Progress How Novel 84

 

This year seems to have gone by awfully fast. It's December already. 2025 will be here in 31 days.

October was a month of firsts. I did my first newsletter and did my first Book Funnel promo. The numbers looked good on both. November I did 3 promos but didn't sell anything through the promo. This month I'm doing 3 more promos. Hopefully my numbers will look better than last month's. 

I was supposed to have two more in-person events before the end of the year, but the one last month got rained out. The other on December 6th is still on as far as I know. As long as it's not too cold. It's outside and no one wants to freeze. I've still been looking for more in-person events near me but when you're in nowhere Missouri and most of the events are on the East & West coasts...Well it makes the travel prohibitive.  And I really don't know where or how to look for the events. You can't just enter 'cons' or 'in-person events' in the search bar.

 I'm still looking for names for centuries-old vampires. Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. I plan to do book 3 of the EV companion series and book 2 of Bone Whisperer next so that gives me a little more time to come up with the names. But Book 5 of Elemental Voice and book 3 of Ghostwolf are up after them.

My T.L stories (Ghostwolf Books 1 & 2, the 2 Fallborn books, and the first Time-Lost book) are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will definitely stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. I don't know if I want to put the rest of the series' as I finish them on IS as I can't put them in KU if the ebook is in IS. I'm thinking about switching up a bit.  We shall see.

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them. I had plan to do them while working on Vella. However Vella is closing down so I will be turning my full attention on GW & EV books.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. 

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

Want to join my email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire

Progress How Novel 83

 

November is here already. This year seems to have gone by awfully fast. 

Last month was a month of firsts. I did my first newsletter and did my first Book Funnel promo. The numbers look good on both. This month I'm doing 3 promos. Hopefully my numbers will look as good as last month's. 

I got two more in-person events before the end of the year, one this month and the other in December. I've still been looking for more in-person events near me but when you're in nowhere Missouri and most of the events are on the East & West coasts...Well it makes the travel prohibitive.  And I really don't know where or how to look for the events. You can't just enter 'cons' or 'in-person events' in the search bar.

 I'm still looking for names for centuries-old vampires. Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. I plan to do book 3 of the EV companion series and book 2 of Bone Whisperer next so that gives me a little more time to come up with the names. But Book 5 of Elemental Voice and book 3 of Ghostwolf are up after them.

My T.L stories (Ghostwolf Books 1 & 2, the 2 Fallborn books, and the first Time-Lost book) are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will definitely stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. I don't know if I want to put the rest of the series' as I finish them on IS as I can't put them in KU if the ebook is in IS. I'm thinking about switching up a bit.  We shall see.

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them. I had plan to do them while working on Vella. However Vella is closing down so I will be turning my full attention on GW & EV books.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. 

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

Want to join my email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire

Progress How Novel 82

 October is here and Halloween will soon be upon us. There is something in us that likes the thrill of horror in movies and books, that jolt of fear and anticipation--As long as it is only in movies or books.  

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. We can let ourselves go. Let that creature inside us out for a bit. And the candy isn't bad either. :) As an adult I don't get to indulge as much any more, except in books and movies. There's no Halloween parties for adults here. That doesn't mean there aren't spectacular Halloween decorated houses around but no parties--unless it is for children.  If I ever get a house, large enough to host, I'm going to have a Halloween party, even if no one else shows up, every year.  For both adults and kids.

Time to Winterize my trailer and get things situated before the cold gets here. The cool mornings are nice change from the Summer heat and humidity. But Winter in the Ozarks is not very nice at all. The old adage about waiting 5 minutes if you don't like the weather is very true here.  Morning can start out nice but by afternoon you can have harsh conditions. The opposite can happen but rarely. Usually if the day starts harsh it stays harsh, sun shining or not. However we don't get the snow fall that the Northern states get which I'm happy about.  I'm hoping for a mild Winter this year. While I like the time indoors to get writing done I do get cabin fever. Winter is not the best time to go for a spontaneous walk.

I got two more in-person events before the end of the year, one in November and the other in December. I've still been looking for more in-person events near me but when you're in nowhere Missouri and most of the events are on the East & West coasts...Well it makes the travel prohibitive.  And I really don't know where or how to look for the events. You can't just enter 'cons' or 'in-person events' in the search bar.

 I'm still looking for names for centuries-old vampires. Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. I plan to do book 3 of the EV companion series and book 2 of Bone Whisperer next so that gives me a little more time to come up with the names. But Book 5 of Elemental Voice and book 3 of Ghostwolf are up after them.

