Okay so it looks like I fell off the planet. Promise - I'm still here. The last four years have been ... hard. There's no other word for it. Everything is fine. I'm fine, but I've been the caregiver of my mom who has Dementia. Between her needs, work, etc I seem to have lost control of my time. I am still writing and am trying hard to get back to my blog.

In case you weren't aware Phaze and HSWF which where under the Mundania Umbrella have closed. I was smart enough to get my titles back before all this happened. I'm happy to say the three books I sold to HSWF have been picked up by Melange Books and are available through their Satin Books imprint. I have even sold a new title to them called Magical Quest due out in 2022

I have also been lucky enough to find a publisher for my Vespian Way series. I'm now with Blushing Books under the name of Bethany Drake. I have five titles out with them right now and am close to submitting two more. There's Desire's Destiny, Desire's Duty and Desire's Promise. Then there is two in my werewolf series, Tears of the Queen and Legend of the Tears. I have just finished the rough draft of the third book in the series and have plans for a fourth one the moment I submit it.

I'll probably still be sporadic here on the blog. Unless I win the lottery and can hire someone to help me I can't avoid it, but know I'm still here still working hard in the background and am hoping to do better at keeping my blog alive.

Barb:)



Monday, October 21, 2013

Random Thoughts: When my writing is bleah

Have you ever had those days when you hate every word you put on paper? I have. In fact this is the third post I have started because the other two are just awful. I hope to fix them, but just not in the mood right now.

What do you do when you don't like your own writing? Well, you could cry and curl into a little ball, but that won't get the story written. You could get mad and throw the proverbial pen at the wall. Or could could take a deep breath and power through.

Sometimes what you think is the worst piece of drivel to glow on a computer screen isn't so bad when you go back and look at. With a little rewriting you can salvage it. Maybe make it shine.

Don't give up on your writing. Ever. Keep going, keep pushing. In the long run it will make you a stronger writer.

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  1. If I'm working on a scene that I think is blech, then I try completely rewriting it -- not tweaking it! I mean completely re-writing it. Sometimes I'll do this two, three or more times. Sometimes I go back to the original and realize I nailed it the first time (this happens a lot), but at least now I KNOW, so I can proceed without those nagging doubts dogging me.

    Sometimes the fresh rewrites give me all sorts of new ideas, and take me in fun new directions. So this is also good (for obvious reasons).

    The bottom line is, with fresh rewrites, I get perspective (on my story, my writing and my headspace). It's a win-win.

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    1. You're right, Cary - it works both ways - sometimes I have to rewrite - but the main theme is still there - I still kinda consider that tweaking because I've gotten the bones down - when I rewrite the whole thing changes - and I've had to do that when I go back and edit because of changes I've made at the end of a story.

      Good comment!

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