~Alix
Anywho...added more content to Immortal Divides and Immortal Council and I think I can safely say I almost have Immortal Choice completed. Of course those are all up for debate, as every writer knows even when you think your finished you aren't actually. *sigh* So we shall see.
Recently I've roamed through just about every old manuscript I have and still can't really decide where to start working again. It never ends, does it? Nope, not really. Not if you want to remain in the writing industry and keep the readers attention and have them coming back for more.
And yes, I realize I've fallen behind on posting, sorry about that. I really was my intention to do better. Maybe that should've been my New Year's resolution...blog posting more timely. I can still pop that in there as I forewent the one about losing weight. *smirk* If it doesn't work the first -million- times why then keep adding it to the list? Just sayin'...
Okay, as much as I'd love to keep rattling on and boring ya'll to tears, I'm going to take my leave and see what I can put down for Kia and Brock...yeah, those are the names of my two mains in the next Twin Flames stories.
Be well, stay warm and Blessings to one and all!
~Alix
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Oh Holiday Joy!
The joys of the holiday season are upon us and well...I haven't done anything! Okay, okay, so I have completed content edits on Twin Flames: Soul Memory and have started the line edits, but that's about it. I haven't even begun my shopping list. For baking OR the presents to be getting. Now what does that tell you about me? No, I'm actually not a procrastinator, although it would look that way, huh? I guess I'm more of a 'waiting for the weather' sort of holiday shopper. Yeah, I know, that's not a good thing. However, living in the back forty of Wyoming, there should be snow covering the ground and putting me in the season. That's not the case and it seems to be this is the new norm. BTW, I'm not a fan!
*sigh*
Writing wise...um...yeah...about that. *smirk* I have ideas fluttering around in my head and making themselves known for short periods of time then...like the snow covering the ground for a day...they vanish without a trace. Leaving me to wonder if the thread will reappear and I'll have a product ready for submission soon after. For the most part, I've been working on Immortal Divides and adding to Nickolai's POV and popping in Tarrinaysa's every so often when the mood strikes me...or rather her. *frown* She's a deity that won't do what I need her to when I want her too. Between her and Nickolai I won't get their books written out. They are so freakin' stubborn! Grrrr! I know, I know, I'm the creator and that makes me their boss. However, if you're a writer then you know what I'm talking about. It doesn't matter if you created them or not, they are the boss and they do what they will when they want and you can't stop them. Oh joy of joys! However, I will say I have moved along smoothly when the idea is a short one and won't last longer then just a handful of pages. I have a couple that are wonderful ideas for the Twin Flames series, but we'll have to wait and see on that front.
*sigh*
And finally, my posting blog posts more timely. Yes, yes I know. Fail! I am working on it through. If I try to post twice in a month I think I'll be doing good. So let's see what happens next month. And if I pass then you have to share your cookies, because I'll have worked for them. Right?
Alrighty, ya'll have a great rest of November and I'll catch you in a couple of days. You know December is right around the corner (which for some means the end of the world, LOL) and that's when I plan to post twice here. Any betters that I'll make it? Let me know.
~Alix
*sigh*
Writing wise...um...yeah...about that. *smirk* I have ideas fluttering around in my head and making themselves known for short periods of time then...like the snow covering the ground for a day...they vanish without a trace. Leaving me to wonder if the thread will reappear and I'll have a product ready for submission soon after. For the most part, I've been working on Immortal Divides and adding to Nickolai's POV and popping in Tarrinaysa's every so often when the mood strikes me...or rather her. *frown* She's a deity that won't do what I need her to when I want her too. Between her and Nickolai I won't get their books written out. They are so freakin' stubborn! Grrrr! I know, I know, I'm the creator and that makes me their boss. However, if you're a writer then you know what I'm talking about. It doesn't matter if you created them or not, they are the boss and they do what they will when they want and you can't stop them. Oh joy of joys! However, I will say I have moved along smoothly when the idea is a short one and won't last longer then just a handful of pages. I have a couple that are wonderful ideas for the Twin Flames series, but we'll have to wait and see on that front.
*sigh*
And finally, my posting blog posts more timely. Yes, yes I know. Fail! I am working on it through. If I try to post twice in a month I think I'll be doing good. So let's see what happens next month. And if I pass then you have to share your cookies, because I'll have worked for them. Right?
Alrighty, ya'll have a great rest of November and I'll catch you in a couple of days. You know December is right around the corner (which for some means the end of the world, LOL) and that's when I plan to post twice here. Any betters that I'll make it? Let me know.
~Alix
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Playing Catch Up...Again
Since my last post, Twin Flames: Soul Bound was released through Muse It Up Publishing (July 27th) and Twin Flames: Soul Memory was contracted through Muse It Up Publishing (August 3rd). I think it's safe to say I'm on a feakin' high! *laugh* No, not on drugs...just on life itself. Which is all natural. I won't put up the tentative/projected release date as things could change between now and then, however, I will state this...I'm going to be massively busy over the next few months with work! While editing and everything else that goes along with publishing a piece of work, I plan to make more of an effort to get Twin Flames: Soul Destiny completed. I have big plans and things seem to be going along with what those are. A good thing, right? *smile*
As for plans past those stated above? Nope, haven't given it much thought. I do have Twin Flames: Soul Damned in the works as well as Cat's Heart and a few other untitlted ones. The one thing I will be doing is bouncing around and whatever catches my attention that's what I'll be working on. *grin*
So, that's what my recent life has been like. I have a couple spots where I'll be guest posting and doing interviews for Twin Flames: Soul Bound. For a single second I wondered what a complete stranger thought of the ebook. Then I asked myself, did it really matter? Not that I don't care, I do, honest. It's more of if the first person to post about Twin Flames: Soul Bound didn't like it and got nasty about my work and writing (as we all know, people LOVE posting under anything but their own names) it would hurt. I decided to focus on my writing and not completely on what's said about the book. Because I know for every one person who hates it or gets nasty there are just as many (if not more) that love it and gush all about it. It's a give and take, a 50/50 crap shot. I'll look at the positive and leave the negative where it belongs. Nowhere near me. :)
~Alix
As for plans past those stated above? Nope, haven't given it much thought. I do have Twin Flames: Soul Damned in the works as well as Cat's Heart and a few other untitlted ones. The one thing I will be doing is bouncing around and whatever catches my attention that's what I'll be working on. *grin*
So, that's what my recent life has been like. I have a couple spots where I'll be guest posting and doing interviews for Twin Flames: Soul Bound. For a single second I wondered what a complete stranger thought of the ebook. Then I asked myself, did it really matter? Not that I don't care, I do, honest. It's more of if the first person to post about Twin Flames: Soul Bound didn't like it and got nasty about my work and writing (as we all know, people LOVE posting under anything but their own names) it would hurt. I decided to focus on my writing and not completely on what's said about the book. Because I know for every one person who hates it or gets nasty there are just as many (if not more) that love it and gush all about it. It's a give and take, a 50/50 crap shot. I'll look at the positive and leave the negative where it belongs. Nowhere near me. :)
~Alix
Friday, July 13, 2012
July Workings
I'm really horrible at posting regularly, I am working on that though. *smile* As this will attest, I have made an attempt.
