Merry Month of May

Merry Month of May

and why May is busiest month of the year… Good day, good people. I am working very hard on the sequel to Scarf. Almost finished with second draft and then sending it to betas. I have gathered four good folks to do the beta read for me. Then it will go to developmental editor for a few months (summer will be in full swing!) and then to the editor and then hopefully to you, my dear readers. May is the busiest month for me. It’s yard work time, and spring cleaning time, and now with a new pet, it is

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Are my characters “me” in disguise?

On writing characters… You can never tell with authors. They tend to write a part of themselves into their characters. Sometimes they even include a part of people they know. It’s difficult to tell sometimes, though. I honestly can see facets of my personality in each of my characters. Whether it is dialogue like my own speech (Pappy Oh) or an act that I would perform (Hope). It is threaded in there. I see my own naivety in Shannon. I see my love for creatures in Alyssa and I see my strength in Hope. And I also see bits of

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