Getting tattooed today & other news

I'm getting the last of this tattoo hopefully finished. when it is I'll put some pics on my blog so everyone can see the finished job of my tattooed sleeve. Today session is up near my left armpit and in the crook of my left elbow. I will be glad when it is finished.. and hopefully it will be fully healed by the time I get to Sydney for OzmmMeet. The only problem is today and part of yesterday I have a fricken migraine.

On other news: I have finished and sent to my beta reader James A. the first book in The Gaean Prophecies: Admetus Gaea. From there it will go to Cinders O, before I submit it to a publisher.

I'm now back working on The Connelly Chronicles: Beautiful Goodbyes. I'm hoping to have it finished before NaNoWriMo starts in November.

New Cover Art

Losing my mind.

Have you ever had one of those days when you find the need to re-read and old WIP only to find myself so engrossed I've started tweaking what I have and written an then proceed to write almost to the quota I had set aside to finish this book in... though I may end up going over so that I can end the story in a believable spot.  I should tell you the story is The Gaean Prophecies: Admetus Gaea... and as by this picture you can tell it revolves around Faeries and Elven-kind (Elves) There are also other species in there that everyone will be familiar with. Though one said species I had to modify to fit with my species.

Here is a cursory blurb:

Grayson Gellespie: Finds himself thrust into the role as the saviour of a world he had believed was nothing but an imaginative story.

Jarkebb Arindad: The banished son of Lord Jondalar Arindad - ruler of the Elven-kind. he was sent out to find the saviour the prophecies foretold of.

Bailin Greer: Warrior of the Deepwoods Faerie Glenn has been tasked by the Lady to be the saviour’s eyes behind enemy lines.

Alone they will fail but once they combine forces they have the power to forever change the world in which they live Three stories woven together to tell the tale of the Gaean Prophecies... Apart from saving the world our heroes have to fight to claim their bond mates along the way.

Okay, I should point out this story is not M/M/M it's three couples who need to work together to save the world they live in.

Today I...

Today I'm supposed to be helping the hubs install the new air-conditioner for my office... but as per usual he got called away so god knows when he'll be back. He says a couple of hours.

Then I thought I would take a break from writing as well so I've been going through all the WIPS I have in my dropbox and make sure all is hunky-dory.

Yesterday I bought myself this awesome skull it is a human skull but has like werewolf teeth. My mum hates it so it must be good--but  she's in her 80's--LOL.

My sister gets here either tomorrow afternoon or Monday morning... not sure how long she is here for. I'll be busy writing and doing edits so I'll spend some of each day with her and some working--sounds like a plan.

What a fricken day I had yesterday.

<= This picture is just because I need something pretty to look at...

Yesterday I did a 10 hour round trip from my home to Woleebee Creek & back to pick up one of our worker and then that was followed by 4 hours sleep before I had to get up and start today--So not fun.

Though today in my inbox I had an email off of Reese Dante discussing my upcoming cover art for The Connelly Chronicles: Family Connections. I can't wait to see the final thing.

I'm so tired that I don't want to do anything and yet as the say "life must go on."  I don't even have time for a nana nap because I have so much on my to-do list today that I didn't get done yesterday.

Gasbagging about my books.

I don't know why but this abandoned stock exchange makes me want to write... I think there is definitely a story in here somewhere. What do you think?

Then there is this other part of me that thinks it could fit into one of the stories I already have planned... Like Experimentals: Running Into Zero Tolerance. Speaking of this series I heard from my MLR editor Steve L and he is currently going over my edits on Experimentals: Blessed With A Curse to see if they come back to me or go on to the next person in the editing/publishing line

Yesterday I sent the first two chapters of The Connelly Chronicles: Beautiful Goodbyes to one of my beta readers James A... he will get it back to me when he can.

Today I'm supposed to be doing taxes but I want to finish the second chapter on Preternatural High: Welcome to my world. This story is just calling to me today for some reason.

Talking Taxes & Writing Plans

Remember way back when I said I was caught up in tax bullshit? Well months down the track and I'm no closer to getting it resolved... Apparently accountants and book keepers have a hard time doing their job if I lose dockets etc... But how the hell they expect me to remember back to 2011 I don't know especially when I'm flat out remembering last week.

On a brighter note The Connelly Chronicles: Family Connections has gone off to the EIC at Silver Publishing so I'm one step closer for my boys seeing the light of day. I have already started on Book 2 The Connelly Connections: Beautiful Goodbyes. This is a bit of a strange story to write as it is more as a filler book in 4 person pov and I'm getting out there right now it is a HFN - though in future books in the series they all get their HEA.

I have worked out a writing plan for 2014 and I'll show it to you all closer to the end of the year... I'm trying to get myself more organised so that I don't let stories slide that I have been promising for a year. Though I will show you the plan for the end of this year.

1. The Connelly Chronicles: Beautiful Goodbyes.
2. Landcaster's Way: A different Way Of Seeing.
3. Preternatural High: Welcome To My World.

NaNoWriMo: Sons of Evenmore: Blood to Blood

If by any chance I manage to finish and still have time on my hands I have the In between books  (books I write when I have a spare moment). These ones will run on into 2014 as well. They'll eventually get done, but not right now.

1. The Diamond Rose: Undiscovered Hearts.
2. Toowoomba Boys: Dancing with Demons.
3. SPAM Inc: Claiming Roxy's Heart.