July...the wonderful month where summer is in full swing and the heat -recently- has been taken from Hades and Hell themselves respectively. *smirk* I know I'm taking cold showers ofter...and it has nothing to do with the heat level that I'm wirting either, which sucks by the way.
Rewriting...that's what July has been for me. I'm completely rewriting an old piece of work and hoping to get it ready for clean up/critique by the end of the summer. At the earilest. It's the introduction of my Calanthian Hybrids. If Twin Flames: Soul Memory gets picked up and I can finish Soul Destiny, you'll get an introduction to Calanthia and those who dwell there. It's called Cat's Heart and as of right this moment I've reached chapter 6, but I am writing chapter 7...yeah, it's gained a chapter, whoc knew that could happen? I sure didn't think it would. *chuckle* As for the characters? Nastassiya 'Stasya' Lyons-Windcrest my heroine is a royale hybrid who continues to hold her family's vow of protection, even when there are those who want to see her dead. Horace 'Race' Silverthorne (a cousin of Jairo Silverthorne, from Twin Flames: Soul Bound) is my hero and a wonder to create. He's a Hybrid who didn't know he could change forms. He is also the Twin Flame of Stasya. As I said, this is the introduction to my Hybrids so it's also a more in depth intro to Twin Flames. Hope things keep moving along as they are now. Because I am so lovin' this!!
You all have a wonderful weekend. I know I am, I'm heading back into the writers den to see what more I can accomplish...before the heat gets worse! Have a great one. :)
~Alix
July...the wonderful month where summer is in full swing and the heat -recently- has been taken from Hades and Hell themselves respectively. *smirk* I know I'm taking cold showers ofter...and it has nothing to do with the heat level that I'm wirting either, which sucks by the way.
Rewriting...that's what July has been for me. I'm completely rewriting an old piece of work and hoping to get it ready for clean up/critique by the end of the summer. At the earilest. It's the introduction of my Calanthian Hybrids. If Twin Flames: Soul Memory gets picked up and I can finish Soul Destiny, you'll get an introduction to Calanthia and those who dwell there. It's called Cat's Heart and as of right this moment I've reached chapter 6, but I am writing chapter 7...yeah, it's gained a chapter, whoc knew that could happen? I sure didn't think it would. *chuckle* As for the characters? Nastassiya 'Stasya' Lyons-Windcrest my heroine is a royale hybrid who continues to hold her family's vow of protection, even when there are those who want to see her dead. Horace 'Race' Silverthorne (a cousin of Jairo Silverthorne, from Twin Flames: Soul Bound) is my hero and a wonder to create. He's a Hybrid who didn't know he could change forms. He is also the Twin Flame of Stasya. As I said, this is the introduction to my Hybrids so it's also a more in depth intro to Twin Flames. Hope things keep moving along as they are now. Because I am so lovin' this!!
You all have a wonderful weekend. I know I am, I'm heading back into the writers den to see what more I can accomplish...before the heat gets worse! Have a great one. :)
~Alix
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Oh boy!! Have Seen Cover Art
I figured, since I bugged an author friend of mine about blogging and keeping in touch with the masses, I had beeter make good on my words. *smirk* So here I am. Typing away here instead of writing away on Gunnar and Raven's story. *sigh* Choices that have to be made. I'll jot a little here then pop back into writer mode and get another scene out before heading to bed...last as usual. *grin*
Alrighty then...Monday I got the cover art for Twin Flames: Soul Bound! Talk about an excitement!! I hopped between being teary eyed and giggling like a school girl. I just didn't know what to do and wanted to do it all at once. *laugh* Yep, that's the emotional roller coaster called an author's life. Either we're throwing things and fits, because our lovely characters aren't doing what we -as their creators- want them to, or we're laughing and crying because all our hard work and long hours absent from society has finally paid off with a coveted contract with a publishing house. Even now, my heart is running faster than I know it should -safely that is- and I feel...well, extremely bouncy. And for me that's sayin' something. Cause I just don't do bouncy. Unless of course there's a trampolin and alcohol involved. Thank God there aren't too many people out there who remember that event!
Anywho...Release date is July 27th and the pre-order option is up at Muse It Up book store, there will now be a cover that I might add is extremely AWESOME!! Of course, it's my first but I can't help but be excited about people seeing it. Lex Valentine did a great job. *happy sigh*
Okay, okay, enough of the mushy mush. *grin* I have got to get back to writing or there won't be a follow up. Ya'll have a great rest of the week and an awesome weekend. Enjoy the summer holidays and wonderful weather. But please, as a person who lives in the western states, refrain from using flamables. We already have too many fires. Please, use caution. :)
~Alix
Alrighty then...Monday I got the cover art for Twin Flames: Soul Bound! Talk about an excitement!! I hopped between being teary eyed and giggling like a school girl. I just didn't know what to do and wanted to do it all at once. *laugh* Yep, that's the emotional roller coaster called an author's life. Either we're throwing things and fits, because our lovely characters aren't doing what we -as their creators- want them to, or we're laughing and crying because all our hard work and long hours absent from society has finally paid off with a coveted contract with a publishing house. Even now, my heart is running faster than I know it should -safely that is- and I feel...well, extremely bouncy. And for me that's sayin' something. Cause I just don't do bouncy. Unless of course there's a trampolin and alcohol involved. Thank God there aren't too many people out there who remember that event!
Anywho...Release date is July 27th and the pre-order option is up at Muse It Up book store, there will now be a cover that I might add is extremely AWESOME!! Of course, it's my first but I can't help but be excited about people seeing it. Lex Valentine did a great job. *happy sigh*
Okay, okay, enough of the mushy mush. *grin* I have got to get back to writing or there won't be a follow up. Ya'll have a great rest of the week and an awesome weekend. Enjoy the summer holidays and wonderful weather. But please, as a person who lives in the western states, refrain from using flamables. We already have too many fires. Please, use caution. :)
~Alix
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Current Workings
So, I've been rather busy recently with some old friends of mine. And by old I mean the reasons behind the Twin Flames series. Yeah, right? I agree! *laugh* You see, Nickolai and Tarrinaysa are the bane of my writing existence these days. One day they are willing to work with me and other days...well, not so much. I've pretty much learned to leave them alone until they start clamoring for my attention. When that happens I start jotting things down and eventually hammer out a couple of chapters or even just a scene or two that will eventually make their way into whatever book they belong too. *grin*
Anywho...The past week it seems they have wanted my FULL attention. By that I mean, they want me to work on their modern storyline and not the past. In other words, they demanded I pay my writers' creativity to Immortal Choice. Um...that was a shocker, because for the most part, neither one of them are willing to take that final plunge that will bind their souls together forever. However, I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth -mind you, I don't think I'd actually look in a horse's mouth, but I am a city girl after all :)- so if that's where I'm supposed to be working, that's where you'll find me. Hip deep inside the minds of my immortals, praying each step of the way they won't leave me hanging like they tend to do...and often I might add! *groan* I am one step closer to closing the distance between those two deities I created and made so blasted stubborn I want to strangle them. *sigh* What does that say about me as the creator? Yeah, I know, I have problems. People who know me personally say the same thing. Did I ever mention a friend suggested I go to counseling for Tarrinaysa and Nickolai? Yep, sure did. I thought she meant them, nope. She actually meant I should pay someone to listen to me rant about the characters I fashioned. What does that tell you about my friends? *snicker* But I still love them dearly. All of them.
