I've had stories in my head for as long as I can remember. Ava's is in there pretty firmly now, and when someone on RR asked me about a chapter for Aspen, I just knew he needed one that would lead into Ava's story. So, here you are, another Patreon exclusive! Aspen's final chapter will appear in ...
2022-06-23 20:08:34 +0000 UTC View PostIt was late, and the sun was setting over the vast plains and forests spread out to the west. Aspen sat in a chair on the small parapet that would have been a porch when his house had been more conveniently situated on the ground. A quiet scuffing sound w...
2022-06-23 20:06:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Book 2 is now Harrowing. I honestly wasn't too sure what to do with these 'extra' covers, so I decided to focus on some of the main characters. Since Rouge already has Sowing, I gave this one to Aspen. So here he is in his middle-aged, rugged handsomeness, complete with really ugly...
2022-06-20 19:51:53 +0000 UTC View Post
At least for now, this is the cover for book 5: Cultivation. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to improve it? I'm going to start work on a cover for book 2: Harrowing, next. Hint: Aspen figures prominently.
2022-06-18 16:45:34 +0000 UTC View PostI've been reaching out to some people on Fiverr to see about getting help with formatting the books for print and ebook. Now, they, in turn, have been asking me some good questions, which have resulted in some changes.
As it was, I was trying to keep the books as a trilogy. Admirable, becau...
2022-06-17 16:30:41 +0000 UTC View PostAva stared down at the spreadsheet displayed on her screen, tapping her stylus against her teeth with a soft click. “Just two hundred dollars, huh? Just.” She laughed bitterly, tossing the stylus down on her desk and leaning back to stare blankly at the ceiling.
Ever since her ...
2022-06-15 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAva is the protagonist of the next book in the Legendary Farmer universe. She's a tough, independent woman, who faces quite a challenge when she suddenly finds herself as...the last vampire?! Or is she?
I'll only be writing the beginning of Ava's story for now. I want to finish
When one begins to take things for granted, it is best to venture forth upon a new adventure. Upon one’s return, they may find that they see things with new eyes.
-Lady Chatterwick
“Mrrowr!” Maria complained indignantly. A ...
2022-06-06 16:47:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry I didn't get a new chapter of Grimalkin done on Monday. My lovely child brought home a cold on her last day of school, and generously shared it with me. I can't think when my head is stuffed with cotton, and writing requires at least some mental capacity 🤣
Here's a quick i...
2022-06-01 15:06:17 +0000 UTC View PostMy daughter is out of school for the summer, so she's home, and while she's awesome and keeps busy playing Harvest Moon: One World, she's also very cute and distracting! Nonetheless, I'm working away, and I have a Plan! When I'm done editing Tilling, I'm going to pull all of the books, a...
2022-05-27 15:40:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhile a lady never shirks her duty, it is also the duty of her family to remember that the lady has her own opinions.
-Lady Chatterwick
Glancing around, Maria tugged off her shoes and tucked them under her arm. ...
2022-05-23 18:07:41 +0000 UTC View PostI'm officially not a fan of editing. It's hard. Waaay harder than editing papers or short stories in college. So, once a week, I'm going to write a chapter of something. I'm going to start with Grimalkin's Test, which I was calling Cat Scratch Fever. I'm not posting it anywhere else, so ...
2022-05-23 18:07:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are Bree and Aspen side by side. I used Bree's image to crate Aspen's on Artbreeder, so they should look related. Now, why didn't I mark LF as a gender bender? 1) Bree wasn't really Aspen. She was more like a ghost who occasionally possessed him a bit. 2) If I did that, it would spoil the su...
2022-05-19 07:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostNow that LF is complete, I'm going back to the beginning to look at edits, and I can see how much I've grown as a writer. There're a lot of tweaks to make in creating the imagery and character development that I want to build, especially in these early chapters. Actually, there's a lot of work to...
2022-05-07 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe last chapter of Legendary Farmer will be chapter 275. That means you have about two and a half weeks left of LF. Everyone who is a Patron at that time will be sent documents with all three books in whatever form they are in at that time.
