HAPPY EASTER!!!

HAPPY FRICKEN EASTER

PS: Went and saw 'The Host' and loved it - it was the same as the book but different so I enjoyed it on a whole new level... so worth the watch.... my favourite characters are still Ian, Jeb & Wanda.

Why is it...

Seriously, why is it when I shut down my computer - I suddenly have an influx of story idea's and then I am forced to write everything in long hand so I can type it up the next day. My typing up pile is growing. I still have yet to get onto the computer:

Chapter 6 rewrite of The Lines of Marsden: Living in Shadows

Chapter 1 of Sons of Evenmore: Blood to Blood

Chapter 1 & 2 of Toowoomba Boys: Dancing with Demons

Chapter 1-7 of Flood Gates

Mind you these aren't the only things I have been doing last night I read the first half of JR Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood 11: Lover at Last. Even though I love that it still follows the main story line of the brotherhood fighting the lessening society... I found it hard too because I counted 6 separate story lines in this book and we weren't with the main characters enough to really get a feel for there story - so that for me was a little disappointing... I will finish the book tonight. Even though I was a tad disappointed I still love the book because this is a great series that I have followed since they first hit the streets running in their shitkickers. I guess you wanna know who is my favourite character well I have two. First and foremost I have John Matthew & Vishous... I love Blay & Qhuinn as well but John Matthew has always been my guy.

Today I am also taking a time out to go and see The Host, Em and my niece are taking me out to see it for my birthday (yes I know my birthday was nearly two months ago) but better late than never the other one they are taking me too doesn't come out until August (The Mortal Instruments) which is okay with me.

The Host I have favourite characters as well - in the book I loved Jeb, Wanda & Ian. I did feel for Melanie & Jared, but nine times out of ten I just wanted to shake the shit out of Jared. I will tell you what I thought of the movie tomorrow when I get back on line.

Working On...

I had a dream last night - well, more, it was I had some thoughts just before I fell asleep - on book 2 in Sons of Evenmore: Blood to Blood... I worked out how I wanted to start the book and how much I wanted to reveal in the first chapter.

But now I have the brain ticking over as I begin to think about what is next to come in this story line and how I meld the old with the new. The really hard part is working out how to have cross over characters from Pack Matters and Watson Falls come into this book when I haven't even finished there series yet Scott Creely is just one example of a crossover character. I think writing the last parts of the 3 series (series) is probably the easiest way because I am now back tracking and writing about things that have already happened. And at the same time writing 3 interlocking series is probably one of the hardest things I have ever attempted in my life. Especially when it comes to the bad guys in the story as they are the bad guys for all 3 series.

Also today I am working on the rewrite of The Lines of Marsden: Living in Shadows - Mainly I'm rearranging the sequences in some of the chapters - just because I can, and I think they will make better sense the new way I am placing them all... That and I have brought one group of beings from book 12 and now have them entering the storyline in book 2... I just swapped them out with another group of beings. 

So now as I'm going along I have like 5 large spiral notepads open so I can write any ideas and make a note of all the changes I am making. At the moment my office floor is covered in rows of notebooks on most of my stories. I have to clean out my filing cabinets (I have 3) so I have better access to what I need on hand.

On that note, I will away, as I have 2 stories calling my name and demanding attention.

NaNoWriMo

There are eight months left before NaNoWriMo starts again. How early is too early to start thinking about what you are going to write? I usually just wing it every year it rocks around, and I haven't missed reaching the 50K mark... but this year, I want to be better prepared.

I figured I have so many stories running around inside my head maybe NaNoWriMo may be the time to get one or two of them out of the way... Do other authors plan what they are going to write? Or do they just start something new on November 1st?

Should I write contemporary or Paranormal? Last year I wrote a mixture of the two: half my Nano was spent on Taking Chances: Lie To Me, and the other half on Sons of Evenmore: The Crimson Grimoire.

Okay, I'm going to mull this over for a day or two and will get back to you with my thoughts after Easter. If you have any thoughts feel free to leave me a comment.

Saw This & Had To Laugh...

Need I say more?

The Lines of Marsden

Well I was tinkering on my computer two days ago as I've started trying to organise The Lines of Marsden series, and I realised I have already written 128K in Living in Shadows I want to take part of it away and put it in book three Come and Rescue Me. Mind you, I still have to do a little rearranging as I have a couple of characters in the original version I took out of the first book... so I have to go through and change their parts around and share them out... This is kind of fun.

And as per usual in the rewriting things jump into my mind that just have to be added or need to be removed for a later time. My poor beta readers have had the same chapter three times - I bet they are sick of me by now.

I'm feeling really into the moment of writing again now, and I'm really enjoying it again - for awhile there I was just like - Whatever! And now I see the light at the end of the tunnel I'm just hoping it isn't a fricken train intent on running me down.

I am working on all my projects I want to try and get released this year... So you may read about any of the following series on my blog over the next few months:

The Lines of Marsden

Lancaster's Way

Toowoomba Boys

Windblown Kisses

Pack Matters

Watson Falls

Sons of Evenmore

Hearts Among the Stars

Taking Chances

Boys From the Bush

Experimentals

Day Walkers

The Chronicles of Gaea

Preternatural High

Spam Inc

The Diamond Rose

Masters of Time

Fricken Awesome Dreams & The Shit They Start.

Last night I had the most awesome dream; it was so vivid I was disappointed when I woke up and it wasn't real... Does that make sense?

The dream was about robots and murder... not usually two things I'd normally dream about... But enough about that .

This is the important part.

I woke up and I started writing down my dream in case I wanted to add yet another book to my already growing list... and yes, we all I know I'll write this at some stage because the more I wrote I realised this plot was perfect as the follow on story for It Started With a Whisper... which would mean I have another series on my hands... Wish me luck.

Series Title: Experimentals

Book 1: It Started With A Whisper

Book 2: Running Into Zero Tolerance