Back to what I was saying before I wandered off track...Immortal Choice is now 31 pages longer! *snoopy dance* I couldn't believe it when I finally stopped early yesterday morning (we're talking 4 am, btw). I had to pick my jaw up off the floor when I realized how many words I'd added. It was AWESOME!! Talk about giddy with happiness. I was bouncing with excitement. And today I spent rereading what I jotted down and contemplated sending it off to my Beast to read through. But decided I'd wait to see if I would add more. *smile*
Have I ever told you about my Beast? No? Okay, well, he's a wonder. Yes, my Beast is a he. He keeps my thoughts in line and reminds me when I have ran into something that needs to be fixed. More often then not he's my worse critic. Well...outside myself that is. *smirk* I can tear my work apart in a mean way. But anyway, I don't do anything with my work until Beast (I'll just call him Beast, cause it's more...idk...fitting, don't you agree? *snicker* He's also a prankster and joker, so if not that it would have to be one of them) has thoroughly gone through each page and word. Once he's given me the go ahead, then I send it off to my sister-in-law who happens to be a dragon. No, seriously, she is. You should see her when she's pissed! Damn! I swear she breathed fire and singed my eyebrows. Seriously. I have a Beast and Dragon making sure my manuscripts are coherent. I could even add I have the Prince of Darkness popping in every now and again too. *snicker* Yeah, I didn't think you'd believe that either.
Back to my Dragon...she a beaut. I don't know what I'd do without her honestly. Between our chats and phone calls we do actually get some work done. Although I think we work faster when we're chatting on-line. I've wandered again, sorry. *smile* She takes a gander at whatever I've sent her and either gives me a thumbs up or a slap upside the head. But I still love her, cause without those slaps, I think I'd have lost what little common sense I still have. Truly, I'll take the slap to the head over the boot in the ass. That one hurts, cause she uses shit kickers with steel toes every time. *chuckle* It's not a pretty sight once she'd done. I will say this though, she keeps my head screwed on straight and moving forward.
Since I've jumped around I think that means I need to stop while I'm ahead before I really lose ya'll and end up on some other topic all together. Maybe I'll share a snippet of what I'm working on? Still thinking on that one. *grin* Have a great week!
~Alix
Anywho...The past week it seems they have wanted my FULL attention. By that I mean, they want me to work on their modern storyline and not the past. In other words, they demanded I pay my writers' creativity to Immortal Choice. Um...that was a shocker, because for the most part, neither one of them are willing to take that final plunge that will bind their souls together forever. However, I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth -mind you, I don't think I'd actually look in a horse's mouth, but I am a city girl after all :)- so if that's where I'm supposed to be working, that's where you'll find me. Hip deep inside the minds of my immortals, praying each step of the way they won't leave me hanging like they tend to do...and often I might add! *groan* I am one step closer to closing the distance between those two deities I created and made so blasted stubborn I want to strangle them. *sigh* What does that say about me as the creator? Yeah, I know, I have problems. People who know me personally say the same thing. Did I ever mention a friend suggested I go to counseling for Tarrinaysa and Nickolai? Yep, sure did. I thought she meant them, nope. She actually meant I should pay someone to listen to me rant about the characters I fashioned. What does that tell you about my friends? *snicker* But I still love them dearly. All of them.
Back to what I was saying before I wandered off track...Immortal Choice is now 31 pages longer! *snoopy dance* I couldn't believe it when I finally stopped early yesterday morning (we're talking 4 am, btw). I had to pick my jaw up off the floor when I realized how many words I'd added. It was AWESOME!! Talk about giddy with happiness. I was bouncing with excitement. And today I spent rereading what I jotted down and contemplated sending it off to my Beast to read through. But decided I'd wait to see if I would add more. *smile*
Have I ever told you about my Beast? No? Okay, well, he's a wonder. Yes, my Beast is a he. He keeps my thoughts in line and reminds me when I have ran into something that needs to be fixed. More often then not he's my worse critic. Well...outside myself that is. *smirk* I can tear my work apart in a mean way. But anyway, I don't do anything with my work until Beast (I'll just call him Beast, cause it's more...idk...fitting, don't you agree? *snicker* He's also a prankster and joker, so if not that it would have to be one of them) has thoroughly gone through each page and word. Once he's given me the go ahead, then I send it off to my sister-in-law who happens to be a dragon. No, seriously, she is. You should see her when she's pissed! Damn! I swear she breathed fire and singed my eyebrows. Seriously. I have a Beast and Dragon making sure my manuscripts are coherent. I could even add I have the Prince of Darkness popping in every now and again too. *snicker* Yeah, I didn't think you'd believe that either.
Back to my Dragon...she a beaut. I don't know what I'd do without her honestly. Between our chats and phone calls we do actually get some work done. Although I think we work faster when we're chatting on-line. I've wandered again, sorry. *smile* She takes a gander at whatever I've sent her and either gives me a thumbs up or a slap upside the head. But I still love her, cause without those slaps, I think I'd have lost what little common sense I still have. Truly, I'll take the slap to the head over the boot in the ass. That one hurts, cause she uses shit kickers with steel toes every time. *chuckle* It's not a pretty sight once she'd done. I will say this though, she keeps my head screwed on straight and moving forward.
Since I've jumped around I think that means I need to stop while I'm ahead before I really lose ya'll and end up on some other topic all together. Maybe I'll share a snippet of what I'm working on? Still thinking on that one. *grin* Have a great week!
~Alix
Friday, June 15, 2012
Sharing the Excitement!
Okay, so I got news that Twin Flames: Soul Bound can be pre-ordered at MuseItUp Publishing. Whoot! Whoot! So, now you can pre-order it through the Muse book store at a discount. Can you say awesome?? *giggle* Okay, okay, so now I have the happiness running through my veins. *sigh* That means I won't be able to sit still to get anything done today. Oh joy! *chuckle* So the question is now...what to do since I can't sit still?
