Hey there, Fellow Creatures!
What’s good in thy woods? Hard to believe it’s already August! The Summer is flying by like all those Canadian geese I constantly hear honking overhead outside my window.
Hope you’ve been enjoying some sun and shade and are getting into some mischief.
The Hall clan has been staying busy in Elsewhere. There have been many trips to local swim spots, some camps for the kiddos, long walks with Casco and trying to keep him cool, and even some amusement parks thrown into the mix (which has exposed my cowardice in my older age. I can’t even hang in the kiddy-coasters!)
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind thus far, but I’m excited...
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Hey there, Fellow Creatures!
Hope all is good in the woods. As of writing this, I'm officially done with draft 1 of Stone of the Scarred.
The final word count is right around 117k. How can that be when I just wrote a blog about surpassing the 125k mark the other day?
Well, I ended up taking out a few chapters and switching some things around and cut it a little (or a lot if you think about the percentage of the story 8k is!), and I'm relatively happy where it ended up.
There's still plenty of editing that needs to happen to get it into tip-top shape, but first I'm switching gears a bit to concentrate...
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Hey there, FCs!
Hope all is good in the wood.
Coming at you for a request. Do you wanna be my beta reader?
For those who may have been following along in Elsewhere, you’ve probably seen me post a little about my standalone novel that I have tentatively titled, Under a God-Made Mountain.
Well, it’s been sitting in draft for long enough and it’s time I start making some progress on getting it out into the world. But that doesn’t start without getting a few sets of eyes on it.
Those eyes can belong to you!
I need a few folks to read it and give me their honest opinion on what’s working for them and what’s not so...
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If you are in a bad mood go for a walk.If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk.
So sayeth the wise Hippocrates.
If I could add my own twist to it.
If you are stuck in a plot point go for a walk. If you are still stuck in a plot point go for another walk.
Over the past couple of months I’ve realized the power of getting out and getting some steps in, mostly thanks to the new pup. That little fur beast needs his exercise and because of welcoming him to our home, the mileage has increased. Significantly.
Usually about 3-4 miles a day. Some in the morning, pre-work, a mile...
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I’m back (if you even knew I left at all.)
Like I said in one of my last blogs, I needed a little recharge after going hard to get Shadow of the Dragod out, finishing my yet-to-be-released standalone novel, standing up a new website, and starting up Stone of the Scarred. I was feeling burnt out, and as I learned in past stretches, there’s only one way for me to cure that feeling.
Take a break.
So I decided to take a few months to try to get back to neutral. Hiking, reading, training the new pup, playing with the kiddos, and catching up on some video games.
A little mid-hike hurdle that decided to pose for...
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Shadow of the Dragod is officially out on both Ebook and Kindle!
It's here!
Run like a giant dragon is chasing you to tell a friend, write a review, or give it a read (so long as you’re into YA dystopian fantasy.)
As mentioned in my most recent email, it’s been a while since I’ve published anything new so I am both excited, nervous, and pretty darn tired. This one has been years in the making, but after many stops and starts, and a couple rewrites, the day has come to release it into the world.
Here’s the blurb if you haven’t glanced at it yet:
A world consumed by fire. A boy with a mysterious power. A...
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