Writing Update

    Beautiful Sunday! Beautiful steaming cup of coffee on my left, and all my materials for working on Book 2 of the Broken Bloodlines series on my right. Those include my laptop (which I'm using to write this before I really dive in for the day), my Kishi Kishi binder(left hand picture)

full of sections of colored paper devoted to certain subjects, like character details, location details, etc. and a wonderfully designed composition book (right hand picture) (thank you VG!) that I use for chapter starts, writing out plot/character issues, and general writer's block breakthrough. I often find that if I start a chapter by hand it will start to plan itself out enough so that I can switch to the laptop. 

    I had quite a non-writing lull after I published Book 1. I don't know if it was just due to the career transition I was doing around the same time, or if I'll always need a break like that before starting the next. I hope to jump back into the fray sooner. I published Book 1 on Thanksgiving, and I didn't really dive back into Book 2 until about 2 weeks ago. 
  I'm giving myself a full 10 months to write this one, and a month for editing so I'm tentatively planning on getting this one out for Christmas. 
  Book 1: The Awakening has been well-received, and I already have people asking about the second one. If you haven't downloaded your copy yet, you can find it on Amazon here.
   Thank you all, 

  K

Sunday Book Review: The Alpha's Search, by Natalie Shaw

The Alpha's Search
By: Natalie Shaw (www.natalieshawromance.com)
Genre: Paranormal Romance 


      Who doesn't love a good paranormal romance, with super hot men (and women)? The Alpha's Search is one such book. 
     The first two chapters get you caught up with the current life of the main character, Jackie. As an American, I was taken in by the British vernacular and slang, which these first two chapters are full of. Jackie works at a travel agency and business is slow until a mysterious, beautiful man shows up and tells her a crazy story.
     The Alpha has been looking for Jackie for 40 years and finds her just in time. Due to an accident that Jackie had five years previously, she doesn't remember her life before it. But the Alpha seems to know all about her, and once the enemy shows itself, Jackie is forced to trust the Alpha. 
     Jackie (who's real name is Louise, btw), with the gorgeous Alpha by her side, embarks on a dangerous, crazy journey that still seems like a dream even close to the end. 
      The Alpha's Search is the first in the Craven Trilogy, and I've already bought the next two books. It's engaging writing, with plenty of action and well-written intimacy. 
      This is a great series by the talented Natalie Shaw. Visit her site at: natalieshawromance.com. You can order all the books from her website or any major e-book retailers.

A New Year Begins...

Welcome to 2015! I was the head of the committee that designed it, what do you think of it so far? ;) 
  Seriously though, 2014 was a damn good year for me. I made very good strides career-wise, and got out of the soul-sucking place I was at before. 
  A & I had an awesome summer trip to Vermont, where we got engaged <3 Vermont is an amazing place, there will be another trip in the future. 
  2015 is my last year of my twenties. I'm mostly ok with turning 30, there's only a tiny part of me that's doing tight circles of panic. However, I think I packed more than enough craziness into my twenties, heh heh. I was subjected to so much craziness, met so many crazy people- some crazy in an awesomely talented way, but more that were the bad, dysfunctional crazy.  I had so many adventures, got to feel up some beautiful woman ;) , made a couple of bad decisions, and some great ones. 
  I'm so much happier and wiser than I was at the eve of my 20th birthday. And that's the point kids- for you to get better at getting out of your own way as you get older. 
 k