As of right this moment, I've been bouncing around between writing projects. In other words, I haven't completed anything but I have done much writing. I've added scenes to Immortal Council and Immortal Divides. *grin* I've also added to Immortal Choice. Other then that, I've mapped and planned and plotted other ideas that have lodged themselves in my creative brain. No, I haven't worked on Twin Flames: Soul Destiny or Twin Flames: Soul Damned. And no, I haven't heard anything back about Twin Flames: Soul Memory. *sigh* I will eventually head back in their direction and contact the submissions department on Twin Flames: Soul Memory, maybe now that I'm getting closer to the release date for Twin Flames: Soul Bound? *shrug* We'll see.
Alright, I'm jittery again so that means I need to move around for a bit. *laugh* I did mention I couldn't sit still, didn't I? *smirk*
Oh, here's the link to pre-order Twin Flames: Soul Bound if you're so interested. And I thank you beforehand for taking a chance on an unknown author. :)
https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore2/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=231&Itemid=1
~Alix
As of right this moment, I've been bouncing around between writing projects. In other words, I haven't completed anything but I have done much writing. I've added scenes to Immortal Council and Immortal Divides. *grin* I've also added to Immortal Choice. Other then that, I've mapped and planned and plotted other ideas that have lodged themselves in my creative brain. No, I haven't worked on Twin Flames: Soul Destiny or Twin Flames: Soul Damned. And no, I haven't heard anything back about Twin Flames: Soul Memory. *sigh* I will eventually head back in their direction and contact the submissions department on Twin Flames: Soul Memory, maybe now that I'm getting closer to the release date for Twin Flames: Soul Bound? *shrug* We'll see.
Alright, I'm jittery again so that means I need to move around for a bit. *laugh* I did mention I couldn't sit still, didn't I? *smirk*
Oh, here's the link to pre-order Twin Flames: Soul Bound if you're so interested. And I thank you beforehand for taking a chance on an unknown author. :)
https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore2/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=231&Itemid=1
~Alix
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Fill in Ramblings
Hey ya'll! I'm back for a moment before I head in the direction that usually means more ideas forming and more story lines brewing. *grin* The craziness that is a writer's life. So, anywho...catch up time! *laugh*
Book Three and Four now have titles!! Whoot! Whoot! Thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law Book Three is now titled Immortal Divides. Cool, huh? I think so. *smile* And Book Four has become Immortal Council...as in the High Council that rules my wonderful characters. Now, remember, so far none of my characters are human. And as of right this moment, I don't for see any...at least in the near future anyway. But we shall see. *snicker*
It's now three days past the 8 to 10 weeks I was given for Twin Flames: Soul Bound. I guess that means I should type up an inquiry asking if they have gotten to it. I know they received it as I have the email in my inbox letting me know they have it. However, the question is...did they read it or forget about it? Oh joy of joys! Guess that's now on my to-do list for the weekend.
As for real life events? Um...yeah...about that. Depends on the day and who is involved. Other then that it's been...well...I guess you could consider it...normal. As far as normal is considered. I've cleaned my house and prepared for the heat that always attacks us and got things around to give away. You know, those clothes and things you no longer use or wear? Yeah, they are all now sitting in my garage waiting to be loaded into the trunk and dropped at the Goodwill or Salvation Army, either or and both if needs be. *smirk* I need room and spring cleaning is pretty much complete.
Now back to the writing life...oh yeah! I'm putting together a few ideas that may or may not ever make it into written form. For example...a series about Near Twins. Those people who seem as if they are your Twin Flame, yet they aren't. Did you know that's why many don't ever find their Twin? Yep, that's the reason. They locate their Near Twin and stop searching because they are happy with who they have. So that's been an idea brewing and I've jotted some things down to see what happens. Maybe I'll even do a crossover between the two? Like have the hero/heroine in the Near Twin locate their Twin Flames? That would make for interesting reading I'd say. *snicker* And if I worked it right -of course it depends on the characters themselves- there would be a total of three books dedicated the two characters. One in the Near Twin Series and then two in the Twin Flames Series, as in they both locate their Twins. So in a sense, even though they found each other and are happy with what they have, neither one stops searching for their ultimate relationship. Their mirror image and exact opposite...Twin Soul...Twin Flame. I think it would be neat to document the differences and similarities between the two. Wouldn't you?
Maybe I'll add some things later on here to share with you all. Still thinking along those lines. Haven't decided at the moment. I'm sure something will snare my thoughts and attention and I'll jot something here and you will all have a good laugh. Remember...laughter is always good. It's a great stress reliever. It makes life enjoyable, even if for only a few moments in time. Live for the little things, cause life can and is a bitch at times. But it's a ride we all signed up for. So why not enjoy the view and savor the good times over the bad?
I'm off! Have a great weekend everyone!
~Alix
Book Three and Four now have titles!! Whoot! Whoot! Thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law Book Three is now titled Immortal Divides. Cool, huh? I think so. *smile* And Book Four has become Immortal Council...as in the High Council that rules my wonderful characters. Now, remember, so far none of my characters are human. And as of right this moment, I don't for see any...at least in the near future anyway. But we shall see. *snicker*
It's now three days past the 8 to 10 weeks I was given for Twin Flames: Soul Bound. I guess that means I should type up an inquiry asking if they have gotten to it. I know they received it as I have the email in my inbox letting me know they have it. However, the question is...did they read it or forget about it? Oh joy of joys! Guess that's now on my to-do list for the weekend.
As for real life events? Um...yeah...about that. Depends on the day and who is involved. Other then that it's been...well...I guess you could consider it...normal. As far as normal is considered. I've cleaned my house and prepared for the heat that always attacks us and got things around to give away. You know, those clothes and things you no longer use or wear? Yeah, they are all now sitting in my garage waiting to be loaded into the trunk and dropped at the Goodwill or Salvation Army, either or and both if needs be. *smirk* I need room and spring cleaning is pretty much complete.
Now back to the writing life...oh yeah! I'm putting together a few ideas that may or may not ever make it into written form. For example...a series about Near Twins. Those people who seem as if they are your Twin Flame, yet they aren't. Did you know that's why many don't ever find their Twin? Yep, that's the reason. They locate their Near Twin and stop searching because they are happy with who they have. So that's been an idea brewing and I've jotted some things down to see what happens. Maybe I'll even do a crossover between the two? Like have the hero/heroine in the Near Twin locate their Twin Flames? That would make for interesting reading I'd say. *snicker* And if I worked it right -of course it depends on the characters themselves- there would be a total of three books dedicated the two characters. One in the Near Twin Series and then two in the Twin Flames Series, as in they both locate their Twins. So in a sense, even though they found each other and are happy with what they have, neither one stops searching for their ultimate relationship. Their mirror image and exact opposite...Twin Soul...Twin Flame. I think it would be neat to document the differences and similarities between the two. Wouldn't you?
