Today I successfully completed draft one of my Peace Corps autobiography, tentatively titled "Island of Devils." I am really happy that I reached this milestone and am taking a break before typing up it and my other handwritten manuscripts.
In other news, my short story, "Daughter of the Seven Seas", is due to be published by Mindflights magazine next month. I'm not giving away any plot details, but it takes place in the same world as "Heart of Flesh" and features Cassandra again. You can read "Heart of Flesh" by clicking on it under my links.
I've also been developing one of Cassandra's classmates, who plays a major role in the two sequels to "Fionnuala." I wrote one excerpt about her in which she came across much older than I intended. She was supposed to be twelve but came across as a jaded seventeen-year-old. I went ahead and edited it and made her fourteen, but changed her voice so that she sounded younger. Not only did she really come to life, but so did her older sister, who I plan to include in the series as well.
I'm going to update this blog weekly from now on. I fell a bit behind because I started a new job and had to take care of a lot of other things in my life, but now those are settled and I'm ready to "rock out with my blog out!" Wooooo!
Stay posted.
