It's always good when you cut down 10 pages of extraneous crap from your story. ^_^ Also - sent it to my editor for additional chops.

Looking at roster rolls for the 2DL is fun, but tiring. Trying to match up troop movements to figure out which troop was commanded and...

HNS2019 in the bag! I learned a lot about myself, a better idea and direction for my budding career and found an awesome support network...

My first pitch was a disaster. My 2nd one, much better. I decided that I wasn't ready to pitch to either one of the agents at the...

I have the silliest pitch script in my head. Agent: So, why did you write a book like this? Me: Cuz I really like ponies/horses and...

Panic is slowly settling in...I still need to write my synopsis for Book 2 and also work on the pitch.

I have my Historical Novel Society writer's conference in 2 weeks and I'm feeling oddly calm. I have a feeling I'll be in freak-out mode...

One thing authors never tell you - they kill a lot of trees. Printing out drafts of the manuscript to read out loud.

Sometimes my muses go on amusing tangents. They tried to Harry Turtledove Book 3 and posit: What if Tallmadge was successful in capturing...

As I do more research and write more stories/books about my various subject matters, I tend to end up with a love-hate relationship with...

Still editing Book 2 and I realize, the character arc of one of my characters turns him into a Rev War equivalent of a hot mess from Book...

Sometimes, especially when I'm editing, I'd like to stage whisper a scene to myself using modern vocabulary. Just for lulz.

You know that there is some character growth when you go back to edit a previous book and are like: uh...oh yah...these characters are...