Maybe I'll add some things later on here to share with you all. Still thinking along those lines. Haven't decided at the moment. I'm sure something will snare my thoughts and attention and I'll jot something here and you will all have a good laugh. Remember...laughter is always good. It's a great stress reliever. It makes life enjoyable, even if for only a few moments in time. Live for the little things, cause life can and is a bitch at times. But it's a ride we all signed up for. So why not enjoy the view and savor the good times over the bad?
I'm off! Have a great weekend everyone!
~Alix
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Summer Vacation
Summer has arrived in Wyoming! Okay, okay, so not really the season, but rather the vacation time that rules teens and kids lives. *sigh* And mine now it seems. It's not a bad thing though, it appears my brain really enjoys the warming up of the weather and has taken off like a shot out of a rifle. Let me fill you in on the happenings in my...well...mind. *grin*
First, there are a couple days before the 10 weeks are up from hearing back from my submission of Twin Flames: Soul Memory. Oh joy! And no, before you ask I haven't written much on Twin Flames: Soul Destiny...that story seems to be my bane at the moment. *snicker* I'm sure it'll take off if Soul Memory is picked up...at least that's my hope. Now if the opposite happens...um..well...yeah about that. I hadn't given it much thought honestly. Not sayin' I have a huge head about my works, just rather I don't hope ahead too far. So the wait is still on in that area of my writing career. *smile*
Second, I've outlined more of Twin Flames: Soul Damned. However, I haven't done much else on that one either. I think my brain has stopped and is waiting to see where Soul Memory goes before getting more written and without a home. *smile* We shall see. Although, I have established my hero in Soul Damned better. Ciel is a dear creature who happens to be a deity with a unique personality. He is darker then he is light, but still takes a moment to annoy his cousin. Okay, okay, so he's a cousin of Tarrinaysa's and yes, before you ask he has annoyed her. And no, she hasn't fried his ass...yet! *laugh* I doubt she will, because he amuses the Ancient Goddess and that means she'll put up with his business suits and irritating habits. Not that they aren't normal habits, just for Tarrinaysa they are...well, very human. As she isn't human, so they annoy her more often then not. *smirk*
Third, I've also worked on Gunnar's story some and got his started...okay, so it's in outline form. That's still in the progress of writing. *chuckle* Work is work people. I can't always sit down and just start writing without making head ways on other areas. My characters have to have a personality and whatnot. If not, they are cardboard and just...well, ick! Not a fan of cookie cutter heroes and heroines. I like variety. Lots of different personality traits and all the wonderful things that make my characters more realistic and lifelike. Who wants to read about someone who you can't imagine being real? Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about fantasy here, I'm talking about romance. *laugh* I have my fair share of fantasy in the works at the moment.
Fourth, I have added more scenes to Immortal Beginnings and a couple to Book Four. Nope, it's not titled as of yet...still! Okay, okay, so I'm behind in that arena. I did try. I have a list with possibles, but I haven't done a whole lot focusing and thinking about which one fits and which one doesn't. I plan to work on that this summer. I mean, since it's a third finished it really should have a title, right? Right! Hell, I even added more scenes to Immortal Creations...they really are all novel length now. And no, I haven't thought about what I'm going to do with them either. I have decided that I'll wait until they are all finished and go from there. The only one completely finished is Immortal Beginnings, other then what I keep adding that is. *laugh* Immortal Creations is about three-quarters done and Book Three is a third...it's looking like there will be be four books now. There's just too much information happening to keep it at three. *grin*
Now, that I've gotten that off my mind and chest I can hope back into my files and see what more I can get done before the night hours hop around and make me think more and want to create more. I really need to stop creating and just get to writing what I already have ready. Anywho...have a great one ya'll!
~Alix
First, there are a couple days before the 10 weeks are up from hearing back from my submission of Twin Flames: Soul Memory. Oh joy! And no, before you ask I haven't written much on Twin Flames: Soul Destiny...that story seems to be my bane at the moment. *snicker* I'm sure it'll take off if Soul Memory is picked up...at least that's my hope. Now if the opposite happens...um..well...yeah about that. I hadn't given it much thought honestly. Not sayin' I have a huge head about my works, just rather I don't hope ahead too far. So the wait is still on in that area of my writing career. *smile*
Second, I've outlined more of Twin Flames: Soul Damned. However, I haven't done much else on that one either. I think my brain has stopped and is waiting to see where Soul Memory goes before getting more written and without a home. *smile* We shall see. Although, I have established my hero in Soul Damned better. Ciel is a dear creature who happens to be a deity with a unique personality. He is darker then he is light, but still takes a moment to annoy his cousin. Okay, okay, so he's a cousin of Tarrinaysa's and yes, before you ask he has annoyed her. And no, she hasn't fried his ass...yet! *laugh* I doubt she will, because he amuses the Ancient Goddess and that means she'll put up with his business suits and irritating habits. Not that they aren't normal habits, just for Tarrinaysa they are...well, very human. As she isn't human, so they annoy her more often then not. *smirk*
Third, I've also worked on Gunnar's story some and got his started...okay, so it's in outline form. That's still in the progress of writing. *chuckle* Work is work people. I can't always sit down and just start writing without making head ways on other areas. My characters have to have a personality and whatnot. If not, they are cardboard and just...well, ick! Not a fan of cookie cutter heroes and heroines. I like variety. Lots of different personality traits and all the wonderful things that make my characters more realistic and lifelike. Who wants to read about someone who you can't imagine being real? Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about fantasy here, I'm talking about romance. *laugh* I have my fair share of fantasy in the works at the moment.
Fourth, I have added more scenes to Immortal Beginnings and a couple to Book Four. Nope, it's not titled as of yet...still! Okay, okay, so I'm behind in that arena. I did try. I have a list with possibles, but I haven't done a whole lot focusing and thinking about which one fits and which one doesn't. I plan to work on that this summer. I mean, since it's a third finished it really should have a title, right? Right! Hell, I even added more scenes to Immortal Creations...they really are all novel length now. And no, I haven't thought about what I'm going to do with them either. I have decided that I'll wait until they are all finished and go from there. The only one completely finished is Immortal Beginnings, other then what I keep adding that is. *laugh* Immortal Creations is about three-quarters done and Book Three is a third...it's looking like there will be be four books now. There's just too much information happening to keep it at three. *grin*
Now, that I've gotten that off my mind and chest I can hope back into my files and see what more I can get done before the night hours hop around and make me think more and want to create more. I really need to stop creating and just get to writing what I already have ready. Anywho...have a great one ya'll!
~Alix
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Writer's Rant
Have you ever had one of those moments when you want to write and NOTHING comes to mind? No, I'm not talking about writer's block I'm mean when you have everything set up in front of you and your fingers are itching to start typing and...nothing! You re-read what came before and still...nothing. So you take a deep breath and glance through notes and whatnot and still...nothing. Those are the annoying moments in every writers life. >sigh< My time is now, sadly.
