Deeper Than Bone, Mayke It Happen, Missing Magic

Mayke It Happen – Week 9

Mood: Encouraged I've been making very good progress on Missing Magic over the weekend. I should be able to finish Missing Magic and reach the 60k in word count without a problem, but the word count will be split between the two stories. I need to decide which direction to take DTB. Once I finish… Continue reading Mayke It Happen – Week 9

Setting, Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt – Happily May I Walk

Happily may I walk. May it be beautiful before me. May it be beautiful behind me. May it be beautiful below me. May it be beautiful above me. May it be beautiful all around me. In beauty it is finished. Night Chant (Navaho) Trans. by Washington Matthews Writing Prompt: A lovely photo prompt to let… Continue reading Writing Prompt – Happily May I Walk

Inspiration, Setting

Inspiration – Ruins

I love ruins.  I write fantasy and, for me, ruins are perfect inspirations to step off into developing settings and scenes in my stories. I get to be the archaeologist of  my stories, rebuild their worlds, devise  histories, answer the questions of what might this have been, what happened there, who were the people who… Continue reading Inspiration – Ruins

Heroines, Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt – Pretty in Pink or Warrior Woman?

I was giving serious thought to one of my heroines this week in contrast to some of the heroines I have been reading and watching in movies lately. Unlike those intrepid women, my heroine is not an amazon and the call to her adventure has  been thrust upon her rather than accepted. While she won't… Continue reading Writing Prompt – Pretty in Pink or Warrior Woman?