Away for a Week

I’m going to be away from the internet for a week.

Hopefully during that time I’m going to get the outline for Raven finished which will give me a rough idea of how long the finished book will be.

I’m also hoping to have the first draft of The Bargain finished by the second week of August – so expect a teaser from that when I return.

Land of the Fey 2

So after a great deal of procrastination, I’ve come to the conclusion that was probably obvious to everyone else. The next Land of the Fey story will be Lily’s.

:slaps forehead:

One of the biggest hurdles I have as a writer is how easily sidetracked I get. For instance in IWWH I know the backstory and motivations of every character*. Whenever a character does something I want to know why – and often the why is very interesting. Which is why I’ve been pulled towards wanting to do Genys and Reynard’s story. Genys is quite a powerful character, she never appears on page in IWWH, but it is her actions that are the pivot for Alaric and Valerian’s relationship. She makes an incredibly hard decision, sticks to it and because of that everything changes. So I will definitely be writing her story at some point.

Back to Lily. I’m giving her story the WIP title of Raven. So you’ll see that changed in the sidebar. Currently working on getting the outline down, the whole story is in my head, I know exactly what happens. But I just need to get the major points down so I stay roughly on track.

* – With two exceptions. Jerin and Marek. Jerin is strong and silent, and probably has a very interesting story to tell, but he’s keeping it close to his chest. And Marek is very young compared to the others, very earnest and hasn’t really done much yet.

The Day After

Hmmm, staying up ’til 3am was perhaps not the best idea I’ve ever had, and I definitely paid for it today. But I had a great time at the chat, and look forward to taking part in my next one. Though hopefully not as early in the morning.

In writing news, Bargain is coming along really well. At the moment I’m managing about 1000 words a day. As I’m aiming for 20,000, I’m looking at finishing the first draft in just under three weeks.

Also still working on the outlines for Land of the Fey 2. Once I’ve got both of them written, I’ll make a decision as to which book I’m going to concentrate on first.

Chatting at Coffee Time Romance

All being well I will be chatting at Coffee Time Romance tomorrow (Thursday) at 9pm eastern. Along with other Samhain authors.

http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/

I say all being well because it will be 2am in the UK on Friday. So I’m not sure how well my typing skills will hold up, but I’ll at least try and make the beginning of the chat.

Works in Progress

So before I head off into my writers cave again. I thought I’d do a little update on what I’m working on. You can see progress meters in the sidebar but I thought I’d give a few more details.

Land of the Fey – currently I’m outlining Book 2. At the moment I haven’t decided for certain which couple I’m going to go with - Lily and Darvan, or Genys and Reynard. After I’ve got the outlines written I’ll decide. It would seem obvious that I should write Lily and Darvan, but Genys and Reynard’s story plays an important role as well. And I’m almost equally drawn to both stories, but for different reasons.

The Tithing – Well this is my vampire story. And it needs a lot of revision doing on it before it gets submitted anywhere. LOL – it may never get submitted anywhere, but there are a lot of things in this story that I love, so I hope I can knock it into shape. It may stay on the sidebar in revisions for a while.

The Bargain – This is a short story/novella featuring a vampire and a werewolf. It’s male/male. And details the first meeting between the pair. I’m hoping to have this ready for submission in a few weeks. So watch that progress meter go.

Silvertree – Another male/male. This one is sci-fi and currently on hold whilst I work on The Bargain. But anyone who’s seen my yahoo mail address will know this one is close to my heart. So hopefully I can get over my block on this and get going on it again.

First Review…

of If Wishes Were Horses.

http://www.mrsgiggles.com/ebooks/leslie_horses.html

Land of the Fey Page

I’ve written a little bit of a glossary for the Land of the Fey series. (You should see an extra tabbed page at the top of the screen.) Slightly more detailed descriptions of some of the species. There’s still a few more species to be added, but at the moment (with the exception of the pixies because I wanted to get them in there) I’ve just stuck to the ones mentioned in If Wishes Were Horses.

It’s Out!

If Wishes Were Horses was released today.

http://samhainpublishing.com/romance/if-wishes-were-horses

I have a different excerpt to the one at Samhain up at The Other Place blog.