Centaurs courting in the woods in Minnesota. No telling what you will find on a walk through the woods!
We’re switching out days so my granddaughter can get more preschool stuff (she’s only 2), but at her daycare they’re teaching the alphabet and numbers on Mondays and Tuesdays. Her parents and I are also, but it doesn’t hurt to have all the reinforcement. That means I’ll have a WHOLE 7 days of no toddler babysitting after today. And HOPEFULLY, I can finish this book in those 7 days.
I took the picture of the candy store at the mall. I thought about using one of the Daz3d creations with a child in a vintage outfit, but I hadn’t used this image yet with the girl, the dog and the frog and thought it would be cute.
I’m off to write. I was doing a lot of filling in blanks on the story yesterday, a necessary part of the writing process, but only managed to get 1500 words instead of my 2,000. But, I made minimum word count for the book. Yay! I did have my granddaughter over here also and that took away from writing for part of the day.
Now I just have to finish the story. I started re-reading from the beginning again to see what other blanks I need to fill in, the things I need to change because of other changes, and how I’m going to end the story.
Yesterday, I mentioned how I had a thought in the morning about how I needed to add something earlier in the story. But that wasn’t enough. I ended up adding a prologue too. What good are prologues? Some editors will say: take them out. No one reads them.
But prologues can show a setup of what is to come, subtly, why someone is the way they are–a tragedy. It MUST be important to the story. It MUST show something that is critical to the telling of the story that will be so much better if it is SHOWN, not mentioned throughout the story, trying to make a point. I read a story that had the main character, the protagonist, die. What? So I had to start again with chapter 1, searching for the main character. Someone I could root for. It was near the end of the book that I learned the significance of the prologue. Not good. By then, I didn’t care. I’d read the prologue so long ago, it didn’t matter.
I’ve noticed in movies and TV series the need to insert “flashbacks” or like prologues in the middle of stories. My dad would never be able to follow. He couldn’t watch them any more if he was still alive. To me, it’s so overdone constantly, that it pulls me out of the story. I’m like, NO! Quit making me time-travel in the middle of the story! That’s what a flashback is. Briefly, it can share something that happened in the past, but it can also pull readers out of the current story. Show it at the beginning. Let me see what happened in the beginning, and then let me get on with the story as it is today. Just my two cents.
I do want to see what has made the person the one they are today, but earlier, so that when all this other stuff happens and he or she reacts, I’ll know where they’re coming from. To me, it makes the character so much deeper.
Okay, before I write 4,000 words on my blog, I’m off to another horribly hot day. Best to stay in and write at least 3,000 words to reach my minimum word count required on the story.
I love fantasy, mythologies from around the world and was fascinated with creatures such as the centaur. It’s so fun being able to create art that poses a story because from this scene all kinds of questions are asked. What is he offering. To whom? And how will it be received?
In writing a story, I have to think of what-ifs. What if the gift isn’t received favorably? What if it is? What if the recipient of the gift wants more? Where did the gift come from? Was it earned or stolen or found?
As I write on Red Wolf Christmas, I constantly have to ask myself questions. Have I set up the mystery early enough on? No. Why not? I didn’t know what it was at first. So I need to put a clue in earlier. That was the thought I had first thing when I was waking. So I’m off to add it!
Traveling into dark woods, they can make it safer.
Have a great day! Baby is here and I’m listening to Moana in the background and going to attempt to proofread more of Legend of the White Wolf. I have 200 pages left, done with 137.
My granddaughter saw the green witch and immediately said, “Bad lady.” She is nearly 2 1/2, but not all witchy, evil people are green and scary to look at.
So I looked at the date last night and OMG, it’s time to proof Legend of the White Wolf 10th Anniversary Edition. I had started a while back, but I stopped because I was on a roll with the current new book, Red Wolf Christmas.
Every time I stop, I get behind on the current book, can’t remember where I left off. You know. It’s like time traveling into the past ten years ago. Then I’m all wrapped up in the other wolf pack…anyway, you know what I mean.
Okay, this is due Friday, and I have my granddaughter back on Wednesday, so it’s nearly impossible to get any writing work done when she’s here. And that means I HAVE to get this done! I worked on it last night–skimmed through the whole thing, okaying what I could, have about 5 things I need to really look at, and even managed 1500 words on the new mss. BUT, this book is 132,000 words long (with the new added novella–338 pages), so it’s LONG.
So the next step is to actually re-read the whole thing. Starting as soon as I quit yakking here.
I’m nearly up to the minimum word count on Red Wolf Christmas, only 8500 words to go. I hate having to stop!