See, I have two manuscripts in the works and neither are liking me very much at the moment. As I am not caring for them either honestly. Having submitted Twin Flames: Soul Memory a week ago I have to get moving on Twin Flames: Soul Destiny and it's just not moving...I'm missing something and until I can figure out what it is I'm stuck forever in the morose syrup that is writer hell. I also have a demon on my back and that one is Twin Flames: Soul Damned. <-----Nice title, huh? Sorry, it was the best I could do and honestly, I think it fits the hero and heroine to a 't'. It's also one of those things that just is a fact of life. Trust me, knights in shining armor and prince charming aren't real and for those of you who have been lucky enough to find either, I can bet you aren't entirely thrilled about every little thing they do. That's the point behind the Twin Flames Series. For all their perfectness they are -after all- only absolutely perfect for the one who is their mirror image and exact opposite. Whomever they may be. >grin<
My wonderful sister-in-law has been lecturing me on getting something written and sadly, she's right. >groan< Don't tell her I said that. You don't know what she's like. No, she's not horrible, but who doesn't enjoying knowing they are right about something they've been talking about? Yeah, that's what I thought. Eventually she'll find out, because that's just the way things happen. Although, I swear someone is spying on me and telling her what I say. I can feel it! >laugh< But seriously, she is right. I am a writer and that's what I do...I write. Even when nothing is coming to the forefront of this mass called a brain I am compelled to write...hence I am here ranting on about nothing, honestly.
But more about Twin Flames: Soul Damned...I enjoy a challenge. However, this particular one has me worried. Because it's not easy. It's damned hard and I want to do the couple involved justice. Don't get me wrong, what I write is fiction, but sometimes I fashion characters from people I've meet or know personally. That's where the justice comes in...it would just flat out suck majorly if I didn't get the hero and heroine accurate, ya know? So some challenges are easier then others...this is the other I just mentioned. >smirk<
As for Twin Flames: Soul Destiny...that is the final installment of Jairo and Joy. With this one they will have their present, past and future all wrapped up into a nice little package. Plus, I may just add a bright red bow to the top just because I can. >snicker< I'm to the end with them and I think that's what has me stalled out. In a sense I will have written them complete in a way I hadn't done before. Mind you, I have people that have read through Twin Flames: Soul Memory and they are waiting for the next one to finish them. Oh the words 'the end' are right there...so close and yet, so freakin' far away it's insane! >laugh< But seriously, I have plenty of time for the third book and even more time for the fourth one, but I'm sitting here with lots to do and get done and nothing is happening. That is just rotten.
So, since I have ranted and just babbled about nothing at all maybe this is what I needed to clear out the clog that blocked up this writers pipe? >chuckle< Anywho...hope ya'll find this entertaining and enjoyable and if I've made you laugh then so be it. I don't mind in the least. At least one of us is happy at the moment. As for me...I'm off to see what I can accomplish. I really do need to focus and get something done.
Wish me luck! Cause I sure need it. :)
See, I have two manuscripts in the works and neither are liking me very much at the moment. As I am not caring for them either honestly. Having submitted Twin Flames: Soul Memory a week ago I have to get moving on Twin Flames: Soul Destiny and it's just not moving...I'm missing something and until I can figure out what it is I'm stuck forever in the morose syrup that is writer hell. I also have a demon on my back and that one is Twin Flames: Soul Damned. <-----Nice title, huh? Sorry, it was the best I could do and honestly, I think it fits the hero and heroine to a 't'. It's also one of those things that just is a fact of life. Trust me, knights in shining armor and prince charming aren't real and for those of you who have been lucky enough to find either, I can bet you aren't entirely thrilled about every little thing they do. That's the point behind the Twin Flames Series. For all their perfectness they are -after all- only absolutely perfect for the one who is their mirror image and exact opposite. Whomever they may be. >grin<
My wonderful sister-in-law has been lecturing me on getting something written and sadly, she's right. >groan< Don't tell her I said that. You don't know what she's like. No, she's not horrible, but who doesn't enjoying knowing they are right about something they've been talking about? Yeah, that's what I thought. Eventually she'll find out, because that's just the way things happen. Although, I swear someone is spying on me and telling her what I say. I can feel it! >laugh< But seriously, she is right. I am a writer and that's what I do...I write. Even when nothing is coming to the forefront of this mass called a brain I am compelled to write...hence I am here ranting on about nothing, honestly.
But more about Twin Flames: Soul Damned...I enjoy a challenge. However, this particular one has me worried. Because it's not easy. It's damned hard and I want to do the couple involved justice. Don't get me wrong, what I write is fiction, but sometimes I fashion characters from people I've meet or know personally. That's where the justice comes in...it would just flat out suck majorly if I didn't get the hero and heroine accurate, ya know? So some challenges are easier then others...this is the other I just mentioned. >smirk<
As for Twin Flames: Soul Destiny...that is the final installment of Jairo and Joy. With this one they will have their present, past and future all wrapped up into a nice little package. Plus, I may just add a bright red bow to the top just because I can. >snicker< I'm to the end with them and I think that's what has me stalled out. In a sense I will have written them complete in a way I hadn't done before. Mind you, I have people that have read through Twin Flames: Soul Memory and they are waiting for the next one to finish them. Oh the words 'the end' are right there...so close and yet, so freakin' far away it's insane! >laugh< But seriously, I have plenty of time for the third book and even more time for the fourth one, but I'm sitting here with lots to do and get done and nothing is happening. That is just rotten.
So, since I have ranted and just babbled about nothing at all maybe this is what I needed to clear out the clog that blocked up this writers pipe? >chuckle< Anywho...hope ya'll find this entertaining and enjoyable and if I've made you laugh then so be it. I don't mind in the least. At least one of us is happy at the moment. As for me...I'm off to see what I can accomplish. I really do need to focus and get something done.
Wish me luck! Cause I sure need it. :)
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Playing Catch Up
That's what I've been doing recently. Playing catch-up. I just finished my final rounds of content edits for Twin Flames: Soul Bound and no am waiting to hear from my Line Editor...but I do have plenty of time for that! *laugh* With a release date of July, 2012 and it only being January, yep, I have time. *smile* So this is what I've been doing with said time...
Going over old manuscripts and rewriting them from the ground up, pretty much. That's right, although they are completed -seven of them to be exact- I'm giving them ALL a complete and full rewrite. For me it's easier then trying to find and only change certain things. Because the type of writer I am is the kind that every time I go through one of my works I change something. Whether it be words, or entire chapters, something ALWAYS get altered from the original. Yes, I know that wasn't something I could do while I was doing edits...so I used restraint...that's not always a good thing while creating something through. And since they are just in their original forms still contractless and all that, I can do it however I wish. So...rewrite it is! *laugh*
I've also spent time researching the subject of Twin Flames/Twin Souls so I understand more of what I am writing. Can't have someone looking at my creation and wondering what planet I haled from...although...that might not be such a bad idea. *grin* Having everyone wonder where in the world these ideas/stories come from...it might make them want to check it out just to see, ya know?
