May your day be joyful no matter how you spend it. Remember to be grateful to all the carpenters (not just the most celebrated one), without them you wouldn't have a roof over your head. Drawn from Cards is a Christmas story - get in there!
Fates Entwined: Spellbound Bookshop
Christmas Eve 2024
Kia ora,Welcome to Christmas Eve in New Zealand. It started with a text to a friend who has a Christmas Eve birthday. I was first to say Happy Birthday so that's a win. (Also a perk of living in the future.)The rest of the day involved dessert making, washing, and trying out two new styling … Continue reading Christmas Eve 2024
Drawn from Cards – Launch Day
Kia ora, Today is launch day for the final instalment of Fates Entwined: The Spellbound Bookshop Trilogy.This year we launched two of the stories. (Last year, one.)Now you can read all three. Violet's story is 'Written in Leaves'Poppy's story is 'Scattered on Cloth'Lily's story is 'Drawn from Cards'.Fates Entwined: The Spellbound Bookshop Trilogy by Cat … Continue reading Drawn from Cards – Launch Day
[Nothing happens here]
I'd been meaning to pop into that manuscript and fiddle with a few things so this morning I finally did! You know how there are always those annoying little things that everyone misses until the book is published? Yeah them. (The my that should've been me and other annoyances, like American spelling!)New versions are now … Continue reading [Nothing happens here]
So that’s what I did …
I told myself I wanted to finish the third novella of the Fates Entwined series by Dec 20th. So I finished it yesterday because why not finish it before my birthday today? I went from roughly 2k of words about this time last week to 39K yesterday. That's not a small thing. It's a tiring … Continue reading So that’s what I did …
Too much writing
Is there such a thing? I think there might be. Feels like I've written an awful lot this week because I have. I'm tired. Rather, Brian brain is tired. I'm just kinda annoyed really. Can't really pin it on anything in particular - it's a culmination of lots of things. So many fucking things. Best … Continue reading Too much writing
December 2024
December started pretty quickly, don't you think? October was the slowest month on record and November flew by! I decided I want to finish the third novella in the Fates Entwined: Spellbound Bookshop Trilogy - this month. I had written one chapter prior to that decision.Why wouldn't I add more stress to December?2K a day … Continue reading December 2024
Ignore my browsing history.
I must admit my browsing history isn't what it used to be, for several reasons. The first is I use a VPN and The Onion if I need to access information that is a little bit dodge, and I've been doing that for a long time. The other reason - I have more people I … Continue reading Ignore my browsing history.
And we wait …
We've reached the part of the year where there is a lot of 'hurry up and wait' happening. Everything feels like it slows down as Christmas approaches. It doesn't and couriers are flat out despite that it seems to take forever to get parcels! So we wait. I'm waiting for two packages (Christmas decorations and … Continue reading And we wait …
You taught me why.
My first main character was pretty awesome. Not in the very beginning of her life, but as I grew into her and she grew into me. As she taught me to let go and trust that I knew how to do this, she became more like a person and less like a collection of words … Continue reading You taught me why.
Cat Connor 