What’s New Wednesday #9: Making My Manuscript Bleed

It’s time for another What’s New Wednesday post!

I’m sure some of you’ve realized I’ve been M.I.A. for a couple of weeks or so … Well, just on my blog. Sometimes I tweeted a bit when I took a break. That being said, I had a very good reason why I went radio silent, which I’ll reveal later on in the post. *super grin*

In the meantime, let’s get on with my current obsessions on this What’s New Wednesday.

TV Shows/ Films

Okay, I didn’t have a lot of time to watch much of anything, but I did take a break over the weekend to binge Netflix’s latest release—The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. It was an impeccable masterpiece of cinematography and storytelling. I can’t recommend this show enough. Seriously, if you haven’t watched it already, you need to. It’s an epic fantasy, which is easily in the same leagues as The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones.

I also checked out a true crime documentary, Serial Killer: Devil Unchained, which revolves around Todd Kohlhepp and his crimes. I actually enjoyed this one a lot, mostly because Todd Kohlhepp isn’t what I’d call a typical open and shut case. His psychology is definitely unique as far as serial killers go …

Lastly, Husband bought us tickets to go see IT: Chapter 2 at the Cine Prestige! We’re both big fans of King’s work, so this weekend, we can lounge in style, call a waiter to bring more popcorn or slush puppies, and enjoy the film. It also means that we’re re-watching It: Chapter 1 on Friday. So, yay!

Music

I’ve been listening to a lot of music lately, but also some podcasts while I get on with my work. It’s quite an eclectic mix, but it keeps me moving when the coffee isn’t enough.

Writing News

This is probably what you’ve been waiting for, right? Well, I have a bit of news that may be of interest …

Number Seventeen

Firstly, my flash fiction piece, Number Seventeen, which I talked about in What’s New Wednesday #8: Glow, Censorship, and Writing! will be in Crystal Lake Publishing’s Shallow Waters: Volume 3 anthology. Whoohoo! There isn’t a cover yet, and the TOC is still in progress, but I’ll share it with everyone once the news is released.

I’m so excited!

Interviews / Guest Posts / Podcasts

I’ve been doing quite a lot of interviews as of late in preparation of the release of The Night Weaver (The Night Weaver #1). I still need to tackle a few guest posts, which will hopefully be awesome, and then I’ve booked a podcast, too. So, I’ve been hella busy even if it doesn’t look that way.

That being said, if you want to partake in the blog tour, I saw Good Choice Reading is searching for some sign-ups. I think most of the information is available right here. So, what are you waiting for? Go on, you know you want to be part of this tour … Go on, click the link …

The Bone Carver (The Night Weaver #2)

I finished up The Bone Carver (The Night Weaver #2) on September 1st, 2019! I know, I know, this book was supposed to be done ages ago, but everything that could’ve gone wrong went wrong while I was writing it. This is the 5th draft of the book (and I revise as I write, so usually I just have 2 drafts before I enter the self-editing stage). Nevertheless, it’s done. Finally!

Ooh, and the cover art’s already done for this baby (or nearly done). I’ve seen it. I love it! Readers are going to fall in love at first sight, I so know it.

If that’s not enough to get you to pre-order The Night Weaver (Harrowsgate #1) then maybe it’ll help knowing I already have the entire series plotted out, and Book #3’s tentative blurb is already written. Oh, yeah, I’m a machine!

So, guess what I’m doing for the next couple of weeks? That’s right, I’m going to make this manuscript bleed. *evil laughter*

And then it’s onto writing Book #3.

And That’s It …

I’ve done some other stuff I can’t talk about yet—mostly editing and compiling stuff. When I can share the news, I will, don’t worry. Alas, we’ve come to an end of this What’s New Wednesday post. It’s not as jam-packed as usual, I know, but it’s an important one for me. 🙂

I hope you all have an excellent week! See you soon.