My T.L stories (Ghostwolf Books 1 & 2, the 2 Fallborn books, and the first Time-Lost book) are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will definitely stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. I don't know if I want to put the rest of the series' as I finish them on IS as I can't put them in KU if the ebook is in IS. I'm thinking about switching up a bit.  We shall see.

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them while I do Vella.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. Probably on Vella to begin with.

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

Want to join my email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire

Progress How Novel 81

 

UPDATE: I have a new email list set up. I changed providers and lost my old list. Want to join my new email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story that's a twist on Red Riding Hood? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire The short story will be replace later this month with a UF novella which will better give you a taste of my writing.

The third Friday and Saturday of this month is Hootin an Hollarin, a local craft festival here in Gainesville, MO. I'll have a table there with my books and other things my muse has been working on instead of writing.

I've been trying to finish Emergent, the Time-Lost book. But my muse is being her fickle self and working on a new vella more than Emergent. It's a rough first draft of a Romantasy/paranormal I did years ago. She just clumped to it and won't let it go. And she won't even edit it. She just adds a bit here and there when I upload an episode. I open Emergent and she ignores it. I'm behind and I need to get Emergent done but she blithely talks about the new Vella. :sigh:

I'm redoing some of my covers. The Ghostwolf books and Bone Whisperer are getting revamped. I've already changed BW and the second cover for GW is being worked on now. My covers were not up to Market I was told so I have set out to change them. We shall see if this helps. 

I've been looking for more in-person events near me but when you're in nowhere Missouri and most of the events are on the East & West coasts...Well it makes the travel prohibitive.  And I really don't know where or how to look for the events. You can't just enter 'cons' or 'in-person events' in the search bar.

 I'm still looking for names for centuries-old vampires. Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. 

My T.L stories (Ghostwolf Books 1 & 2, the 2 Fallborn books, and the first Time-Lost book) are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will definitely stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. I don't know if I want to put the rest of the series' as I finish them on IS as I can't put them in KU if the ebook is in IS. I'm thinking about switching up a bit.  We shall see.

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them while I do Vella.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. Probably on Vella to begin with.

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

Want to join my email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story that's a twist on Red Riding Hood? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire

Progress How Novel 80

 

UPDATE: I have a new email list set up. I changed providers and lost my old list. Want to join my new email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story that's a twist on Red Riding Hood? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire

It's been hot enough for blood to boil. And we got the rest of this month to go yet. September is usually cooler, at least lower humidity. We'll see this year. 

The third Friday and Saturday in September is Hootin an Hollarin, a local craft festival here in Gainesville, MO. I'll have a table there with my books and other things my muse has been working on instead of writing.

I've been trying to finish Emergent, the Time-Lost book. But my muse is being her fickle self and working on a new vella more than Emergent. It's a rough first draft of a Romantasy I did years ago. She just clumped to it and won't let it go. And she won't even edit it. She just adds a bit here and there when I upload an episode. I open Emergent and she ignores it. I'm behind and I need to get Emergent done but she blithely talks about the new Vella. :sigh:

I've been looking for more in-person events near me but when you're in nowhere Missouri and most of the events are on the East & West coasts...Well it makes the travel prohibitive.  And I really don't know where or how to look for the events. You can't just enter 'cons' or 'in-person events' in the search bar.

My Elemental Voice omnibus is out in paperback and hardback. It has the first three books in it. If you want to check out the hardcover Elements of a Shaman. 

 I'm still looking for names for centuries-old vampires. Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. 

My T.L stories (Ghostwolf, Fallborn, and Time-Lost) are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. Those Three series will stay on Ingram but I don't know about the rest of my T.L. Books that I'm writing on Vella.  They may stay in KDP for awhile.   

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them while I do Vella.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. Probably on Vella to begin with.

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

Want to join my email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story that's a twist on Red Riding Hood? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire

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I'm welcoming the month but not the heat. It's been hot enough for blood to boil. And we got the rest of this month and August to go yet. September is usually cooler, at least lower humidity. We'll see this year. 

I've been trying to finish Emergent, the Time-Lost book. But my muse is being her fickle self and working on a new vella more than Emergent. It's a rough first draft of a Romantasy I did years ago. She just clumped to it and won't let it go. And she won't even edit it. She just adds a bit here and there when I upload an episode. I open Emergent and she ignores it. I'm behind and I need to get Emergent done but she blithely talks about the new Vella. :sigh:

I've been looking for more in-person events near me but when you're in nowhere Missouri and most of the events are on the East & West coasts...Well it makes the travel prohibitive.  And I really don't know where or how to look for the events. You can't just enter 'cons' or 'in-person events' in the search bar.

