Photo by Inna Heasley on Pexels.com At the end of 2018 and beginning 2019, I completed two books and I'm in the middle of a third. The reason I was able to make such great strides was because of a few key breakthroughs I don't write romance. I wanted to. The community is a great … Continue reading Getting my poop in a group
Focus Fox: Fantasy
Focus Fox says: We need fantasy to survive reality. We need reality to survive. We need fantasy to be reality. Inspired by Lady Gaga
Newsletter Blues
Photo by Lisa Fotios on Pexels.com I asked one of my buddies who is on her 7th published book what she wishes she'd have done differently. Her advice? Newsletter. She wishes that she'd started her newsletter even before she'd published her first novel. I asked around to other writers about what they did and was … Continue reading Newsletter Blues
Focus Fox: Artists
Focus Fox says: Good artists copy, great artists steal, Focus Fox borrows. Inspired Pablo Picasso
Authentic Self Rant
Photo by asim alnamat on Pexels.com Every time I read advice about how to be a great <insert whatever here> they say to be your authentic self. Be a great leader - be your authentic self. Find core readers - be your authentic self.Cure halitosis - be your authentic self. You get the idea. … Continue reading Authentic Self Rant
Focus Fox: Direction of your Dreams
Focus Fox says: Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Unless you write horror. Inspired by Henry David Thoreau and Calley Jones
Random Grim Fates
Photo by Marcel Parramon on Pexels.com Random list of Grim fates. Electrocuted by a howling maelstrom of lightning.Mind consumed by alien nightmares.Flesh melted by acid.Eaten alive by an infernal nightmare.Crushed to death by a mysterious force.Swallowed whole by an antediluvian behemoth.Entombed within alien machinery.Brain removed by an eldritch machine.Trapped forever within a sorcerous portrait.Bitten to … Continue reading Random Grim Fates
Focus Fox: Float, Sting, Circle
Focus Fox logo Focus Fox says: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, circle like a vulture Inspired by Muhammad Ali
Drawing blood
Photo by Matt Hatchett on Pexels.com I had an element in a story I'm writing where a character needed to give blood. There were no sterile needles or medical personal in this story. The story was set in a Merged world where science and magic co-exist, but magic was winning. So I googled around and … Continue reading Drawing blood
Focus Fox: Breaks
Focus Fox says: The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. I once had a compound fracture of the funny bone, as you can tell, it never healed right. Inspired by Ernest Hemingway