Howl's Sunday

So I'm fixing to start drafting a novel that I started a couple of years ago. It fell to the way side when I had to dive back into a rewrite for Rossi. Then another rewrite. Hopefully, I'm only looking at a revision now :) or I fear I shall set fire to my laptop in protest.

Anywhooo! Charlie! I've got about 5K already and it makes me smile and giggle. It's a light middle grade fantasy and focus is on the light. I've got some really crazy ideas for it that make my hard little heart swell with joy.

To say I'm in the love phase is a bit of an understatement!

But I really wasn't sure where to go next after those initial 5k. I had no real idea what the crux of the story was other than it was going to be silly. The silliest mg fantasy ever!!

I would have started a beatsheet, but I didn't even really now who my characters were going to be. So, I started with a character list instead and as I was naming and listing the folks that would star in this, a story began to take shape. I will still do a beat sheet for it here in the near future. For now, though, I have a sloppy, sloppy outline of bullet points and random thoughts. And I adore it!

Today though is Sunday and I don't wanna do anything but read. So I'm curling up with one of my very, favoritest books ever. Howl!

A little Howl's Moving Castle will help fuel the silliness, right?? Right! Happy Lazy Sunday, Y'all!!

Third Times a Charm

Welcome back. We have a new address, a new layout, but everything else is same old - same old. There will be too many cats and lots of bookish craziness.

Update since I left the blogosphere the last time: WITCH STONE, my mg fantasy, has completed another round of editing and I'm querying agents...EEEEEE!!!

While I'm  waiting, I'm working on a new project that I affectionately call Charlie. MG and fantasy, with lots of whimsy :) It's been so fun and makes me giggle. In the first draft phrase, that's important.

Ok that's it for now. More will be coming soon! I promise!!!

Until then, random cat picture.... Frank and George. The cuteness is overwhelming!!