Now there's a question and a half. It's something I'm asked fairly frequently and I still don't think I have particularly helpful answer, even after writing 16 novels and countless short stories. Yes, I said, 16. Four still sit on a flashdrive and remain hidden away from the world. Those four were the beginning; my … Continue reading “How do you start to write a story?”
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It was Crashbyte …
This morning I opened a file called 'Crashbyte' - that's what Vaporbyte was always supposed to be called. Book 12: Crashbyte. Somewhere as I was following the story, (and it happened pretty fast - two chapters in) I realized Crashbyte wasn't going to be book 12. It may not ever be an anything. That's okay, … Continue reading It was Crashbyte …
Carry on (Fun)
Another Tuesday rolled around and disappeared. Keeps happening. Thought I'd share something with you today. (Not the delightful cold/flu business that TBH incubated and decided to share with me, you're welcome.) But this: Mo Mhuirnin - it's a little thing on Amazon. It's also now on Smashwords (which means it's available in ePub), yeah, that's … Continue reading Carry on (Fun)
Last Chance Train
Blog title is a song from "100,000,000 Bon Jovi fans can't be wrong". You know what makes an author happy? Come on, you do. You got this ... say it with me, "REVIEWS." There ya go. I knew you had it. I would be ridiculously delighted if you'd leave a review of the Byte Books … Continue reading Last Chance Train
My life is a book …
Seriously! Saw a text from TBH when I woke this morning about strange noises and something/one outside our house - in the front yard. She also said it sounded like something 'heavier than a bird' landed in the tree. The tree in question is a huge camellia tree, right outside my bedroom window. Yeah, I … Continue reading My life is a book …
Walking in sunshine
Stunning albeit cold day today. The walk to the bookshop was all sunshine and glorious. Don't mind cold starts when the day is lovely! So, what's been happening here? I have the proofs for snakebyte and the new version of Whispers in the Water. Whispers needs some tweaks. Which I knew and had already mostly … Continue reading Walking in sunshine
Give me something for the pain
*Title is a Bon Jovi song Feels like it fits today. Not that it hasn't been a good week or anything, it's more a writing thing. If you don't think writing can be painful then you're living in fairyland. Currently, I'm back at the beginning of #Cryptobyte because I know more now than I did … Continue reading Give me something for the pain
Ten years …
This year marks my tenth year in this industry. Obviously, my journey began long before 2009 because, well, you don't write a book overnight. Nor do you learn your craft, overnight. My journey began in about 1992. It began because I wanted to read something with real women in it. I wrote a lot and … Continue reading Ten years …
Playing with Keynote
This was the result of my messing around with Keynote this morning. Haven't used it before and it was kinda fun exploring. There is no sound. Haven't figured sound out yet or maybe that's not a thing that Keynote does. I don't know. 🙂 Good chance I'll spend more time fiddling around inside Keynote at … Continue reading Playing with Keynote
Volume Three!
This was supposed to happen last February but it didn't (remember how my publishing life turned upside down last year?). I've spent the last few days trying to find original files and whatnot to make this happen now. There was much stress. Much blue air. Twice I had to start again with various files. But, … Continue reading Volume Three!
Cat Connor 