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Well, we are well into the challenge now, and I am over the 20K mark for my word count in my novel, Winds of Sun Valley. Most of the characters are not new to me, as it's a prequel to my novel, currently in the query trenches, Guard of the Fallen Island . However, it is always a bit of a challenge coming to characters at a different time in their lives. They are still them, but they have yet to learn and experience the events that shaped who they are to become. Prequels offer

One week away from the Pro Writing Aid Novel November Challenge. I am excited for this challenge. I have never participated in such a challenge yet. It will be fun to see if I can do it, and if I can write a shorter story. When I completed my first draft of my current novel I came in around 127,000 words. After extensive and painful rounds of killing my darlings, along with splitting it in two, I came in at just over 95K. If you can't tell, I have a problem reigning in my cha

Starting the query adventure with my debut novel, Guard of the Fallen Island . The first in the planned series, Chronicles of the Skylands. It's interesting, originally I figured that it would be a single book. However, in my edits I found I had an underdeveloped secondary plot that deserved its own book to flourish and take Kexus and Kylie on their next adventure together. More to come....