Tag: publishing
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Progress Report October 2026
I would like to begin this post by pointing out that I don’t typically jump into things that may affect me in a big way without a lot of research and thought. As an example, when I came up with the name “Lynne Maris” for my romance author pseudonym, I ran it through several searches.…
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April 2026 Progress Report
Back when I was a wee theatre rat, I learned basic carpentry. I also learned that I hated building boxes with a passion. If you are a millimeter off on the lower left front corner, the upper right front corner is at least an inch off. Don’t even get me started on fashioning the lids…
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Heritage Blood Saga — the rough beginnings
How did I get the idea for the Heritage Blood Saga? Honestly? It began as the remnants of a dream right before waking up. In 2003. The dream involves a sorceress on a tower, interrogating a man about why he’s there and what he’s doing with a magus-child not his own. As soon as I…
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March 2026 Progress Report
After way too damned long for writing, rewriting, deleting, going back again, then arguing with a relatively simple process, HERALDS OF CHANGE BOOK 1 OF THE HERITAGE BLOOD SAGA WILL BE OUT ON APRIL 15! Heralds of Change Prophecy doesn’t choose. Betrayed by a powerful magus, young Soren and his Uncle Breyan flee for their…
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Progress! February 2026
Formating is done for the first fantasy book! After four or five catastrophic failures that were mostly user error, it is done! Sort of. I’ve begun proofreading. A new form of irritation. I thought I’d caught all of my fabulously obvious mistakes in this last struggle to format. I was so tragically wrong. As of…
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January 2026 Progress Report
Things are. . . . frustrating, right now. Part of it stems from my own lack of discipline to keep to a writing schedule. Part of that is I HAVE TO constantly use the “writing time” for things that absolutely cannot wait, like doctors appointments for the kids or job interviews or whatever. The majority…