Have a great day, I’ve got to get busy! Hope you don’t run into any bad people today, green or otherwise.
Oh, and this one is a witch too, but she is all kinds of good–unless you’re the bad guy.
She’s sick. First thing my granddaughter wants is lots of cuddling, hugs, and…kisses. She doesn’t understand that Grandma doesn’t want to get sick! Both her mother and father are now too.
Candy Stripe Zinnia
So now how can Grandma really avoid the germy family??? Not seeing them? lol So Grandma hugs and cuddles and kisses.
Running into one of these big cats? Saber Tooth Tigers…don’t run, maybe climb a tree???? Jaguars and cougars climb trees. Not sure about these big guys.
I’m 6,000 words ahead so I can start working on the Legend edits and not be behind on word count for the current story. Only 16K to go to make word count on Red Wolf Christmas!
The Highland Werewolf Box Set
by Terry Spear $4.99 $24.99
“With
just enough wolf detail and werewolf lore, this action-packed story
crackles with mystery, adventure, violence, and passion.” —Library Journal
The Highland Werewolf Box Set contains the first four books in Terry Spear’s Highland Werewolf series: Heart of the Highland Wolf, A Howl for a Highlander, A Highland Werewolf Wedding, and A Hero of a Highland Wolf.BUY ON AMAZON | B&N | KOBO | APPLE
On sale from August 22, 2019 to August-28, 2019
Terry Spear’s Wolf Bundle: The Heart of the Wolf, Destiny of the Wolf, and To Tempt the Wolf Kindle Edition
Also is now just $4.99!
Launched with no less than a
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year award, Terry Spear’s wolf series
has given thrills and chills to readers worldwide.
Now find out
where it all started with the first three books in Terry Spear’s series
for one low price. This bundle includes the award-winning first book in
the series, The Heart of the Wolf, plus Destiny of the Wolf and To Tempt the Wolf, each delivering a story that sizzles and satisfies.
“A solidly crafted werewolf story, this tale centers on pack problems in a refreshingly straightforward way.” —Romantic Times, 4-star review
About the Books in This Bundle:
The Heart of the Wolf A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year: “The vulpine couple’s chemistry crackles off the page.”
Bella is a red werewolf, sole survivor of the fire that killed her entire pack. Forced to flee her adopted gray pack when the alpha male becomes a vicious threat, she struggles to live as a lone wolf, until Devlyn, the gray male who rescued her as a pup, comes to bring her home.
When a local red werewolf goes on a killing spree, Bella and Devlyn must flee the murderer, the police and their vengeful pack leader. With the full moon rising, and her heat upon her, Bella can’t resist the pull to her destined mate, even if means Devlyn will have to face the wicked alpha male in a fight to the death…
A sizzling paranormal romance based on extensive research on how wolves live and behave in the wild, The Heart of the Wolf creates a fascinating world of nature and fantasy. Destiny of the Wolf Lelandi Wildhaven is determined to discover the truth about her beloved sister’s mysterious death. But everyone thinks she’s out to make a bid for her sister’s widowed mate…
Darien Silver blames himself for his mate’s death. When her twin arrives in his town, he finds himself bewitched, and when someone attempts to silence her, he realizes that protecting the beautiful stranger might be the only way to protect his pack-and himself…
By Terry Spear, author of Heart of the Wolf, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Destiny of the Wolf delivers action, adventure, suspense, and romance.
To Tempt the Wolf Wildlife photographer Tessa Anderson must prove her brother innocent of murder charges. But when she discovers a gorgeous naked man barely alive on her beach, she’s got a new world of troubles to deal with, not least of which is how he affects her with just a look, a touch, or a whispered word.
Hunter Greymore is a lupus garou, a grey werewolf. Hoping to keep a low profile at Tessa’s cabin on the coast, he’s drawn into her life-and into her bed. His animal instincts war with his human half, but in the end, the only thing he can do about this fascinating, adorable woman is to leave her forever -unless she becomes one of them.
From Terry Spear, author of a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year award winner and a Night Owl Romance Reader Choice award winner, don’t miss the suspense of her thrilling paranormal romance series.
Okay, I’m off to write!!!! I was out weeding this morning, hot, muggy, awful, but at least I got most of it done. It helped to have done the days of weeding earlier because this was easier to pull up this time.
![Terry Spear's Wolf Bundle: The Heart of the Wolf, Destiny of the Wolf, and To Tempt the Wolf by [Spear, Terry]](https://i0.wp.com/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51bxeUsFXdL.jpg?w=714&ssl=1)
