Blathering

Chapt. Eleven in Mortal Voice so far.

Tentative ID on remains under the shed say it's Harlow's father. However, who killed him is still up in the air. Paul and Jaci are tellin' a bit of their past 'cause they think Harlow is going to play the "They planted the evidence that's how she knew where it was' card. But there's gonna be a bit of a twist.

We haven't heard from Hasting yet. But he hasn't forgotten them.

A victim's father made a business proposal that would make Paul and Jaci's dreams come true. Is it for real or will it be snatched away by the negative PR sure to come from Harlow's case?

I had a dream the other night that my cat and me were at a book signing and he(mycat) was signing the books. I think it's telling me to publish his blog post book, either that or it's telling me that my cat is the one writing the book I'm working on now. :)

Maybe he is whispering in my ear at night. He does sleep with me. Hmmm.

I straightened my desk up a bit, but it's getting messy again as I'm working on Mortal right now.

 

Never stays clean when I work on a book. I have scraps of paper with scribbles on it next to my computer and usually one or more reference material on the desk too. This time I just have a lot of scraps where I jotted down something to remember for later. I gather the scraps up later and put them in the story bible so I can reference them more easily, but I still sometimes leave the scraps there.

 

 

 

 



Just a line

Chapt. 9 in Mortal Voice.

The presumptive test on the wood chipper at the caught killer's place(Harlow) showed the presence of blood,. and there's a male body/remains under the shed in the back. Who is it? Did Harlow kill him?

The other cannibal (Hastings) is out on bail. He and Jaci had a little run-in in the sheriff's office. Is she going to be his next victim or is he going to disappear like he planned?

Next up is the scene when they meet one of Harlow's vicitm's father.

 I haven't worked on either Flames or Tail. I've been obsessed with Mortal. It's like I have to get it done first before I can finish my elemental voice series. I have dreams about writing and when I get up I sit down and write a few pages of Mortal as if I had written it before.  .Maybe my subconscious is writing it!

 In my waking dreams it's a hit and garnishes interest in my elemental voice series.  Don't we all wish that?

Anyway, I'm plugging away at it, page by page.

I had a dream the other night about my Alliance series. Which brought up my other blogs, both Alliance and Sidereal. I changed Sidereal a bit, but I hadn't messed with Alliance. Maybe this dream was a stirring of my subconscious to look at my Alliance blog.

I'm working on organizing my writing area. I straightened my hand-written notes, but my desk is still a mess.

Just a bit of Organizing

My reference cabinet is organized now.

All the books I use for my writing is in this cabinet as well as a few of my writing magazines. Dictionaries and books of names, old handbooks are all here.

On top is my collection of fall and Halloween solar dancers to get me in the mood for murder. :)

Also on top is a mug full of pens and bookmarks I collected from other authors and around town. Never know when you'll need a pen or a bookmark for research.

My desk is still messy as is the two boxes next to it. They have my raw notes and business papers. That's next on my list to organize.



Still working on Mortal Voice. There seems to be two hospital scenes in my head so I'm going with the flow. Seems the one WBI agent wants to confront Paul in the hospital about his past and why he's working with Jaci.  Also the sheriff returns their SUV after their night at the hospital. So two scenes at the hospital.

Next up the scene at the caught killer's place.

More words

Coming along on Mortal Voice.

Up to 12,095 words.

One killer caught, the other getting out on bail. Both Cannibals, though only our two main characters know that. Maybe they know each other, maybe they met at Cannibals Anonymous. :)

The one used a wood chipper to get rid of the bodies while the other buried what remained on a dump site, not caring about any other forensic countermeasures than plausible denial.  Two cannibals in one town yet only five missing women. Where are they getting their other victims?  And you know there has to be others. 

I don't know if I'll make it to 50,000 words on Mortal. I only have five more scenes in my head, one of which is the ending. After the scene I'm writing now comes the hospital scene. Next scene is at the caught killer's place and they're looking at a wood chipper while CSU takes a swab and it shows positive for blood. Then Jaci is talking to the second cannibal or should I say he's talking to her about minding her own business which she says she is. Another scene is with one of the victim's father talking to them about investing in their company. And the last scene is cannibal being led away in handcuffs and he tells Jaci that it ain't over.

That's all I have in my head right now. 

I've already written the scene where Jaci says she's the author of my Elemental Voice series. Maybe that will stir things up. As I've said before Elemental is the dream and Mortal is the reality. Elemental is how I'd like the world to be with vampires and psychics real and accepted and Mortal is how it is now.

I'm at the scene where Keth, the exile, meets the Queen in Tail. They are both headed toward the pass and the confrontation with the Rennon Army.  It's going to be love at first sight. But they are both pragmatic and don't say anything until later.  Beka's meeting with the man behind everything is getting closer as well. There's gonna be a surprise during that confrontation.

