Edie Roones

The last snippet that I'm going to share from the Killer Nashville mystery writers conference last August is this . . . . REV to recharge the creative spark.   R ead other writers.   E xercise body/mind/soul.   V isit people, places, things, and ideas. I'm never looking for a high-speed race although I enjoy watching them. I do seek ways to keep the creative flow going.  I never want to dam it up.  I've been there.  That's not a happy place. public domain image

Remi Black has released To Wield the Wind , a high fantasy with Dark Fae and wyre shifters, beautiful sprites and dangerous gobbers. This is the book that she blogged about all through April. Join the adventure!

What is a Writer's Month like?  Remi Black details her daily deeds in a blog series while she writes her newest To Wield the Wind .  You can read the series in its entirety by starting here . To Wield the Wind  is a fantasy set in her Enclave World series, the first of three novellas about  Oriella and Grim, sorcerers and shifters, Crygy and sprites, gobbers and trolls.

More Advice from the Killer Nashville Conference ~~ Do not write and revise at the same time.  This is MAJOR .  Writing is creative.  It uses the intuitive side of your brain. Revision is critical .  It uses the objective side of your brain. Creative flow is not critical flow. Never should the twain meet. Start saving now to attend the 2019 Killer Nashville conference, where pros meet newbies, trads meet indies, and everyone works to write the best novel possible. Guests of Honor this year include David Morrell, writer of First Blood;  Joyce Carol Oates of We Were the Mulvaneys  and numerous pivotal short stories, and Alexandra Ivy, with her acclaimed writing for multiple series, including Guardians of Eternity, ARES Security, Immortal Rogues, and Sentinels.

More advice from the Killer Nashville mystery writers conference that I attended last August.  The Writer magazine voted this conference as THE BEST! The Advice: Record accomplishments as well as what you still need to work on.  Otherwise, you'll focus on your failures. Well, that's true.  Doing this keeps me focused and moving forward--and when distractions and obstacles and obstructions hit, as they always do, I can see where I've been and know how I need to move forward. Planners are a great way to record your accomplishments.  Whether your goal is your writing dream or exercise or a new diet, find a way to write everything down. Two great planners for writers

On this date last year, after weeks of struggling, I published Winter Sorcery , third book in the Seasons in Sansward Quarternary. The characters of Winter Sorcery  were the first ones that I envisioned when I first conceived the Sansward quartet. Join Rolf and Catal as they escape Gitane Witches and troops from Overlord Summa's Watrani army.  Cheer for Niijai and Legeeta as they aid the two spies in their escape. When the Gitane and the Watrani close a trap Niijai and Legeeta never expected, what will happen to them? Available on Amazon.

Here's a book for you, an unexpected joy of a re-written Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.  Yes, I didn't expect that either. When I look for books, I often skim the review. SPINDLE was both up and down.  With the mixed reviews, I almost didn't give it a chance. However, I loved 12 DAYS OF FAERY and WOLFSKIN, also by W.R. Gingell, so I continued on to this book. I won't give you a summary of the book;  you can head off to the link below for that. I want to persuade you to give this book a chance. The first 10% percent of the book made me unhappy: a cursed princess confused by everything, a hero who is not heroic but definitely full of himself. Then into the story came Onepiece, a boy hiding by shapeshifting into a dog, and I lingered in the story, enjoying his charming interactions with Poly. The pacing is quick, the dialogue amusing, the characters attractive even for their problematic behaviors. Without those three elements--and Onepiece--I would have abandoned th...