Plus...I've been popping into Twin Flames: Soul Memory as well to see what more needs to be added to make it ready for submission. I know it's still missing something, but so far I've come up short of what exactly that IT is. *smirk* Oh the joys of being a writer! Knowing but not knowing at the same time...crazy, I know. But what writer do you know that is considered 100% sane? I mean, really, who? I know I have my moments as do many of my friend writers/authors. I think we have to have some form of weirdness to be able to create stories and all that, ya know?
Yes, I have also looked in on the third Twin Flames story and am alomst finished with that one. It still is titleless at the moment. I know I'll find the right title in the end, it's just a waiting process...ick! Patience...something I'm not the greatest at. *chuckle* I am learning through.
So, that has been what I've been doing over the weeks since my last post. What have you been doing?
Going over old manuscripts and rewriting them from the ground up, pretty much. That's right, although they are completed -seven of them to be exact- I'm giving them ALL a complete and full rewrite. For me it's easier then trying to find and only change certain things. Because the type of writer I am is the kind that every time I go through one of my works I change something. Whether it be words, or entire chapters, something ALWAYS get altered from the original. Yes, I know that wasn't something I could do while I was doing edits...so I used restraint...that's not always a good thing while creating something through. And since they are just in their original forms still contractless and all that, I can do it however I wish. So...rewrite it is! *laugh*
I've also spent time researching the subject of Twin Flames/Twin Souls so I understand more of what I am writing. Can't have someone looking at my creation and wondering what planet I haled from...although...that might not be such a bad idea. *grin* Having everyone wonder where in the world these ideas/stories come from...it might make them want to check it out just to see, ya know?
Plus...I've been popping into Twin Flames: Soul Memory as well to see what more needs to be added to make it ready for submission. I know it's still missing something, but so far I've come up short of what exactly that IT is. *smirk* Oh the joys of being a writer! Knowing but not knowing at the same time...crazy, I know. But what writer do you know that is considered 100% sane? I mean, really, who? I know I have my moments as do many of my friend writers/authors. I think we have to have some form of weirdness to be able to create stories and all that, ya know?
Yes, I have also looked in on the third Twin Flames story and am alomst finished with that one. It still is titleless at the moment. I know I'll find the right title in the end, it's just a waiting process...ick! Patience...something I'm not the greatest at. *chuckle* I am learning through.
So, that has been what I've been doing over the weeks since my last post. What have you been doing?
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Untitle Poem...About Twin Flames
Here's a poem I wrote last year. Hope you enjoy it. *grin*
A long time ago in the darkness of my mind, you dwelled
A bright light to guard me from the nightmares
A figment to some, non-existence to others, my soul
You were my protector, my love, my other half
Even when I locked you away, in a box you did not stay
Your refusal to be bound and hid away showed me your love
A startled moment when you were there,
My knight to halt my hand and stay my motions
You wrapped me in your arms and whispered you lived
To search for you I did, but nothing I found
Alone in the world I traveled, half a heart and soul
Alone in the world I traveled, half a heart and soul
Only surviving was I doing, living I was not
Murmurs of something that could be, haunted me
Pressing the limits of my mortality, I did to end the pain
Yet you still held and protected me
For death would not even have me
I created a character of you, to save my sanity
But still you haunted my dreams
You were not real in the world I lived, just in my mind
To stave off the demons of terrors
The child I was imagined you to fight my battles
Because I was tired
My protector and comforter, but real you were not
Heart sick and my soul ached,
I moved through this life I called mine, but you weren’t there
A dual life I led, straddling two worlds, I dwelled
Was I losing my mind? Because I could feel you, yet you weren’t there
Was I losing my mind? Because I could feel you, yet you weren’t there
Never in the light of day did you kiss me, only in the dark
Am I going crazy? Because I knew you, yet I couldn’t find you
I would sleep and find you there, hear your voice, feel your touch, I was whole
But I would awake to an emptiness I was used too, friends with and you were gone
Again I locked you away, I had to, to live, to move forward
Again you rebelled, your freedom you demanded
My compliance, you coaxed, I gave you my dreams and nights to roam
And to claim me as yours
But my days were lonely, filled with a sadness I was accustomed to
My burden, my punishment
Songs from my favorite band tormented me,
But I wed another, this was my life
A connection so profound I knew it was real,
But fear kept me locked in a mold
Do what was right and give everyone my all,
But ignore what I wanted and needed to survive
The terror ran deep, a sense of mourning, I wished to die
But again death laughed in my face
This was my hell, my punishment for transgressions I do not recall,
I accept as my due
For I am not worthy to have you
You are only given what the gods know you can handle
Yet the agony tears through me, but release is not in the making for me
Because I denied you, your claiming of me
This is my life, my hell, my due
I let you comfort me when I was beaten and broken but only for a minute
I deserved the pain, I wanted to drown out the agony of being empty,
Of not being accepted
Once again Lady Death laughed at my pleas
Are you staying her hand, my love?
Do you enjoy my suffering?
Do you wish for more?
Again I forged ahead, rebuilding myself and turning colder
I knew you lived, because I could feel your life force, but I didn’t care
Beaten into submission, forced to redefine myself,
I ignored you, enraged I was now
You did not exist! I was no longer searching for you,
Loneliness was in my soul
A companion no one could take away, for they feared me
And I didn’t mind
Years passed by, my sadness deep in my bones
No smile lit my eyes, only graced my lips
I was an actress, a pretender that was perfect
Love my children, I did, gave my life for them, I did,
A promise made not to be broken
I traded my life and happiness for theirs
The innocents in my quest for my soul
Again you broke the confines I locked around you
Tormenting me day and night, living dreams
You upped the ante and gave me no time to re-group and rebuild my walls
The assault you conducted tore at my mind and emotions,
I had finally lost touch with reality
The future was where you existed, another life we would have together,
It eased the pain
I wasn’t crazy, just feeling a connection to my next life
That was acceptable
Then a single conversation set into motion events that caress me now
I feel you and know you, you live, are real in this life
The emptiness is gone as is the sadness
A complete wholeness fills the once emptiness I lived with all my life
Now I am the one in confines,
For the choices I made and sacrifices I allowed
I fight daily what my mind says and my soul demands
Neither are happy
But I will straddle the two as long as you allow
I tried to keep you away, knowing the pain I would inflict,
But you did not listen or hear
Alpha is who you are, exactly the way I saw you,
The way I knew you to be
Not with others, only with me
Because I am yours
You don’t let me step back and shut you out
You won’t let me protect you, as you protect me
You take a beating and let me live
Am I really worth the pain and agony you feel?
