Writing is finished.Now the wait begins!

I finally finished my first paranormal novel, Wolf’s Soul: A Midnight Howl Novel. Yes, I changed course and took the path of creating shape shifting, sword swinging, Brugger shooting, totally kick-ass characters. And I had fun doing it. No, I am not giving up on writing contemporary romance. Just trying a new genre :-).

Although this book has romance contents in it, the story centers on the war between two wolf clans, which I truly enjoyed writing. Conjuring a world different from the one I live in is so challenging. I use the word conjuring because that’s how it is, at least for me, to write about a place that as far as I know does not exist. Like magic.

 

Now that this book is finished, the wait begins. I recently submitted Wolf’s Soul and am anxiously waiting for the publisher’s reply. So the fate of this story is still uncertain. I will definitely share the result—good or not so good—with you all.

For now, I will continue writing the second book of Knight Brothers Series, Wicked Knight: Bors.

Hope you all had the chance to take a peek at my latest book, My Pleasure. This is a short read. An appetizer that Author Keta Diablo described as a HOT little story!

Visit Keta’s Keep for more.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Tierney

 

Signs From The Man Upstairs Or Maybe I'm Just Mental

I know all my writer friends out there are going to groan when they hear this because I know better. Really I do. I always back up everything. At least I used to. Last week my computer crashed. Don't know why. I have virus protection and plenty of memory. It just decided to die. Along with it, died two manuscripts and many precious family photos. I think I can retrieve the stuff. Of course I'll have to pay out the wahzoo to do so, but some of the experts tell me that 99% of the time, they can recover lost data. Good news. Sort of. I guess.



I'm trying to make the best of it. I'm one of those fools that looks for signs. No, not freeway signs...signs from God. I'm looking for direction and generally when I ask for it, I get it. I was working on one of those manuscripts, planning to go in a whole new direction with my writing. That WIP is bye-bye. It forced me to go back to another werewolf novel I had been working on about six months ago. When I heard the market was saturated with these stories, I had put it aside.




If you read my blog often, you'll remember that I just went to a writer's conference in Dallas and heard from editors and agents that paranormal romances are still very much in demand...so....I'm back to working on this book and will charge full speed ahead.




See, I took that computer crash as a sign. For many things. Back up everything. Even if it's a page. Back up daily. It also taught me this. I better get a regular old camera. I never do anything with the digital photos. They sit on my computer. What a waste.

But most importantly, that computer crash reminded me to follow my heart. Ignore the market news. Let's hope I can remember to write from my gut, follow my passions. I adore paranormals. I was one of those kids that thought Halloween was the VERY BEST TIME OF THE YEAR...and being an October baby only confirmed it. I'm a lover of shadows, autumn winds and smoke fires. And I'm totally in love with with the hero of my latest WIP, Axl, grandson of Lord of the Wolfen. Here's what he looks like.



So speak up, friends. Do you believe in signs?