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When writing, it is recommended to have an emotion When writing, it is recommended to have an emotional support cat. 😂
Some recent character inspiration pins for The Dev Some recent character inspiration pins for The Devil of Calhoun. I almost always have Pinterest boards going for my novels. But instead of basing characters on pins it’s more like finding pins to capture the feel of the characters or scenes. Anyone else do this?
Who’s gotten 2 full manuscript requests in the l Who’s gotten 2 full manuscript requests in the last week? THIS GIRL. It’s finally hitting me that #thedevilofcalhoun could be a real, published novel. 😱 When you’ve worked toward something for almost 20 years these last processes can be the most anxiety-inducing but honestly… also the most rewarding. Only time will tell what happens next!
Eilean Donan castle looks a bit like how I imagine Eilean Donan castle looks a bit like how I imagine Calhoun to look in The Devil of Calhoun. Things are happening behind the scenes with this novel. I’ve finished the big picture plot edit, started the nitpicking edits, sent out some queries, got a full manuscript request (!!!!) and am trying to be patient as I wait out the weeks and wonder what’s going to happen next.
When you get to stay somewhere that feels like the When you get to stay somewhere that feels like the novel you’re writing 😍😍😍 @thornewood.castle was a dream
The first novel I ever wrote took me four years to The first novel I ever wrote took me four years to write. I started when I was sixteen and finished when I was twenty, and it was my first foray into storytelling that I LOVED. Back in those days I posted on a website where you could share your writing freely and people could leave reviews, add your story to best of lists, and generally critique or love what you did. My Beloved, for the time and website, went mini-viral. I loved what I was writing and it showed. It ended up being a 200,000 word beast full of historical in accuracies and SO many errors, but I still love it and keep it in a little tim box to this day, and maybe someday I’ll revisit this story and give it the revision it badly needs and deserves. This was the novel that made me think I could one day be good enough to publish my works. Nearly 14 years later, I’m looking fondly back and I’m so thankful for that experience, and all of the people who read that story and encouraged me to pursue my dreams. I hope they’ll find me again, someday, so I can tell them all: thank you.
This Tartan wedding dress from 1785 is to DIE for. This Tartan wedding dress from 1785 is to DIE for. One of the things I love a lot about writing is immersing myself in the research and the rich world of everyday history. I’m not so interested in big world events, I want small things. Every day life. Real people stories. I just finished writing The Devil of Calhoun and one of the things that I’ve noticed throughout my writing is that it’s finally reached a place where I add my own experiences into the story, and you might wonder what I could have possibly experienced that would relate to a midwife in the 18th c Scotland highlands but… well, you’ll have to find out! Many of Caitriona’s outfits were influenced with this dress in mind. It’s later than the story setting, but ohhhh… the tartan. I cannot believe I have finally finished this novel. Now, to edit like a madwoman and find a writing agent. I’m terrified.
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Hiding my bad photoshop skills with EXCITING NEWS. Hiding my bad photoshop skills with EXCITING NEWS. I have just started writing chapter twenty of The Devil of Calhoun do you know what that means??? I’m about ten chapters, she’ll be done. Like. Ten chapters. That’s SO CLOSE. I don’t have a specific chapter or word goal in mind it’s just sort of “write and see where it ends” but for a little while I was afraid I didn’t have enough storyline to fill out the rest of the book. As it turns out, my creativity is not stopping and I’m no longer scared that I’ll run out of ideas. This novel is THRIVING. Anyway here’s a semi terrible photoshop of me as Caitriona in front of a vaguely Scottish castle for fun 😂😂😂 (The image is from Pixabay, free for any use) #thedevilofcalhoun
The Devil of Calhoun cover concept art, badly phot The Devil of Calhoun cover concept art, badly photoshopped by yours truly😉
Is it a waste of time creating aesthetic image quo Is it a waste of time creating aesthetic image quotes of my book instead of finishing my first draft? Probably. Did I just spend 30 minutes doing it anyway? Yes absolutely.😂😂😂 #thedevilofcalhoun
Some historic clothing inspiration for context as Some historic clothing inspiration for context as I write. Researching historic dress is my FAVORITE thing to do, and though I haven’t settled on a solid era for #thedevilofcalhoun quite yet, I’m leaning hard into the mid 18th century because... I mean... look at it 😍😍😍
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