It all began in April of 2019 after going down a rabbit hole of reading about DEMA lore. I was inspired, and the opening line of what would become the Rescuers From DEMA began to come to life. It only took 3 months to write a full 90,000-word novel. Editing came next as I developed […]
New era – new look – continued storyline! I am so excited about the announcement of a new Twenty Øne Piløts album entitled Scaled And Icy. I have been incredibly worried that TØP would come out with new material, leaving the DEMA world behind. Instead, they seem to be stuck inside DEMA and are controlled […]
Current Word Count: 43,270 As you will be able to tell from the pictures, it pays to camp out all day, even in the freezing snow. I was very close to the stage! I will take just a moment to compare the Jacksonville show with Denver. I’m very happy I got to go to both […]
Current Word Count: 42,639 I had the pleasure and opportunity to go to the Twenty Øne Piløts concert at the Pepsi Center in Denver on October 27th. I got to the stadium at 4:30 am and was told I could not line up until 6:00 am. I went back to my car to warm up…oh, […]
Another leg of the tour, huh? That was unexpected. I don’t think this changes anything, because there is still a break between the festivals (9/7/2019) and next leg of the tour (10/9/2019). It is a small window of time, so I need to get the manuscript mailed out by 9/1/2019. If I mail the book […]
Current Word Count: 50,168 I planned a week at the beach when I chose to visit family in Georgia. I needed to get away and have a “real” vacation within the trip back to my childhood home. I can be a guilt-ridden person, so if I get an opportunity to travel (not often), I always […]
Current Word Count: 30,760 Generally, I write early in the morning and throughout the day, when I can. I get up at 5:00 AM, give or take 10 – 15 minutes. I do not set an alarm, my body has simply decided that super early in the morning is a great time to get up. […]
Current Word Count: 15,131 I will include my current word count from now on. This will help to show my progress better than anything I can say. I will brag a bit that I wrote 3,476 words today. That is far from typical, but I was really on a roll! I decided on an Estimated […]
I am really trying to be organized. It does happen every once in awhile. This time I want to keep all of my characters organized. I just added several more to my story and it seems important to keep everyone in order. I also want to streamline my naming process. So…my naming process is particularly […]
Writing a book is something very new to me. I have written before, but it was very different. I wrote a dissertation over the course of several years. I’m very proud of the work that helped me achieve a graduate degree, but again, this is different. Inspiration is a funny thing. I listened to the […]