My Elemental Voice omnibus is out in paperback and hardback. It has the first three books in it. If you want to check out the hardcover Elements of a Shaman. 

 I'm still doing a contest for Book 5 of Elemental Voice Spirit Talker. I am looking for names of certain characters. The book is in the 'planning' stage, meaning I'm writing the book bible right now and thus doing character names and place names for the book. I need names for the Orro Clan matriarch, her PA, her security chief, and the secondary villain as well as a morally grey assassin. Most are vampires except for the secondary villain. 

Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. You may also win a signed book or a signed bookplate. 
I reserve the right to pick more than one group of names or single name so you all have a chance to win.
Comment name(s) on this blog.  I have a tentative date to start. But then all that depends on my muse. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

My T.L stories (Ghostwolf, Fallborn, and Time-Lost) are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. Those Three series will stay on Ingram but I don't know about the rest of my T.L. Books that I'm writing on Vella.  They may stay in KDP for awhile.   

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them while I do Vella.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. Probably on Vella to begin with.

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

Want to join my email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story that's a twist on Red Riding Hood? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire

Progress How Novel 78

 6 months into the year already. Another 6 months and this year will be gone.

Hopefully this summer will be fair but with the hot days we’ve been having between the rains that may just be a dream. Global Warming has sure messed with Earth’s weather a lot. But I guess we’re stuck with the consequences of our ‘Free Will’ decisions that others have made for all of us.

I'm working on the next book in the Time-Lost series, Emergent, on Vella as well as Book 2 of Bone Whisperer. 5 more chapters/episodes should see Emergent done. I'm trying to get it finished before Hootin an Hollarin in September. 

I had planned to put my T.L. books on Vella as you can publish the Vella as a book once it is finished on KDP.  However the Zon changed some of the rules for Vella in mid March. So I'm going to wait and see what happens in the next two months. I may have to make changes of my own.

Even after 10 months I'm still getting the hang of vella. But it seems like doing an ongoing one will net me more locked reads and better bonuses. So I have 3 stories that I'm going to make ongoing, only available on Vella.  They really don't tell you the criteria for the bonus so I don't know what they look for to increase the bonus. 

I've been looking for more in-person events near me but when you're in nowhere Missouri and most of the events are on the East & West coasts...Well it makes the travel prohibitive. However I have found one and went to the first one May 4th. I did alright as I sold 14 books. Not bad for a first time. But the event happens again in November and I will see how I do then.  

My Elemental Voice omnibus is now out in paperback and hardback. It has the first three books in it. If you want to check out the hardcover Elements of a Shaman. 

 I'm still doing a contest for Book 5 of Elemental Voice Spirit Talker. I am looking for names of certain characters. The book is in the 'planning' stage, meaning I'm writing the book bible right now and thus doing character names and place names for the book. I need names for the Orro Clan matriarch, her PA, her security chief, and the secondary villain as well as a morally grey assassin. Most are vampires except for the secondary villain. 

Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. You may also win a signed book or a signed bookplate. 
I reserve the right to pick more than one group of names or single name so you all have a chance to win.
Comment name(s) on this blog.  I have a tentative date to start. But then all that depends on my muse. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

My T.L stories (Ghostwolf, Fallborn, and Time-Lost) are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. Those Three series will stay on Ingram but I don't know about the rest of my T.L. Books that I'm writing on Vella.  They may stay in KDP for awhile.   

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them while I do Vella.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. Probably on Vella to begin with.

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

Want to join my email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story that's a twist on Red Riding Hood? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire

Progress How Novel 77

 

 

 As I've said many times my muse is fickle. She is still not wanting to work on Ghostwolf so I've set it aside for now. I'm working on the WIPs that are on Vella.  Which include Book 2 of Bone Whisperer, a Time-Lost series book, and 2 Urban Fantasy. 

I had planned to put my T.L. books on Vella as you can publish the Vella as a book once it is finished on KDP.  However the Zon changed some of the rules for Vella in mid March. So I'm going to wait and see what happens in the next two months. I may have to make changes of my own.

Even after 9 months I'm still getting the hang of vella. But it seems like doing an ongoing one will net me more locked reads and better bonuses. So I have 3 stories that I'm going to make ongoing, only available on Vella.  They really don't tell you the criteria for the bonus so I don't know what they look for to increase the bonus. 

