It’s been sent off.

On to the next two books in the queue.

Book 3 of Ghostwolf and Book 1 of Bone Whisperer are up next for this year. Both are already started and have at least one chapter done. Winter is my prime writing time so I’m hoping to have at least one of them done by March. Both if possible. I have a novella for EV I want to do this year as well, Deadly Waters, that will complete the EV companion series.

I plan to redo the covers of the EV books and perhaps others. I want to make them more to market but keep my aesthetic. No scantily clad women in sexy action pose or half nakked men, romance or no romance.

Stay tuned

Hopefully this year is better than last year. Both in personal and professional ways.

I did make more royalties last year than I have before as well as sold quite a few books at the few in-person events I went to. I wish I could go to more in-person events as I make more at them than I do online but there are few near me and I don’t have a car. 2022 saw a few improvements like a new website and a few months where my royalties went up. This year I plan to increase them more by changing some covers so they’re more to market. And hopefully my writing coach will have more suggestions for me to help make this a more profitable year.

Book 4 of Elemental Voice is about done. One more chapter to go. The cover is done and I’ve started on the blurb. I plan to have it published by the end of January, depending on editing/proofreading. First of the three books I want to pub this year.

May this year be successful for you as well

Well, the year is almost over. Soo the year in review.

1. Published an Elemental Voice companion novella January

2. Published Book 2 of Ghostwolf May

3. Published a novella prequel June

4. Published an EV Box Set

I got one more thing to do this year and that’s to finish book 4 of Elemental Voice, though it’s turning out to be a novella. 4 stories published this year, not bad. I try to publish at least two books a year, one under each name. This year I was a little heavy under Tina, but I did get Ghostwolf 2 out under T.L.

Already have some goals set for next year. Not too ambitious but enough to keep me busy. I want to have EV 4, Ghostwolf 3, and Bone Whisperer 1 out next year. I also want the covers of EV redone and out. There is also another new story that is itching to be out soon. Don’t know if I’ll get to it in 2023 or not. And the 3rd dragon book needs to be out in 2024.

Then there’s the in-person events I want to go to this coming year.

So as I said busy. 🙂

It’s December already.

The year seemed to have flown by. And the deadline for Book 4 of Elemental Voice is just literally days away. I still have a lot to do before the end of this month, year. The sands keep flowing, shifting, bringing the end closer. It’s the Twilight of the year.

Recorded an interview with my writing coach for her UT author interview program. Don’t know when it will be aired. Gonna do another when Book 4 comes out. I’ll try to keep you in the loop on that.

Going to send off my idea from a cover for Book 4 to Getcovers(dot)com. The other covers of the series are going to be redone as well–If I like Book 4 cover. I’m probably gonna retool my other covers, at least some of them. So stay tuned.

Got the revised cover back and liked it so I sent it to my publisher. And she uploaded and published the Elemental Voice box set! Ahead of schedule!

Also my writing coach is going to do an interview with me. So I can market my box set on her show.

Still working on Book 4 of Elemental Voice series. Definitely think it’s going to be a 100-125 page novella. Rounding the bend into the homestretch, though there might be another little twist coming. My muse is giving me that cagey smile of hers when I ask questions.

Got that song in my head today. Or at least that part of the song keeps repeating in my head.

Worked a bit on Book 4 of Elemental Voice. The deadline is coming closer. Still got about 20,000 words to go to meet my estimated word count but don’t know if my characters are on board with that. They seem to want to turn it into a novella. I think that’s why they are doing this so slowly. They don’t want to upset me about cutting this story down.

Sent off to get a cover for the Box Set I’m thinking of doing with the first three books of Elemental Voice through Getcovers(dot)com. They sent a rendering back but it wasn’t quite right so it’s in revision. For the second time since I forgot to mention it was a box set as well. Hopefully this time I didn’t forget anything.

Time is moving fast. I wish we could slow time as easily as laying the hourglass on its side.

December 16th is the Wonders of Christmas event here in Gainesville, MO. I will be at this event with a limited amount of my books. So if you’re passing through or in the neighborhood that day stop on by around 5p.m. for a bit of shopping and a parade. Various local and not-so-local crafters/vendors will be on hand.

The year is almost over.

2022 is on its last legs and 2023 is waiting to claw its way out. Hopefully it’s into a better situation.

I have a lot to get done before the new year comes. I have a box set to get out and Book 4 to finish. Book 1 of Bone Whisperer and Book 3 of Ghostwolf need to be at least half way done. And the book bibles for Book 4 of Ghostwolf and Book 5 of Elemental Voice need to be started.

I also got a novella and another Book 1 sitting in the wings(queue) with the first chapter done but no book bibles.

My muse is driving me crazy. Course most people say that would be a short trip for me. 🙂 But she keeps dropping “what if’s” on me, distracting me, instead of working on Book 4 of Elemental Voice or even the other two. However I’m determined to get Book 4 of EV done before the new year so I can publish it by February at the latest.

If you haven’t checked out my Elemental Voice series you can click on It’s All Elemental and see the books plus read a little ‘drabble’ that I wrote about how Sara got her gift.

Still working on Wind Whisperer, Speaking in Bones, and Remnant(Book 4 of Elemental Voice, Book 1 Bone Whisperer, and Book 3 Ghostwolf). They’re coming along but slowly. However Wind Whisperer is going to be done by Christmas come hell or high water ’cause I had an idea.

I want to do a box set of the first three books of Elemental Voice and release it and Book 4 at the same time. Or at least close together. Release the box set, then release Wind Whisperer. 1-2-thank you ma’am. Preferably January or February of 2023.

The other two I want to come out before June of next year. And hopefully I can slip in a novella or another book before the end of that year. I have a couple of novellas started and several book ideas in the queue ready to go including Book 4 of Ghostwolf.

Book 4 of Ghostwolf is the last book. However my muse asked “What if…” the other day and left me with a teasing thought. She drives me crazy when she does that. But I’m going to leave that series with four books. If something else comes along in that world it will just have to be either a standalone or the first in another series. I have too many books in the queue as is that need to be done now.

So if you’ll excuse me I’ll get back to it.

October is here and Halloween a few short weeks away.

Halloween is by far my favorite holiday even though I am not a kid anymore and so do not go Trick or Treating. Or dress up these last few years.

The unknown, the mysteriousness, the mythology of the holiday still excites me. We humans like to be scared–at least in a controlled way. And it brings a bit of our childhood back, a good part of it.

Which is needed in today’s society with all the turmoil going on. So emerse yourself in the trappings of this holiday and forget the world’s troubles. And think about the girl going into the dark basement who should know better or the camp councilors who should know better than to go off together for alone time or all the little ghosts and goblins you’ll see that one night when things are suspended.