Breaking the Fourth Wall: An Interview Hosted by K.S. Trenten and Quartz

*Knock knock knock* Does this thing still work at all? *Blows dust off keyboard and pages, tentatively pokes around all of Darkling Dreams' nooks and crannies until it thrums to life* Aha! There we go! What do you know? It still works! *Sneezes, fans away lingering dust* It's sure been awhile though, hasn't it? *Looks …

Reflecting On A Chaotic Win

Camp NaNoWriMo has come to a close for the year 2017, sadly. They always go by so quickly, each time making me realize I am way too close to the cold months, holiday madness, and the big November NaNoWriMo. (Which, as of right now, I have absolutely no idea what I'm working on during that …

Now What?

On Sunday I finished the first draft of Fated to Darkness and since then...I have felt like a lost puppy. I've sat on my desk chair spinning in a circle because I haven't known what to work on. I'm so used to working on FtD for so long now that it feels weird to not …

Declaring A Win And A Completion

Camp NaNoWriMo April 2017 WINNER!!! That's right. I managed to pull off the win on the very last day of Camp. As predicted, after the long work week I had, I totally blew getting anything done on Saturday. So come Sunday I was up and writing from the moment I woke up to get that …

Final Days and Final Chapters

This is it. In more ways than one. The final days of Camp NaNo are here. Only three days left to write to get the win. Now is the time to push hard and commit yourself to losing sleep if you still have a long way to go. (I'm not the only one who does …

Five More Days

Five more days. There's just five more days left to the first Camp NaNoWriMo of 2017. Remember on Friday I had said I had a huge writing sprint of 8.2k words and had caught up to par and even surpassed it again, even finishing the chapter I was on? Remember that I was excited and …

Gaining Momentum

We are officially in the home stretch of April's Camp NaNo madness. Only nine days left. Yesterday the site officially announced that validating had begun, and to those who don't follow NaNoWriMo that means that there's no more changing your goal. It is set in stone now so if you're slacking, you better light a fire under your butt and …

Camp Creatures And Eureka! Moments

Happy Camp NaNoWriMo! The first plunge into madness for 2017 has finally begun! Hooray! I'll be honest, I'm quite a fan of the banners and icons they have for Camp this year. They even named some creatures to pertain to writing and novels. Like the infamous, abundant Plot Bunny pictured above on the banner. I'm not …

Plot Bunnies! Plot Bunnies Everywhere!

Every author out there knows showers and baths can be our greatest source of inspiration for new ideas or plot fixes. However, they don't always comply with the stories we want the idea or fix for. Why you ask? Simple. Because that would be too easy. The other day as I was trying to figure …

Ready Or Not, Here Comes Camp NaNo

Does anyone remember me mentioning several times throughout the last three months that my plan was to finish Fated to Darkness before the start of Camp NaNo so I could use Camp to write Clockwork Heart? Well, regarding those plans, Camp NaNo is only three days away from starting now and... Holy shit there's only three …