I've been looking for more in-person events near me but when you're in nowhere Missouri and most of the events are on the East & West coasts...Well it makes the travel prohibitive. However I have found one near me that happens twice a year. I'm going to try it out this year. If it's good I will be doing it every year. More on this some other time. 

 I'm still doing a contest for Book 5 of Elemental Voice Spirit Talker. I am looking for names of certain characters. The book is in the 'planning' stage, meaning I'm writing the book bible right now and thus doing character names and place names for the book. I need names for the Orro Clan matriarch, her PA, her security chief, and the secondary villain as well as a morally grey assassin. Most are vampires except for the secondary villain. 

Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. You may also win a signed book or a signed bookplate. 
I reserve the right to pick more than one group of names or single name so you all have a chance to win.
Comment name(s) on this blog.  I have a tentative date to start. But then all that depends on my muse. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

My T.L stories (Ghostwolf, Fallborn, and Time-Lost) are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. Those Three series will stay on Ingram but I don't know about the rest of my T.L. Books that I'm writing on Vella.  They may stay in KDP for awhile.   

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them while I do Vella.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. Probably on Vella to begin with.

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

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Progress How Novel 76

 

March did not go out like a lion. But it did go by fast.

As I said this year I'm going to be concentrating on Kindle Vella. 

That doesn't mean I won't be writing on my WIPs though. Since I'm doing Vella, I don't know how much I'll get done in my writing queue. I have soo many stories in my head.  But  next two books up: Book 3 of Ghostwolf and Book 5 of  EV.  But as I've said many times my muse is fickle. She is still not wanting to work on Ghostwolf.  She did however start book 2 of Bone Whisperer and it's up on Vella. At least the first few chapters are.

I plan to put my T.L. books on Vella as you can publish the Vella as a book once it is finished on KDP.  I think this is the best way to get at least my T.L. books out. My Tina Books I'll still be writing as well just slower I think since I won't be doing them on Vella. I have way more T.L. Books in my queue than Tina Books.

Bone Whisperer is pubbed and out. So now you can get it on  Kindle Vella,  vella Bone , or Kindle Unlimited.  Or here for $2.99 , A Playground of Bones ,

I'm still getting the hang of vella. But it seems like doing an ongoing one will net me more locked reads and better bonuses. So I'm going to try it. I have 3 stories that I'm going to make ongoing, only available on Vella.  They really don't tell you the criteria for the bonus so I don't know what they look for to increase the bonus. But my bonus was more for February than January. I think that had to do with me finishing Bone because I had less reads than in January. 

  The Zon also changed some of the rules for Vella in mid March. So I'm going to wait and see what happens in the next two months. I may have to make changes of my own.

 I'm still doing a contest for Book 5 of Elemental Voice Spirit Talker. I am looking for names of certain characters. The book is in the 'planning' stage, meaning I'm writing the book bible right now and thus doing character names and place names for the book. I need names for the Orro Clan matriarch, her PA, her security chief, and the secondary villain as well as a morally grey assassin. Most are vampires except for the secondary villain. 

Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. You may also win a signed book or a signed bookplate. 
I reserve the right to pick more than one group of names or single name so you all have a chance to win.
Comment name(s) on one of my FB posts about this. I plan to start writing the book in June for a tentative pub date of January or February 2025. But then all that depends on my muse. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

My T.L stories (Ghostwolf, Fallborn, and Time-Lost) are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. Those Three series will stay on Ingram but I don't know about the rest of my T.L. Books that I'm writing on Vella.  They may stay in KDP for awhile.   

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them while I do Vella.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. Probably on Vella to begin with.

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

Want to join my email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story that's a twist on Red Riding Hood? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire

Progress How Novel 75

 

February flew by. March is coming in mild, almost spring like. Which means may be when it ends it will go out like a lion, windy and cold. Isn't that the old saying?

Whatever the saying we've been doing outside yard work, cleaning up years of mess that we allowed to accumulate. Some will go on our yard sale and some to the recycle center but we're not in a rush as it's not Spring yet and it's not going anywhere on it's own. It's been there for years, what's a few more weeks?

As to my writing this year I'm going to be concentrating on Kindle Vella. 

