A review of The Edge of Darkness is up on Gina’s blog, Fantasy Casting. We’re going to do a fantasy cast and an interview as well, so stay tuned for those! Word count goal: 11,669 Achievement: 12,035 I can’t write romance. I can’t write this falling-in-love thing. I barely remember what it felt likeContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 7: In Which I Almost Cry”
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NaNoWriMo Day 6: A Busy Little Bumble Bee (And I’m Being Interviewed! 2)
I’m being interviewed at Olsen Jay Nelson’s blog talking about The Edge of Darkness and NaNoWriMo! Go check it out. Word count goal: 10,002 Achievement: 10,075. I didn’t write a post yesterday because I didn’t make the word count. I missed it by about 200 words. My fiancée and I went out in the afternoon to socialise (for GuyContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 6: A Busy Little Bumble Bee (And I’m Being Interviewed! 2)”
NaNoWriMo Day 4: The First Hurdle
Word count goal: 6668 Achievement: 7464. I realised something as I struggled to write a scene. It was a scene where two people who know each other but don’t know each other very well attempt to get to know each other better with a hint of romance but oh-no-we-can’t-do-this-because-you’re-a-demon-and-I’m-a-demon-hunter. And every first attempt to writeContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 4: The First Hurdle”
NaNoWriMo Day 3: The Issue Of Race
My first novel, The Edge of Darkness, had a heroine of Filipino descent. She was the daughter of immigrants to Australia. I’m hyper aware of the issue of race. In my writing, the race issue if often softened because above being Filipino, Max was Australian. Australia is a very diverse country. At least 20% ofContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 3: The Issue Of Race”
NaNoWriMo Day 2: Strange Subconcious
After achieving my word count yesterday hubs and I had cuddles while watching Heroes and Firefly. I wanted to do some more writing but as hubs is fond of saying, there’s a fine line between cuddling someone and holding them down so they can’t escape. So I gave up on writing anything more yesterday (I’dContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 2: Strange Subconcious”
Lissa Bilyk 