Anika just pointed out that that isn’t the truth. It hasn’t been any longer than any other month with the same number of days. So let me rephrase that. It feels like it’s been a long month–no, it feels like it’s been far too short for everything that’s been packed into it, is more like […]
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Author: Melissa R. L. Simonin
Happily Ever Afters
I was driving home from kitty-care, trying to come up with a reasonable reason to add one of the kittens to our household, when the radio caught my attention. Not the radio itself, but the person speaking. I listen to Air1, and sometimes they play bits of sermons to advertise churches, or pastors, or something. […]
Kittens, Kittens, Everywhere
What a day for Em to feel under the weather! It was our day to provide kitty-care for a local shelter. Although the week before, there was one cat and one kitten, this time… the whole place was full to the brim! So many kittens! They all wanted held, and played with, and there was […]
It’s about time!
Finally, my mother is back from Ireland! Not that I’ve had a chance to read the latest chapters in “Disengaged” to her, since she got home not long ago, and she’s still on Irish time. But, maybe, that means she’ll get up super-early tomorrow. I can hope, anyway! I’m desperate to read what I wrote […]
Proofreading, complete.
It’s a good feeling to have the final copy of “Lochlan Museum” submitted. Both kindle, and paperback versions, no less. I could’ve released it in June after all, but… I didn’t want to put that much pressure on myself. Not with the way things have been going lately. But now, it’s completely finished, and I’m […]
On with the New
This might possibly be the cover for “Disengaged.” I hesitate to say for certain, since I frequently change my mind after making such statements. But, for now, this is it. “Disengaged” the novel, is on page 193. I intend to write as much as I can before stalling out. My listening ear is on the […]
Done.
That’s right. “Lochlan Museum,” is done. It was done last month, but I got busy, and didn’t have the chance to post about it. A couple of my proofers are in the process of moving, so I’m short two. My other two, however, are finished. After I finished writing “Lochlan,” I moved on to “Disengaged,” […]
Famous Last Words
…or maybe not last words, although I suppose they could be. “There’s nothing to worry about,” are words that characters would be wise not to use in that order, and I need to stop saying “It’ll be done soon!” when it comes to writing a book. I’m not superstitious, but that seems to be a […]
Almost there…
“Lochlan Museum” is going to be longer than I thought, since it’s on page 346 and has yet to end. It’s close though. On the last chapter… or maybe next to the last. At the moment, I’m reading it through for the first time. I’ve found all sorts of loose ends that need tied up, […]
Two to Go
Two chapters, and Lochlan Museum will be complete. That’s roughly 25 pages, as nearly as I can estimate. I haven’t re-read this book from the beginning multiple times, as I usually do when I’m writing. I’m not working on several books at once, either. That’s probably why it’s been easier to keep track of the […]