That doesn't mean I won't be writing on my WIPs though. Since I'm doing Vella, I don't know how much I'll get done in my writing queue. I have soo many stories in my head.  But  next two books up: Book 3 of Ghostwolf and Book 5 of  EV.  But as I've said many times my muse is fickle. She is still not wanting to work on Ghostwolf.  She did however start book 2 of Bone Whisperer and it's up on Vella. At least the first few chapters are.

I plan to put my T.L. books on Vella as you can publish the Vella as a book once it is finished on KDP.  I think this is the best way to get at least my T.L. books out. My Tina Books I'll still be writing as well just slower I think since I won't be doing them on Vella. I have way more T.L. Books in my queue than Tina Books.

Bone Whisperer, A Playground of Bones is coming out this month. I'm waiting on the print proof. Once I look it over it will be published. Update: It's pubbed!  A Playground of Bones

I'm still getting the hang of vella. But it seems like doing an ongoing one will net me more locked reads. So I'm going to try it. I'm participating in some of the vella groups and getting some reads. There are bonuses to be had as well in Vella. They really don't tell you the criteria for the bonus so I don't know what they look for to increase the bonus. But my bonus was more for January than December so it does indeed have something to do with reads and updating but there seems to be something else in play.. We shall see about February as I've had less reads than January.   

If you want a sneak peak  of  Playground : vella Bone Or you can now get the ebook for $2.99. It's a good paranormal murder mystery or paranormal women's fiction. 

 I'm still doing a contest for Book 5 of Elemental Voice Spirit Talker. I am looking for names of certain characters. The book is in the 'planning' stage, meaning I'm writing the book bible right now and thus doing character names and place names for the book. I need names for the Orro Clan matriarch, her PA, her security chief, and the secondary villain as well as a morally grey assassin. Most are vampires except for the secondary villain. 

Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. You may also win a signed book or a signed bookplate. 
I reserve the right to pick more than one group of names or single name so you all have a chance to win.
Comment name(s) on one of my FB posts about this. The contest is open until February 2024. I plan to start writing the book in April for a pub date of December 2024 or January 2025. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

My T.L stories (Ghostwolf, Fallborn, and Time-Lost) are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. Those Three series will stay on Ingram but I don't know about the rest of my T.L. Books that I'm writing on Vella.  They may stay in KDP for awhile.   

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them while I do Vella.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. Probably on Vella to begin with.

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

Want to join my email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story that's a twist on Red Riding Hood? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire

Progress How Novel 74

 

February hasn't started out as a happy month. My cat went over the rainbow bridge on the 2nd. I had her over 6 years and I miss her.  The Ferals we feed are just not the same. I hope she is getting a lot of catnip treats. 

This year I'm going to be concentrating on Kindle Vella. 

That doesn't mean I won't be writing on my WIPs though. Since I'm doing Vella, I don't know how much I'll get done in my writing queue. I have soo many stories in my head.  But  next two books up: Book 3 of Ghostwolf and Book 5 of  EV.  But as I've said many times my muse is fickle. She may throw a whole new story at me or she may just stick to the vellas. But I plan to put my T.L. books on Vella as you can publish the Vella as a book once it is finished on KDP.  I think this is the best way to get at least my T.L. books out. My Tina Books I'll still be writing as well just slower I think since I won't be doing them on Vella. I have way more T.L. Books in my queue than Tina Books.

Bone Whisperer is finally finished and it will be published in March, I think.  

I'm still getting the hang of vella. But it seems like doing an ongoing one will net me more locked reads. So I'm going to try it. I'm participating in some of the vella groups and getting some reads. There are bonuses to be had as well in Vella. They really don't tell you the criteria for the bonus so I don't know what they look for to increase the bonus. But my bonus was less for December even though I had more reads so it does indeed have something to do with reads but there seems to be something else in play.. We shall see about January.   

IF you want a sneak peak  of  Playground : vella Bone Or you can wait for it to come out as an ebook and get it for $2.99 in March.

 I'm still doing a contest for Book 5 of Elemental Voice Spirit Talker. I am looking for names of certain characters. The book is in the 'planning' stage, meaning I'm writing the book bible right now and thus doing character names and place names for the book. I need names for the Orro Clan matriarch, her PA, her security chief, and the secondary villain as well as a morally grey assassin. Most are vampires except for the secondary villain. 

Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. You may also win a signed book or a signed bookplate. 
I reserve the right to pick more than one group of names or single name so you all have a chance to win.
Comment name(s) on one of my FB posts about this. The contest is open until February 2024. I plan to start writing the book in April for a pub date of December 2024 or January 2025. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

My T.L stories (Ghostwolf, Fallborn, and Time-Lost) are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. Those Three series will stay on Ingram but I don't know about the rest of my T.L. Books that I'm writing on Vella.  They may stay in KDP for awhile.   

