When I’m not busy running around like a chicken with my head cut off, I’m still hard at work on The Lokana Chronicles and, as writing has been on my mind quite a lot lately, today’s photo features a progress update:

Do you leave notes for yourself in the margins of your WIPs? I do it all the time – if I didn’t, I’d forget everything that crossed my mind while writing. *sigh*
In other news, I’m going to be doing my first book signing next week, and I’m kind of excited about it. If you’re heading out to the Tama County Fair on Thursday the 16th, stop on over to Smith’s General Store and say hi! I’ll be there from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., signing books and chatting with anyone who wanders in. I’m planning a giveaway for those who subscribe to my mailing list (see the link in my sidebar – no spam, I promise!), and I know it’s going to be a ton of fun.
A metric ton, even. 🙂
Also, congratulations to Piper McDermott, the lucky winner of e-book copies of Tuesday Daydreams and A Song for All Seasons!
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Darkhaven is set in a capital city, Arkannen, into which people from many different countries have migrated over the years. Most people’s heritage is a mixture of cultures/influences; they tend to think of themselves as Arkannenites before anything else (much as Londoners are Londoners before they are British). So although Mirrorvale and its surrounding countries don’t have exact real-world analogues, I’ve chosen actors who have quite a diverse
A.F.E: I’m a professional editor, a whenever-I-can writer and a mother of two young children. I’m also an occasional robin.
A.F.E.: The short answer: shapeshifters and murder.



