While the manuscript of the first book in my new high fantasy trilogy is off with my fabulous beta readers, I’ve started a new project featuring a fan favorite from The Witch of Cheyne Heath series. The first of a series of novellas, it’s the origin story of a very, very old witch.
I thought I’d take a break from writing while I waited for notes from my beta-crew, but three days after handing the manuscript over, I got itchy to start something new.
Gosha is taking a well-earned rest enjoying her new status quo in Cheyne Heath for a bit while I venture farther afield to a whole new world for the first novel of an epic fantasy series. I’ve been thinking of writing epic fantasy for a while, but wanted to do something different than orcs and…
I’m entered into SPFBO 7 and was lucky enough to be asked by Justin at the great book blog, FanFiAddict, to do an interview, which you can read here. Waking the Witch made it past the first cut! You can check out all the other fine titles in my bracket here.
A “zero draft” is a very rough first draft filled with typos and plotting errors, and dotted with notes from Past Witold to Future Witold of things to research and fix. I started the draft in January, mid-pandemic, and had a lot of trouble getting into the flow of writing again, not having worked on…