Flames is not being worked on right now. I want to get Mortal Voice done. It's like a compulsion to work on it. Maybe I needed a break from Nick and Sara. Once Tail and Mortal are done, I'll go back to Flames. I had planned to finish the four books I still have in those two series before I turn 50. So I got a little over a year which I don't think I'll make but Flames is coming out next year.  One way or another!

 

Words,Words

My sort of NaNo bit is coming along.

1774 words so far today which makes it up to 7,010 words on Mortal Voice and 31,776 on Tail. I want to get them both done NOW!  The problem with writing is writing. :)

I wish I could just take it from my brain and zap it on the page. It's all there in my brain but finding the words sometimes just makes me frustrated.

I already got a cover and title for the next book in the Mortal Voice series. I just saw this public domain picture and it screamed next book. So I did a cover.

I used my line 'read the earth like a medium hears the dead' in Mortal Voice. She's explaining her gift and the agent doesn't believe her so she tells him that.

Mortal Voice is a little different from the Elemental Voice series. Mortal is set in our world without vampires and the law enforcement is skeptical about psychics. She and her partner own a company called Necro-Covery that helps find missing persons--and dead bodies--instead of being a FBI consultant.  Her 'gift' is a little different as well. You could say Elemental is the dream and Mortal is the reality. I might even have Jaci write my Elemental series in Mortal. :)

I need to write a blurb for Mortal as well. Something to entice the readers to buy. Hmm.

a piece of gossip

I'm sort of doing the NaNo bit.

I'm trying to write at least 1000 words or more a day to finish one of my three books that I'm messing with right now.

Deadly Flames, Mortal Voice, or Under the Dragon's Tail.

I've been working more on Mortal Voice right now since I keep getting little scenes in my head about it every day. Besides I need a break from Flames as I got stuck. Tail is getting a bit of work as well. Both Tail and Mortal are coming along nicely. With Flames I'm not sure how much bitchiness I want with Santino before I kick her to the curb in this book.  As I've said she gets her comeuppance in Wind/Air. 

Silver is poisonous to my vampires. They have allergic reactions to it much like humans do to their allergens. A touch causes a rash, a stab with a silver knife causes them to seize up, and a silver bullet can kill them. The killer in Wind/Air uses silver chains, silver knives, and silver bullets, torturing the vampires before killing them.  I'm not sure I want to go all the way with Santino or just to the beginning of the torture before she is rescued. Decisions, decisions.

Toby's book and my short story are with Sharon. However, she broke her leg and is in the hospital so I don't know if or when they will get done. So you' all will just have to wait. When I talked with her she said she was doing fine but was going to have a long recovery. I hope she stays in good health otherwise..

 Also when I finish the other stories you might have to wait then too. Can't tell what's what right now.

I got another day off from work. My schedule was just not working for me what with on-line college, work, and writing. So I chatted with the new boss at work and changed my workdays a bit. I was just not able to work on everything without another day.

 Hopefully, everything will work out.

College isn't going smoothly. I can't seem to get the hang of APA style. I just don't understand some of it at all and the rest just barely. Maybe it's been too long since I've been to school.  I'm calling my academic/Finance advisor.

Changes

As you can see I changed some things on the blog.

I like these images so I may stay with them for a while. I got the eye from dreamstime and it's copyrighted by Andrea Kodydkova. So I'll make sure I put that there before I set it for sure.

The pic for my book link is supposed to be the back of the main female character in Mortal Voice.  She has longer hair than Sara and eyes the color of grass. They both have similar dressing styles as they don't go for fancy things, but Jaci likes summer dresses and  large Tees over leggings with knee-high boots while Sara prefers jeans and tees more. That doesn't mean Jaci doesn't wear them occasionally, but she rather wear the dresses.

Jaci is pronounced like Jackie. I know someone with this name and liked  the spelling.

I've been messing with Canva again and made another cover for Mortal Voice.

This is about an earth voice who works with an ex-detective, and two anthropologist in a company called Necro-Covery.

She finds the bodies and the anthropologists help identify and dig them up. The ex-detective is now a PI and they use his license for the searching part.

I just love this cover.

The picture was in public domain so free.

I've been working on Mortal and got 2296 words so far. I wanted to get the two scenes in my head out before I forgot them. My memory can be a sieve some times.





I've also did two more of the Fallborn series covers.

The story with magic and dragons is going to be called Through the Dragon's Eye. She's the Voice at the Temple of the Goddess(Mother Nature) and gets called to a ruin in the woods near town. It had once been a temple and a murder occurred there.  The dragon beneath was awakened and takes a shine to her.

The other cover is for Beneath the Dragon's Wings.  I only had a picture of a woman standing beneath wings hanging on the wall. More will come no doubt.

All the Fallborn are going to be PG13--No sex.

I think maybe I'll change the eye to a crime scene picture that I saw. That way it goes with my title. I'm scared of using those dreamstime images that aren't public domain..