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them while I do Vella.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. Probably on Vella to begin with.

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

Want to join my email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story that's a twist on Red Riding Hood? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire

Progress How Novel 73

 

It's the New Year!

I don't do resolutions as they don't seem to last out the month. But I do make short-term goals for my writing. This year I'm going to be concentrating on Kindle Vella. 

That doesn't mean I won't be writing on my WIPs though. Since I'm doing Vella, I don't know how much I'll get done in my writing queue. I have soo many stories in my head.  But  next two books up: Book 3 of Ghostwolf and Book 5 of  EV.  But as I've said many times my muse is fickle. She may throw a whole new story at me or she may just stick to the vellas. But I plan to put my T.L. books on Vella as you can publish the Vella as a book once it is finished.  I think this is the best way to get at least my T.L. books out. My Tina Books I'll still be writing as well just slower I think since I won't be doing them on Vella. I have way more T.L. Books in my queue than Tina Books.

Bone Whisperer is still at 19 chapters on Vella cause my muse is not being cooperative. And I haven't updated any of the Vellas for the same reason. But my muse and I are going to have a sit down and get some work done. I need to get BW done and published pronto. It's been almost a year I've been working on it.

I'm still getting the hang of vella. But it seems like doing an ongoing one will net me more locked reads. So I'm going to try it. I'm participating in some of the vella groups and getting some reads. There are bonuses to be had as well in Vella. They really don't tell you the criteria for the bonus so I don't know what they look for to increase the bonus. But my bonus was less for November as I had less reads so it does indeed have something to do with reads. We shall see about December.   

IF you want a sneak peak  of  Playground : vella Bone Or you can wait for it to come out as an ebook and get it for $2.99 whenever my muse let's me finish it.

 I'm still doing a contest for Book 5 of Elemental Voice Spirit Talker. I am looking for names of certain characters. The book is in the 'planning' stage, meaning I'm writing the book bible right now and thus doing character names and place names for the book. I need names for the Orro Clan matriarch, her PA, her security chief, and the secondary villain as well as a morally grey assassin. Most are vampires except for the secondary villain. 

Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. You may also win a signed book or a signed bookplate. 
I reserve the right to pick more than one group of names or single name so you all have a chance to win.
Comment name(s) on one of my FB posts about this. The contest is open until February 2024. I plan to start writing the book in April for a pub date of December 2024 or January 2025. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

My T.L stories are on Ingram Spark..  My Tina books will stay on Amazon and in KU but I don't want to keep all my eggs in one basket incase AMZ terminates my account because of piracy. AMZ KDP accounts have been terminated because the book (s) were found on a pirate site. If that happens I don't want all my eggs to be broken. 

 I 'd like to try to finish the Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice series. I need to finish a series and promote the he!! out of it. I have over 14 books out yet not one series completed. So I'm going to try to focus on Ghostwolf and Elemental Voice as they are almost finished. I have 1 additional book in EV and 2 books in Ghostwolf that need to be finished to be complete. A complete series under each of my author names. I'll be working on them while I do Vella.  Then I have 2 books that have been in the queue for awhile that I want to get out. Probably on Vella to begin with.

However my muse is fickle as I said and I don't know what she will do. Plans mean nothing to her.

In Elemental Voice, the FMC reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds buried items--mostly dead bodies--for the local sheriff's office at the beginning in a world where psychics work regularly with law enforcement and vampires live next door. In later books she works with her vampire FBI agent fiance and his partner. If you're interested in checking out these older Elemental UF Books.

In Ghostwolf  the MMC sees the evil humans do to one another every day as a Homicide detective and hates the necessity of his job. But this murder—it raises his hackles. What he uncovers is far more than a pathological motive, it's like something out of a horror movie or a Grimm's fairy tale. Everything points to a supernatural being, a werewolf, as the killer, causing him to doubt himself—and his mysterious new partner. If you're interested in checking out this series  here's the first book Raven Manor

Have you checked out my website yet?  Here is the link: The Rook  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

I will still update these blogs periodically. When new books come out definitely. These are still my babies and I won't desert them. But they'll definitely get dusty. And maybe repetitive. 

Want to join my email list and get a free short Urban fantasy story that's a twist on Red Riding Hood? Click here T. L.'s Grimoire