Chloe Cuthbert- Writing in the Wings

I have been quiet as of late, but it was for good reason. I have been working hard on my first novel, and early this morning, I finally clicked the publish button! I had a number of projects in the works, but the one that kept drawing me back in ended up becoming one I never thought I would share with the public. It began life as an untitled document, where I would go to vent. Essentially, a diary of sorts. I would write poetry, short stories, memories and the like, whenever I would have writer's block, and just let my fingers fly across the keyboard. I started realizing that I was spending more time on this than I was on the things I wanted to write. So, I began to go over what I had written, edit, add to, etc. And a story emerged, my story. It was not an easy story to write, but it was even harder to put out into the world. But what I have to remember, with each breath, with each post, each promotion, is that it is a story that should be shared. Not in order to have anyone feel s...

NaNoWriMo begins today, and as much as I have been looking forward to participating for the first time, I have to admit, I am very nervous! It is a bit overwhelming to start thinking that in less than 30 days, I will need to have 50,000 words written. That is pretty funny for anyone who knows me, because I probably "say" 50,000 words in 2 days!! At least my husband will agree with that :) I am working on two different pieces at this point; a novella for a Kindle World, and a completely different novel for NaNoWriMo. The Kindle World novella is set in author Steven Konkoly's Perseid Collapse world and will be of the same genre, essentially, with a little romance thrown in for good measure. In order to understand what is going on in the novella, and to know the characters, you would need to read the Perseid Collapse series. From November 16-20, Mr. Konkoly is offering the prequel, The Jakarta Pandemic, for .99 on Amazon, and is considering putting the rest of the series o...

The writing is coming, in bursts, but at least it is happening. At this point, I think I may have two different stories going on; and I am ok with that. There is some character development going on that feels like it has long-term potential for my novel (novela?), and the paragraphs that are flowing a little more smoothly, possibly another novel, or maybe a short story. I really don't know yet. I will cross that bridge when I feel like I can actually put the scattered notes and pieces into something a little more "whole". I've been reading in between writing as well. I finished a fantastic book last night, "Children of the Salt Road", by Lydia Fazio Theys. I have the paperback version, but it is a signed copy, and I didn't want to bend it, so I ended up getting the Kindle in Motion version; something I have never experienced. I recommend it, at least for this book. The art is quite beautiful, and not at all intrusive while reading. If you go to Amazon ...