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”
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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”
NaNoWriMo Begins! The Soundtrack Edition
Hey kittens. Today marks the beginning of NaNoWriMo 2011 and as such, I’m sharing my playlist for the month. Normally when I write, I can only listen to instrumental music, and it has to be something relatively new so I don’t recognise melodies and get distracted by the familiarity and start singing along. Which hasContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Begins! The Soundtrack Edition”
Free Tina Storm Urban Fantasy Short Story Exclusive on Smashwords (4)
Hi lovelies. As promised, the fourth Tina Storm short story, Lost in the Storm (see what I did there? LOL) is available for the rest of October exclusively on Smashwords. Also, look at this PRETTY PRETTY cover! This story is 3000 words long. Make sure you read the first three stories beforehand, though. AlsoContinue reading “Free Tina Storm Urban Fantasy Short Story Exclusive on Smashwords (4)”
Lissa Bilyk 