I'm going to start edits tomorrow, so there will ...
2022-04-28 19:10:13 +0000 UTC View PostMy daughter's school has Book Fair next week, and I really want to be done with LF before that because I signed up for way too many shifts. Fortunately, I think I'm only about two chapters from the end, and I'm having a blast finishing up. I will say, I was actually worried for Zoey at o...
2022-04-27 22:37:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I have things in game all wrapped up, and now I'm dealing with real life. How did Zoey get herself into this situation?!
(Oh, wait, my bad...)
Anyway, here's Amy as Gina. You'll understand why soon 😉 (She needs freckles, but it's really hard to Photoshop those in, so you'll just ha...
2022-04-26 17:54:05 +0000 UTC View PostI'm writing chapters 266 and (part of) 267 today, which will wind things down in-game. The main story there is over, but there are a lot of much smaller stories to be told. I'm considering writing a kind of anthology of short stories. Some thoughts on title possibilities: 'A Day in the L...
2022-04-20 16:38:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Two hundred sixty-five is done, and it was really hard to write. As I've gone along, things have often happened differently than I thought they would, since my heroes (and villains) sometimes seem to have minds of their own. This part, however, really needed to go according to script, and...
2022-04-18 16:44:38 +0000 UTC View PostHave I talked about this before? I don't even remember 🤦♀️ I'm going to give a quick example today, though. Last Friday, I spent the day staring at this:
Chapter Two hundred sixty- Aspen
I got absolutely nowhere. Couldn't even find the first words. I kno...
2022-04-11 14:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Atae and Gina just showed up, and theoretically I only have three more chapters before the book is supposed to be done (going by the 20% of the book should be the final arc thing). I'm not going to make it, but it's definitely getting there.
Ganbatte, Aspen and Rouge!
2022-04-07 17:22:35 +0000 UTC View PostJust killed off another major character. The end is nigh!
2022-04-06 16:08:18 +0000 UTC View PostWriting the end of a story I've been working on for so long is more difficult than anticipated. I have to reveal all the secrets I've been hoarding, and knowing when and how is hard. I feel like I'm moving too quickly, and then I think I've slowed down too much. I definitely think there'...
2022-04-04 01:38:57 +0000 UTC View PostMy brother keeps telling me that the formula for a good/satisfying/well-paced ending is to have the beginning of the final arc take up the last 20% of the book. Book three is right on track to run about 100 chapters, and no more than 110. I began that final arc with the chapter I wrote last Frida...
2022-03-28 01:02:40 +0000 UTC View PostWaaaay back when I started LF, I began the way I did so I could get to know my characters. That's why there was a big chunk of just Aspen, and then a big chunk of just Rouge. When I do revisions, I'm going to move those chapters around so that they happen more or less at the same time. The questi...
2022-03-27 02:22:00 +0000 UTC View PostI just killed off one of the villains, so look for that in about two weeks!
2022-03-24 16:56:09 +0000 UTC View PostMy family moved from the Midwest to Seattle when I was nine. I wasn't exactly an outgoing kid, and I didn't make friends easily, so this was the time when I really started reading. My dad had a ton of books, and I devoured them all. Westerns, romances, hard Sci-FI, epic fantasy, I read all of it....
2022-03-19 18:26:08 +0000 UTC View PostRefuge is going to have some unwelcome guests soon, and they don't like to speak Common. Incidentally, these are the chapters where I discovered that I don't like having characters talking in a lot of foreign languages that I keep having to look up even though I created the language!
In any...
2022-03-17 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostMy kiddo is on spring break this week, so we're doing a little road trip. No big deal, but I'll be *gasp* away from my desk, so I doubt I'll be able to write much, if at all. I hope I can get some writing in, though, not only because I miss it, but because I always lose track of the character's f...
2022-03-14 01:30:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It's spring break time, so there will only be four chapters this week, and four next week! (I figured that was better than 5 this week and three next? Yes? No?) But here are my 'inspiration' images for Jace and Fluff, so you're not LF-free today!
2022-03-10 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post