Monthly Archives: July 2013

A New Milestone

Go ahead, pat me on the back— I’ve reached a new milestone. After almost six months of editing, and with the help of an awesome team of beta-readers, I’ve declared my manuscript finished. I’m using the above minion as my own merit badge. Yay, go me! The truth is, I had to give myself a...

“If these stones could talk…”

Prepare to be amazed. No, not at my ordinary looking vacation pictures and certainly not at my lack-luster blog writing. Nothing amazing with these, even though the pictures might help a little. But the place I’m talking about today is worthy of a few ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’— Citânia de Briteiros.  “Citânia” means fortified town and...

Ramblings

Bear with me, I will be rambling a bit today. What are my intentions? The dream alone is not enough. I want to go beyond the dream. For years, I was not at the place to do more than dream about it, but now I can see past it. I see a lot of authors...

On the Subject of Beta-reading

Today I have some pictures of Sanctuary of Sameiro, situated on the southeastern hills that overlook the city. This is how it looks from the balcony in my mother’s condo:   In chapter two of The Secret Life of Daydreams, there’s a scene that takes place there. I don’t want to give too much away,...

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