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August Update
July was move month, so most of my time was spent packing, moving, and unpacking, plus trying to clean up the old house to get it ready to sell. I did get a little writing done here and there, which surprised me. No progress on REBEL ENGINEER, unfortunately. I wanted to try to edit a chapter a week, but I wasn’t able to. However, I did write more material for THE MERMAID & THE BEAST (working title), which is still in the pre-drafting stage.
July Word Counts:
Blog posts: 250
THE MERMAID & THE BEAST: 2,753
Total Words for July: 3,003
Total Words for 2017: 89,067
Plans for August:
Kiddo goes back to school this month, which means I’ll have my primary writing time back. And nearly everything is moved and unpacked at the new house now, which means I can actually spend that time writing. I need to finish editing REBEL ENGINEER as soon as possible, so that’s going to be my primary focus for the next month. I would like to have it finished by the end of this month, but I suppose we’ll see how that goes. Once I finish editing REBEL ENGINEER and send that off to the publisher, I’m going to turn my attention toward THE MERMAID & THE BEAST and hash out a draft for that as quickly as possible. I desperately need to write something new, and I’m hoping that this project will reinvigorate my love for writing. As much as I love Chroniker City and all the characters that make it what it is, I’ve spent too much time there and the shine has worn off. I’m a little burned out on steampunk. I need a vacation from that part of my brain so that when it’s time to write the final book in the series, I can approach it with renewed vigor and tell it like it needs to be told. (DARK LORD IN TRAINING is still on my mind, but I’ve had a hard time putting myself in the right mind space to write that particular story, which requires a much more lighthearted tone than I can muster right now; AKA, American Politics suck.)
Appearances:
I will be at the Bella Vista Public Library, Wednesday, August 9th, at
I will be at the Rogers Public Library for their Geek the Library event, August 19th, from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm.
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August Update
July was move month, so most of my time was spent packing, moving, and unpacking, plus trying to clean up the old house to get it ready to sell. I did get a little writing done here and there, which surprised me. No progress on REBEL ENGINEER, unfortunately. I wanted...
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Brooke is a stay-at-home mom, amateur seamstress, RPG enthusiast, and art hobbyist, in addition to all that book writing. As the jack-of-all-trades bard of the family, she adventures through life with her fiercely-bearded paladin of a husband, their daughter the sticky-fingered rogue, and their cowardly wizard of a dog, with only a sleep spell in his spellbook.
They currently reside in Northwest Arkansas, but once they earn enough loot and experience, they’ll build a proper castle somewhere and defend against all manner of dragons and goblins, and whatever else dares take them on.