Hi my lovely and oh-so-patient readers! I’m dashing by to tell you I’ve been working diligently on edits on books IV and V, the final two books in the series. Progress has been excellent in the last several months, and great over the last year, but I find there is never enough time in a…
Category: Writing Process
42! At last!
The answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything (ala Douglas Adams style) for Miss Livingstone’s story world has arrived! I’ve been rather absent from blogging, trying to work out the time traveling, multi-dimensional knots in the plots for the final two books of the series, to deliver that Ultimate conclusion that…
Is a Happy Ending a Journey to Dullsville?
“A Protagonist and his story can only be as intellectually fascinating and emotionally compelling as the forces of antagonism make them.” ~ Robert McKee from Story While reading a Jane Friedman article by Ken Brosky, The Biggest Mistake Even Expert Writers Make, I understood the relationship between conflict (or antagonism) and character development in a new way….
YES, DONE!! CHAPTER 23 ON JAN 23/2023
I typed this, (SEE BLOG POST TITLE…YAY!!!) tonight in the final book draft of the final Miss Liv Adventures Book V: Life Key. WOW! What a journey. When I started a five-book series, I knew it would be many years and unimaginable hours of writing and rewriting, editing and perfecting. But I didn’t understand what…
It’s About Time
It’s amazing how much time it takes to weave and wend through a story twisted by time travel, and yet how little time the story covers in the life of the traveling character – back in their original timeline. For that character, time is also stretched, and they grow wise (or wily) beyond their years….
We are here… We are here… We are here…
My blog presence has been about as tiny as Whoville for a time. But I’m back and terribly excited to be madly at work finishing the Miss Liv series with high hopes of publishing the two final books in our Miss Livingstone’s saga in 2023! I turned inward and was minding my ‘real world’ relationships…
Summer Writing Desk
Working hard to get Book IV and Book V just right! I can see the light at the end of the time tunnel, and I’m looking forward to releasing the last two books of the series soon. Audiobooks are also planned for 2023. We’ll see! This is my writing desk on hot summer days… a…
You Think You Know a Person…
My petticoat muse has taken quite a turn. No sooner did I finish Miss Livingstone Book III: Dreams Key and set the Release and Launch for December 21st and she kicked back and quit helping me!“It’s the holidays,” she says. “I’m getting a makeover and chillaxing until the virtual parties arrive.”“It’s time for copious reading…
I’m here to Eat Crow
Hello my fabulous readers and fans of Miss Liv Adventures. I’m here to admit defeat on releasing book III by the end of summer. I devoted every spare minute I could see straight, but the edit rolls on. It took me a while to gather courage to face you, and to quit pretending summer could…
A Fourth of July Celebration!
Happy Independence Day to those in the U-S-of-A! And big cheers and fireworks-worthy celebration here at Miss Liv Adventures on the same day too!!! At long last, The Unwitting Journeys of the Witty Miss Livingstone – Book III: Dreams Key rode off with great fanfare to the hands of Beta Readers. It’s complete and ready…
A Little Drama
I took time out from editing to attend ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ at our local theatre Valley Center Stage . I’m always amazed at the imaginative sets and acting talent that come through this theatre. This near life-sized train engine wall mural, with actual lights embedded, greeted patrons as we entered, setting the stage…
A Glowing Opportunity
Mt. Si glowed gorgeously out my window all day today, matching my mood. I’ve been a bit down about the delays on Book III’s final edit. Though I’m determined and marching forward to complete and publish it as soon as it’s brilliant – or at least up to Miss Livingstone’s particular standards. But today I…
Miss LiV Adventures ~A Journey Through Time...and Time Again 