Progress How novel 28

 Book is still under 25,000 words.

Binged another season of Cold Case TV show during my writing time again. I'm just so addicted to that show. 

Did do a few words in the story I resurrected. It's not that far from being done. I plan to just publish it as an ebook. It's a companion book to my Elemental Voice series. I've plans for this series, but don't know if I'll go through with them.

I also plan to finish the EV series. Book 4 is started.

So not much writing done this week either.

Grab Raven Manor and step into a hidden world. 

They have lived among humans for over 7,000 years but make no mistake the Ruv are not tamed. But then neither are humans. Most humans live in the mundane, routine, unknowing of the extra ordinary that lives along side, amongst them.  However some do know, but they are not all well disposed to this knowledge. One group who call themselves Hunters seek to either kill the Ruv or have them under collar.  The Ruv are not animals.  They will not submit. 

Progress How Novel 27

 Book is just under 25,000 words.

Been binge watching Cold Case Tv show. Got a few more seasons to go. Loved that show. Been in the mood to see it so watching bootleg. Or so I think. I don't know. Couldn't find it on Amazon so bought it through an online marketplace. 

So not much writing being done.

I resurrected one of my old urban fantasy books. I'm working on it on the side. I want to finish the Elemental Voice series. Which means divided writing. Another reason not much is done on Debts.

Most of the covers for Urban Fantasy have either half-naked men or scantily dressed women in a fighting pose on them. Sex sells, I know, but personally I dislike those covers. Which is why my first urban fantasy books had symbols on their covers--and probably why they didn't sell very well. I might have to compromise.😛

This is my newer Urban Fantasy, book 1 of the Ghostwolf Series. This is as sexy as I want to get. The book has the beginnings of relationships in it but it is more about the introduction of the plot arc.  Book 2 does go more into the relationships of the characters but it also continues on into the plot arc.  There's no real romance, but plenty of intimacy--though no sex. I am not writing Erotica or romance in this series.

Progress How Novel 26

Book 2 is at 24, 134 words right now.

I'm taking the 5-day amazon ad profit challenge this week. This is my second go around with this challenge. I learn new things each time. First time around I learned how to cut my spend. This time I'm concentrating on Copy or the wording of the ad to entice readers. Though it's hard to come up with a Copy of 149 characters or less. Yes, characters not words. 

 I'm doing an ad for my sci-fi and the first book in my old series too as I do ads for Raven Manor. Can't hurt to have them out there. Though I only have one per book. 

 So not much in the way of writing. Debts is half way done at this time so I'm rounding the bend.

Detective Hanlan didn't believe in fairytales until one tried to kill him. Will he be able to handle this deadly new world or will he become a story himself?

Raven Manor is an introduction to the hidden society of the Del Mulanti Ruv. They have lived among humans for over 7,000 years but make no mistake the Ruv have not been tamed. Take a trip with Detective Hanlan into this deadly world. Book

Progress How Novel 25

 Didn't write much this week either. Only at 23,651 words. 

Been reading too much and not writing. My brain seems to be in reading mode during the day. But just as I'm falling to sleep a few words hit me and I write them down in my notebook before sleep wipes them away. So I'm writing a little at a time.

Hanlan is beset by complications  that could tilt the exiting balance between humans and Ruv.  And a prophecy promises devastation of both worlds if the balance is not maintained. He may have to step out of his comfort zone to keep the balance from tilting too far and sacrifice some of his own hard won peace to even the score. 

When I write I get a picture of my characters in my head. Usually one presents him/her self as the narrator and tells me the story with the others chiming in here and there. Plot bunnies pop up as well.

So meet the Main Characters of the Ghostwolf Series. MCs 

Progress How Novel 24

Didn't write a lot this week, only at 22, 960 words. 

Debts. The Ruv have a debt to the Shavora, and the Loupe have a debt to the Oru, while the Kal and the Hunters owe both Ruv and humans a debt that could end in devastation if called in full. Balance needs to be maintained yet the debts need to be paid before they themselves tilt the balance. A sacrifice may be required.

Read one of my TBR list books instead of writing. Book 1 of a mystery series. I have several of those on the list as I'm looking to expand my authors. I've read certain famous authors for years (before I became an author myself) so I started to include Indies these last few years. I read a variety of genres but I am finicky. Some of the books I've read are highlighted on another of my blogs.

The three books I have out now on Amazon are the type of books I would read in their genres. Check out their blurbs for a glimpse of my psyche. Books  

As I was writing about the Del Mulanti Ruv, I had to think of their culture, language, their origin. I went "what if" they didn't know these things because of an internal war/feud between 'clans'/ 'lines'. They adopted their 'chosen's' language and culture to an extent. And that is all the Ruv of the present know of their history besides legends passed down the clan/lines.

So who would be their 'chosen"?  Who would accept them fully?  Who had a rich storytelling and superstitious history? Who traveled as the whim or circumstances took them? Who had their own secret language?

The Roma, or Gypsies as others called them. Language used

I took liberal license with the Roma and their language as they would be different people with the Ruv living among them for centuries.