Doing Author August a bit late, but today’s prompt was to show my book’s aesthetic. This is a little snip of stuff that gives the vibe. #nexusofworlds #scifibooks #authoraugust

Photo of Sadira Stone lifting her "XXX off, I'm writing" mug. Text: Author Autust 25 Status Update 4 new chapters!

#AuthorAugust
Yee haw, I'm back in the saddle again. My characters are talking to me, and the story's taking shape! So glad to have author friends who won't write me off as a nutcase over my imaginary friends 😁
How's your writing week been?
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife #RomanceAuthor

For The Guild For The Guild - Kindle edition by Mette, J. A.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading For The Guild.

I think my favorite thing I’ve written is still the only thing I’ve ever managed to get published: a short story that got into an indie anthology about five years ago.

www.amazon.com/Guild-J-Mett...

Yes, this post is also a shameless promo 😂

#Editing
#AuthorAugust
#MyTwentyYearNovel

Still trying to catch up on my #AuthorAugust posts. Life’s been crazy and I’m a couple days behind. A fact about my MC: he’s a thief. Partially by choice but mostly out of a feeling of familial obligation.

#MCMonday
#Editing
#MyTwentyYearNovel

#Author August 25 Social Media or Newsletter? Porque no los dos? Picture of a little girl asking that question, from a TV commercial for hard and soft tacos.

#AuthorAugust
I enjoy social media (a little too much) for its power to build an author community. My bi-monthly newsletter gets more reader feedback than my SM posts. How about you?
#WritingCommunity

My MC’s obstacle, at least at the beginning of the book, is that he doesn’t really know why he’s been strong armed by a very famous wizard into joining him on a quest.

#AuthorAugust
#Editing
#WIP
#MyTwentyYearNovel

For my WIP, I’m currently working on combining my fourth and seventh chapters. They don’t need to be separate.

#AuthorAugust
#WIP
#Editing
#MyTwentyYearNovel

Morning writing or night time writing? I don’t really have a preference, just whenever I have the time.

#AuthorAugust
#Editing
#MyTwentyYearNovel

My book 'Once Upon a Time' is now available for pre-order!

www.jms-books.com/.../once-upo...

Cover art also by me 😉 🖼🍷🤺✏️📕

#authoraugust #author #romance #romancebooks #romanceauthor #writer #writerscommunity #queerromance #queerfiction #lgbtqia #book #bookrelease @jms-books.com

I’m Kellen Sinclair, queer romance author. ‘Once Upon a Time’ my first book and first in the Rookton Romances series, will be released by @jms-books.com on Aug 23

Pictured, my 'weapons of choice': pen, pencil & sketchbook, fencing swords 🖋️📒✏️⚔️🤺

#authoraugust #aboutme #author #writer #lgbtqia #book

A dream writers retreat? If I only have to worry about myself, I’m picking Hawaii or Japan.

#AuthorAugust
#MyTwentyYearNovel

A day late again, but I’ll get caught up today.

“A wet burp climbs out of his throat, and with it comes the taste of everything he stuffed into his stomach the Darkening before. The taste is stale, a rank medley of flavors that coat his tongue…”

#AuthorAugust
#TeaserTuesday
#WIP
#MyTwentyYearNovel

A day late, but for this #MainCharacterMonday, I will say that Vayen has (at least at the start of my novel) an albino complexion, though in my fantasy world, it isn’t called albino.

#AuthorAugust
#MCMonday
#WIP
#MyTwentyYearNovel

I’m a bit behind on #AuthorAugust. The weather here in Wisconsin has been kind of crazy. I also can’t check my commonly used words list at the moment, but off the top of my head, form or figure are used a lot.

#WIP
#Editing
#MyTwentyYearNovel

Currently, I’m in the editing/rewriting phase. I’m through the first seven or so chapters. There were originally 32 chapters. Not sure if I’ll still have that many or more or fewer. I’m thinking more. Time will tell

#AuthorAugust
#WIP
#MyTwentyYearNovel
#Editing

Do I prefer drafting or or editing? I’m not sure. I like both. I think I prefer editing honestly (though some people in my writing group might think I’m lying 😂)

#AuthorAugust
#WIP
#MyTwentyYearNovel

a black and white photo of a dark cloudy sky ALT: a black and white photo of a dark cloudy sky

I’m not sure about aesthetics for my WIP. I found a gif of what the sky in my WIP looks like pretty much constantly. Save for once a month when some rituals are cast and the people have sunlight for a day.

#AuthorAugust
#WIL
#ItsAlwaysCloudyInAleria

I think my biggest word count for one day was over 6,000 words. I was at the tail end of my rough draft and I was in the ZONE.

#AuthorAugust
#WIP
#WordCount

“Vayen swings his legs from the bed to the floor with a leaden slowness. He wipes at the drool that’s leaked out the corner of his mouth and down the side of his neck while he was unconscious.”

This is the opening to chapter 3 of the novel I’m working on.

#WIP
#AuthorAugust

A fun fact about the MC of the book I’ve been working for longer than I’d like to think about: he drinks like a fish at the start of the story and carries around a lot of resentment towards certain people in his life.

#AuthorAugust
#MC
#WIP

I don’t know if I have a favorite trope to write. I tend to lean on “orphan with a great destiny” in my fantasy writing. As far as reading goes, friends or enemies to lovers is one of my favorites.

#AuthorAugust #Tropes

So, trying to post more about my writing. I have a short story that was published in an Indie anthology (currently available on the Kindle marketplace. Check my pinned post) and I’m trying to get a book I’ve been working on for seventeen years in shape to get published.

#AuthorAugust #WIP