Last week might have been the shortest one-liner Wednesday post I’ve done—welcome back to reality.
There are some things going on lately that cause me to focus on how my writing is not a solitary affair. A few weeks ago, I wrote and posted a short story, Wicked Wedding, for Teagan Geneviene’s Halloween Creativity Challenge. In that post, I mentioned that Teagan had given me the kick in the pants I needed to get back to writing.
Shortly after completing that short story, I began work on my next novel. Shortly after that, the plan I had for that book went down the drain. I sent Teagan an email, in which I explained that I had settled on one of three possible scenarios to open the story. It wasn’t my favorite, but I thought it was easier to work with. After two chapters, I trashed the idea in favor of the opening I like, but I’m not sure how to build on. Teagan’s reply cracked me up, so I asked for permission to use it as my one-liner.
“The beginning is the hardest part — except for the ending… and the middle.”
She’s been there, she knows.
In addition to that, I need to call attention to three other author / bloggers. Marian Allen invited me to publish a guest post on her blog yesterday. She wanted a food themed post, and although it was published on Monday, it is a Food Tuesday post. She asked about the food in The Dreamer’s Alliance series.
While I’m pointing out things that have happened, I need to point out one thing that is going to happen—Saturday. Damyanti Biswas will visit David and me at the bar. As many of you know, Damyanti was instrumental in encouraging me to move forward with my writing. I assure you; Saturday’s post is not about me. And, in addition to some scintillating conversation, with one of my favorite authors, rumor has it there’s going to be a giveaway.
While I’m noticing and thanking other people, I should change up my closing a bit. Every week, I mention that this post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. If I remember, I come back and add a link in case you want to participate and to see the one-liners from the other participants. What I haven’t mentioned is that Linda has also been very helpful in moving me along my writing journey. She has answered some questions and offered some advice that could only come from someone in the know. Linda has been to the bar, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we see her there again.
Well, it wasn’t short, but I hope you enjoyed it. I also hope you enjoy the gallery and the music that inspired the title.
All five of my current books are now available in audio book form thanks to Amazon KDP’s Virtual Voice process. The voice is AI generated, but I can honestly say, it’s pretty darn good. The audio books are reasonably priced (all below $7 US) and, if you already own the Kindle version and want to add an audio version, you can do that for $1.99. There is a five-minute sample on the book page for each book. If you’re interested, click on any of the Dreamer’s Alliance book links below the image or on the link below for my latest book.
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