Mid July

Still hot as Hades here. It’s ‘cool’ for about an hour or so early in the morning but the humidity and heat ramp up quickly. But Dad still expects me to do those ‘projects’ he wants me to do. I suppose I’m supposed to get up early and do them before it gets hot. Who wants to do that though?

Anyway, I still haven’t finished Emergent, the Time-Lost book. My muse is messing around with two other stories instead of working on it. I’m going to try and get it finished this weekend, Monday by the latest. I need to get it done. I had a deadline and I blew past it. My muse is just so fickle.

I still haven’t figured out ‘human’ names for the ravens. What are good names for a pair of supernatural female ravens? The ravens of course have names but humans can’t pronounce them right and they are mighty particular about that. My FMC would name them something pronounceable anyway, hence the need for ‘human’ names. I could use what their names mean I guess. But Sly and Clever, don’t seem to do them justice. Not to mention those aren’t really feminine names.

I haven’t updated any of my Vellas as I’ve been trying to finish Emergent. But as I’ve said that ain’t happening. I did put up some episodes in the new Romance Vella I started. My muse has been going through it a bit. The other Vellas are suffering though. Once I finish Emergent, I definitely doing some updating. At least one episode for each Vella before I work on my next WIP Vella.

Still running the naming contest for book 5 of Elemental Voice series. So if you got a good name for a vampire matriarch, her vampire PA, her vampire head of security, a human villain, or a morally grey vampire assassin give it a try. You may win a signed book or a signed bookplate whichever you choose as well as being mentioned in the author notes. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment if you think of one. One writer gave me some names at the conference and I may use one for one of the characters but I still need some more names. There will be more than one ‘winner’.

As you can tell I’m terrible at coming up with names. I usually resort to a baby name book if I don’t get ‘inspiration’. I pick a random letter and flip through the names until one jumps out. I also have a book with common last names from around the world. Those books are life savors, let me tell you. Because my muse only likes to give me names of my MCs and sometimes the villain. The others she just refers to by a letter or description. My first book I used a phone book. As soon as the character showed up I’d flipped through and a name would jump out. From then on that would be the name my brain used. So please help me. LOL. I need names.

If you’re looking for your next read, try out my book, A Playground of Bones. Book 1 of Bone Whisperer. Or one of my other fifteen books I have out. My Elemental Voice Series has 4 out of the 5 books out plus 2 novellas or the first book in my Ghostwolf series, Raven Manor.

Stay tuned for the next installment…