I cannot stop who I have been forever
But you laugh and accept the fight I put up
Even the unplanned ones
You stand there, my rock, my hunter, my alpha, my soul
Stepping back, you refuse,
No matter how hard I push, you stay in front of me
My shield, my heart, my lover, my other half
You promise not to let me fall,
That you will catch me and hold me tight
I can hear your heart pound against my ear,
You do live, just like you whispered
I am whole now and accepted unconditionally
This emotion so profound ‘love’ just does not fit
Because the feeling is so much more
You are a part of me, you are me
There is no me without you and you without me
We are one in the same
We are one
I am yours and you are mine
Only the physical branding is left
Years ago I married my soul, it was right
I will hold you tight and fight to keep you
Even as I battle myself to set you free
We are a matched pair, you and I,
The joker and his lady
That is us
It won’t be easy, the tears and pain will be there
But for as long as I breathe in this life I belong to you,
Body, heart and soul
You are my true mate, soul mate, life mate
Matched by the gods, divinely united
Forever….
Into eternity and beyond….
Twin Flames…Twin Souls…
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Preparing for Thanksgiving Day
As of this moment I'm supposed to be putting together the pies and treats my family looks forward to on the coming holiday. *grin* Instead I'm sitting here typing away on a blog post. *laugh* See what happens when you mix a writer with a person who detests cooking? You get a procrastinator of my proportions. I will of course eventually step away from these keys to do my duty and prep the food for tomorrow, until then I'll sit here and tick away about nothing in particular. *smirk*
I've gotten some good feedback concerning Twin Flames: Soul Memory so fingers crossed on that one. *wink* However, the rewriting older ones has stalled at the moment. *grin* Sorry, getting sidetracked is a favorite past time of mine. I will get back to them...I hope! *laugh*
Nickolai and Tarrinaysa...those two are running rampant in my mind again as their story only got so far last year and STOPPED! Talk about cheerfully strangling them is an understatment of epic proportions. *groan* But since they are the beginning of all that I have created it seems they are -once again- tickling my imagination. So I've stopped by their story -Immortal Choice- and started taking a small peek around. When dealing with TWO deities like them it's not an easy thing...juat sayin'. I think I may have found the solution to their bickering and my writers block -concerning them anyway. *smirk* I'll go back and take it the route it was supposed to originally. Before I got the feedback that did nothing for my writing and everything for why I should stop and never try to write again. *chuckle* Seriously, I am taking back the original and putting it back in the order as to which it was created to start. Nickolai and Tarrinaysa's soul bond was supposed to bring about the matching of other Twin Flames. That's the myth I created for them. So that's what I'm going back to. It'll take some time and prep on my part -as the original is lost to the recycle bin years ago- but I have all the notes in my mind. Thankfully that part doesn't have a recycle bin, or I'd be a screwed writer! *laugh* Eventually I'll have their tale told and they can spend the rest of their immortals lives tormenting each other and having wild crazy sex. *rolls eyes* THAT seems to be the only area of their relationship that DOESN'T need work! *snicker*
So, now it's time for me to be a good adult and start on those pies and other treats everyone enjoys. I'm sure this won't be the last time I sit here today and chatter away about nothing interesting. But it gives me a moment of peace with the words that refuse to stop even when you have the day booked and none of it has to do with writing! *laugh*
Have a great holiday everyone!!
I've gotten some good feedback concerning Twin Flames: Soul Memory so fingers crossed on that one. *wink* However, the rewriting older ones has stalled at the moment. *grin* Sorry, getting sidetracked is a favorite past time of mine. I will get back to them...I hope! *laugh*
Nickolai and Tarrinaysa...those two are running rampant in my mind again as their story only got so far last year and STOPPED! Talk about cheerfully strangling them is an understatment of epic proportions. *groan* But since they are the beginning of all that I have created it seems they are -once again- tickling my imagination. So I've stopped by their story -Immortal Choice- and started taking a small peek around. When dealing with TWO deities like them it's not an easy thing...juat sayin'. I think I may have found the solution to their bickering and my writers block -concerning them anyway. *smirk* I'll go back and take it the route it was supposed to originally. Before I got the feedback that did nothing for my writing and everything for why I should stop and never try to write again. *chuckle* Seriously, I am taking back the original and putting it back in the order as to which it was created to start. Nickolai and Tarrinaysa's soul bond was supposed to bring about the matching of other Twin Flames. That's the myth I created for them. So that's what I'm going back to. It'll take some time and prep on my part -as the original is lost to the recycle bin years ago- but I have all the notes in my mind. Thankfully that part doesn't have a recycle bin, or I'd be a screwed writer! *laugh* Eventually I'll have their tale told and they can spend the rest of their immortals lives tormenting each other and having wild crazy sex. *rolls eyes* THAT seems to be the only area of their relationship that DOESN'T need work! *snicker*
So, now it's time for me to be a good adult and start on those pies and other treats everyone enjoys. I'm sure this won't be the last time I sit here today and chatter away about nothing interesting. But it gives me a moment of peace with the words that refuse to stop even when you have the day booked and none of it has to do with writing! *laugh*
Have a great holiday everyone!!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Name Changes
A friend of mine said I come up with the most interesting and uncommon names. Even if she has trouble pronouncing them, she says. Honestly? Commonly known and used names aren’t a fave of mine. Actually, I detest using common names for any of my characters. Which for Joy and Jay is insane, because here are to so commonly used names it’s funny, and those are the names of my two characters.
The story behind Jay and Joy’s names…when I started Twin Flames: Soul Bound earlier this year it was to be a short 7000 word entry for a contest. I just wanted to write it that was all. And the main characters were fashioned after two real life people. So I took the first two letters of their names -birth names- and went with it. A lot of times I’ll rewrite a story twice -to as many as ten times- because the names aren’t right. Whether it’s the heroine’s name or the hero’s, names will stop my story telling ability in its tracks. When that happens I dig out the baby name books -yes, I have like six different ones as well as list from the internet and jotted down names that I’ve heard somewhere but they aren’t in the books or on line- and start my search. Once a name catches my eye I add it in to the space left behind by its previous owner and start reading. If it works I’m off and running. If not *sigh* back to the books and lists to find another one. More often than not my problem only runs into either the male or female characters, not both. Only once has it been both main characters -which killed the manuscript halfway through- as of this posting. *grin*
Recently I had to change ‘Jay’s’ name to his birth name. Because -I guess- readers aren’t fans of names being so close…aka Jay and Joy…confusing…only one letter different. Funny thing about that? The only time I’ve done names that close are when dealing with twins and even then it’s not when they are together in a story. *laugh* I won’t name names but it was my content editor that brought it to my attention. Now, not too long ago I was told -by other writers- not to pick names that were hard to pronounce. I have to laugh at it, because I chose ‘Jay’s’ name for the strict purpose of avoiding having to change it. *snicker*And I ended up having to change it anyway. I am SO glad I give each of my character’s two names. *laugh* To me it makes them more real life. I don’t go by my birth name and most of my friend don’t either. Hell, I bet some -again I won’t name names- hate the ones they were given at birth so prefer nicknames. *grin* I know many who aren’t a fan of the name their parents bestowed upon them.
I am so glad I give my characters a birth name as well as a nickname.
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