“Locke jumped in his skin a little with surprise when Taluin stepped forward, close to him with her hands raised to take his face between her surprisingly rough hands. These were definitely not the hands of the noblewoman he expected her to be, and he was too surprised to pull away. ‘I though I’d seen those eyes somewhere before,’ she gushed quietly, staring up into his face. ‘And you look so much like your father.'”
Happy Mother’s Day out there to all the mothers, including my own, theoneonlyjeanne. I’m not a mother myself, and I’m never quite sure if I ever will be, but a mother always has a place of inspiration and love in her children’s hearts, and I’m always astounded by the weight of a title like that. I hope the day is a special one and that the mothers of the world feel the love that they deserve.
It’s kind of an emotional time for me, and I’ve never been one to want to dwell on my more powerful emotions in this particular platform, so I’ll just leave it at that. I’ve spent the morning with a lot of tears and writing a lot of letters. It’s Sunday, after all, and there’s a Round of Words in 80 Days check-in to be had, so I will shift gears on over to that for now. Let’s have a look at what I’ve been up to:
Bowlful of Bunnies: Bowlful of Bunnies has now been moved up to the top priority spot, as I’m starting to get some of my edits back from my beta readers, so I want to spend this week brushing it up, and next week getting it formatted so that by the end of next week or so and finishing up with my cover artist, and it should be ready to publish. Whoo ! I want to shoot for May 31st as a release date.
Serpent in a Cage: Things are picking up now that the fight is over and I’ve dedicated myself to making sure a page-a-day (at least) is written before I crash for the night. Part of me is wondering if this new approach is too well put-together, if the coincidences are too convenient, and therefor unlikely or realistic, but I figure I can worry about that later. I personally like how all the pieces fit together and build up to this giant wallop of destiny and fate. So we forge ahead and I think it keeps getting better. Page count: 74/131.
Book No. 0002: In typing up the current prospect for my second book, I’ve realized that I write so much better in long-hand than I do by simply typing something up, and, for this reason, I will probably never be a very fast writer. I’ll have to write it first, then type it, but that’s kind of good because it allows for me to edit and improve as I type up the first draft. I like where this is going, though, so I’m really eager to continue on in pen once I reach the end of what’s already written and go from there.
The 100 Books Project: I cleared out a few books, moving onto some others, though I think there will be a decent hiccup before I get another batch cleared. That’s okay, though, because I’m thoroughly enjoying most of the books I’ve got on my roster right now. That always helps. I’m still behind, but I’m trying to publish a book here. I’m so not stressing out it. Books read: 16/100 (5/38 for this Round).
Featured Story: This week’s Featured Story is another that will appear in Bowlful of Bunnies, written up thanks to a contest run by Morgan Dragonwillow a little while back. In a few weeks here, I’m going to start putting up new material…hopefully! Running out of BoB stories is hopefully going to give me the push to finish more new stories, start sending those out, and/or stockpiling them for the next collection.
Nothing too extravagant; I’m been a little off, but I’m picking up some momentum and keeping it going strong. This week will be all about the fine-tuning. And I also want to take a second to thank Abra Alani for following the blog! She always posts lovely photographs, so I like following her, too!
Happy Mother’s Day, everyone! And, as always, happy writing!
L.S. Engler 
I find that those midnight doubts “Is it too convenient? Too simple? Too whatever?” are very often just demons. Sometimes simple, convenient and whatever works for the story.
def.decide after – could just be doubts brought about by the little demon that lives within us all – I read your story on Morgans site and really enjoyed it:)
keep smiling and all the best for coming week
Congratulations on nearing the publication date for Bowlful of Bunnies! That’s exciting… Have a great writing week!
I’m so happy for your progress. It really awes me. And I also find I write better long hand, especially when I’m stuck. My biggest problem lies in typing it after I’ve hand written it. I just hate typing! Well, typing out stories once they’re hand written. I have a novel that’s ready to be typed and I am dreeeeading it. But, I feel like once I start this summer, it will be a fun time since I haven’t visited in so long.
Congrats on Bowlful, I’m sure it will be a big relief to see it published and off your immediate plate of things to do. I wouldn’t worry too much about speed of writing – what works for you is what counts. Sometimes I think we feel too pressured by all the “advice” and “must do/be this ways” that try to force us to be something else to achieve a goal the way someone else thinks is best. It rarely works that way. Follow your instincts because you’re doing great.
Have a fantastic week 🙂
Great week! I got a bit delayed reading bowlful of bunnies due to being on my Arvon course, but I will be sure to get it read this week! 🙂
Good to see you moving on with projects. Long hand! I don’t think I could do that now. I still write out poems initially that way on the train but I think I’m chained to my keyboard 🙂