A Bunch of Random Announcements

Well, as you (should have) gathered from the title, I don't have just one thing I'm posting about today. 😊

Instead, I have a—well, a bunch of random announcements. Let's begin, shall we?

My New Work-in-Progress

I'm excited to announce my new WIP! It's called Edge of the Shadows, and, if things go as planned, it might turn out to be a good bit longer than Warrior.

Though I LOVE the dystopian genre (dystopian stories: futuristic stories set in a society that's pretty screwed-up; aka, probably just about every futuristic story you've heard of), I've never written much in it.

The idea for Shadows came to me one night, and I figured it would be just one more of those stories I thought about for a few weeks and then tossed aside. But I made the "mistake" of telling a couple of my friends and writing buddies about it . . . and one of them, especially, was crazy supportive of the idea (and she's still this story's biggest fan and has read half of the story in snippets 😄).

So I decided to start writing it. I ended up with more plot twists than I knew what to do with, a minor character who started taking over the story, main characters who have exact opposite personality types, and the first ten thousand words in about two weeks.

And it became my heart-story.

When I can refer to the story I'm working on as my heart-story (like with Warrior), I want to keep writing and I want to make it amazing.

I know that God gave me this story, and I plan to see it through to the end! Considering how deep these characters run and the way these plot twists keep surprising me, this is going to be a wild ride.

Like a Warrior//This Shattered Warrior Update

As some of you already know, This Shattered Warrior has received a much-needed title change. It's new name is Like a Warrior—the name my writing buddy (the same one who pushed me to keep going with Shadows) suggested. I love the new name! And it fits the story much better!

Also, I'm pushing the schedule for this book back. A lot. Because I can't keep up with life and still have this book out by November. I'm hoping for a release in spring of next year, but no dates for it are set in stone.

But I have no intentions of forgetting Warrior! I'm working on re-reading and revising now. It's going to take a lot more work than I realized at first (it's crazy how much I've learned about—and hopefully gotten better at—writing in the past few months). This isn't just my story; it's God's, too. So I want to make sure I make it the best that I can before I send it into the world.

Also—don't be surprised if a lot of changes are made! Even some of the characters' names (including the ones I've introduced you to) may change.

Brand New WIP Page

Speaking of my WIPs . . . 

To replace that WIP page (that I haven't touched since I started my blog) and that "my novel" page (that's less-than-stellar), I've launched a new page! You can find it here. In a few days, it'll be listed as a tab along with my other pages.

It has links to the pages for my WIPs; these pages include progress updates on each story, so you can see about where I am on each one.

Comments are disabled on it, but they're open on the pages it links to! Let me know what you think!

The King's Daughters' Writing Camp

I don't think I can do justice to The King's Daughters' Writing Camp (known as KDWC when you get tired of typing the long name out 😁) with just a short announcement. But I'll give it a whirl!

This AMAZING online writing "camp" officially opens today! (Yes, that's why I'm posting on a Thursday instead of a Friday. 😀) I could rave for a long time about how awesome it is, but I won't. But you can look here for testimonials from me and other campers!

I do want to say, though—the connections that I made in the last camp (July) were incredible! Not only did I get to know the girl I now call my best friend a whole lot better, but I also met a lot of new, amazing people (including one of my closest friends and my amazing writing buddy).

And—I finished my draft for Like a Warrior and had people across the world celebrating with me (not kidding—Chile and Canada were cheering for me). That was pretty awesome!

So, if you want more info and a place to sign up, check out KDWC's website here. If you have any other questions, just ask me in the comments! If I don't know, I can try to get you the answers!

Warning: Upcoming Book Review

Normally I wouldn't see any reason to warn of something like a book review. Normally, I wouldn't even plan on writing a review for a non-fiction book.

But this book.

It's changed my life, and, thus, will end up changing this blog.

You've been warned. 😊

Okay! Random announcements are over, and we all survived! That wasn't as bad as I thought it might be . . . 

See you again Tuesday!

Do you want to hear more about Edge of the Shadows? Are you looking forward to when Like a Warrior releases? What do you think of my new page?  Have you joined Camp, or do you think you'd like to? Any guesses of what that life-changing book is? And random announcements of your own?