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.