Hey, it's me! It was fun chatting with Bradley for his podcast, and I can't wait to share our conversation with you all on Friday.

Oh my god LMAO

I still have a spot left, if anyone wants to sign up for an ARC of this book.

You can get the first chapter of the book right now if you sign up for my newsletter, too, so you can get a taste and see if it is something you'd be interested in!

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Yes! This whole scene was fun to write because of all the subtle hints (and Jason's not-so-subtle thoughts) I laced throughout.

Ugh, I hate that.

I feel like I need to set goals for the week to get my head back into the game re: writing, so...

📝 complete 6 writing sessions (1/6 done)
📝 finish another chapter of COTBM

Nothing huge, no word count goals. I just need to get back into my routine and I think this will help.

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The doors close on Daemrin fairly early on, when he accepts another Clan's challenge to his right to inherit the leadership of their people. However, the doors don't close for Lex until the very end of the book, which is when [REDACTED] happens. #AprilAdventure #WritingCommunity

You're right, but I want my productivity to return now! 😭

I know I need to be kinder to myself, but I thought I was going to write more this month now that my first book is out. I guess all the past weeks of busyness are catching up to me.

Here's one I've shared before from early in the book that explains the FMC's career to the reader proxy.

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Thank you, Rux.

You’re right. It’s just so difficult to put into practice.

WIP update: Writing has not been easy these past three days. I've managed 300-400 words each day, but it's like my brain is stuck. Like I'm not fully recovered from the last two weeks. Maybe I should be resting more, but I also want to make progress. :/

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Omg Sabrina, this is it. You made it.

Great work, you guys!

Jason doesn’t make mistakes. :)

My local indie bookstore is hosting fun and games, so I'll be meeting my friend there to check it out.

Experimenting with POV In my latest WIP, We Always Come Back, I've undertaken an unusual experiment with POV and narrative voice. My usual territory lies firmly in close third person. In fact, each of my seven completed nov...

Kids finally all back at school today. Wrote half a chapter this morning and a blog post. Winning.

3 am?! NOOOO!!!

Thanks, Morgan! I like that, too, and want to read more of it in fiction. It's why I wrote this book in the first place.

Oh boy, good luck!

100 words every day adds up! That's a good goal for when life is hectic like yours has been. I've had to adjust my writing tracker, too. Previously, I only counted days where I wrote >500 words, but with how little I'd been writing lately, I changed it so that it counts 1-499 words as something.

Thank you! It was so fun to write.

THE DEVOURING is a cosmic horror and thriller novel, but it's also a story about a married couple. It asks the reader: how do you define love? And can love manifest in ways other than what we perceive as normal?

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If Lex fails to overthrow her father, his tyrannical reign continues, and she will either die, be imprisoned for life, or have to flee into exile.

If Daemrin fails to defeat his rival Vasko, he will no longer be next in line for leadership and potentially end his engagement to Lex.

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I am having a similar streak of low word count days, but you know what, every little bit counts. You've got this, Walker! And hopefully, if that was the last weekend of emptying your relative's house, you'll have more time to dedicate to writing soon.

That first dragon one is very cool!

45 hours of in-flight time?! Dang, where did you go?

For anyone in the know: a Chosen of Saturn Sidereal who loves all the political string-pulling his job requires and is crazy good at killing people, but prefers to save the assassinations as a last resort. Not for ethical reasons, mind you, but because it’s more fun and challenging that way.

My friends and I are thinking of doing a short Exalted: Essence campaign while we’re on our Vampire: the Masquerade hiatus, so I’ve spent the last 4h45m in character creation. And naturally, I’m making another sociopath. 😂 I promise I try to keep my options open, but I keep coming back to this.