Update

It's been a busy couple of weeks for me. In addition to the travel hockey season starting (and HS hockey starting this past weekend!) I've managed to finish the first draft of The Boyfriend Dilemma, book 2 in The Boyfriend Novella series. I couldn't have done it without the help of my awesome CP's who were eagerly awaiting chapters each week. Thanks Katie, Meg, and Katie!!

I've also outlined the sequel to Faery Marked, and have begun work on that. I hope to have a draft done by the end of November...maybe sooner if the Muse and life are cooperative.

In the meantime, I binged watched Vampire Knight last week, and it renewed my desire to learn how to draw Manga. So this weekend, I bought a book on drawing Manga and have marked several pages on deviantart.com to use as well. I'll post some pictures of my progress soon.

Now that you know what I've been up to, what have you been up to? I'd love to hear all about it!!

Summer Blues

Hope you all had a great Labor day. We spent the day with family, and had a great time.

Sorry for the silence last week. I didn't get any posts ready ahead of time, and ran out of time to do it the day of, so...I didn't post anything.

Lately I haven't really felt motivated to work on anything. I think my mind just needed a break from all the go-go-go of the last year. Now that the school year is starting up, I'm hoping to find the motivation to gear down and get some things done.

Speaking of getting things done, I'm working on creating a series of posts on cartoon princesses (mostly Disney) and how they've changed through the years. It's something I've been toying with for a few months now, and have finally started to do the research for. I'm hoping it will turn in to something fun for all of us!

If you have an idea of something you'd like to see on the blog, drop me a line and let me know! I'd love to have some ideas to play with.

Have a great week!!!

In the Writing Cave

Sorry for the silence this week, but I've been working hard on a series of short stories for the Princess of Valendria series. There are six tales, told from each of the Main Characters' Points of View. Except, I opted to show a scene from Devlin's POV, rather than Arabella's, so you could get to know him better. Each story takes place before the beginning of the series. The collection, titled Valendrian Nights (a play on Arabian Nights), will be a free release.

Here are there tentative titles and a short blurb about each story (and yes, the blurbs still need work):

Duty, Honor, and Love
Prince Devlin reacts to learning he has an arranged marriage to a princess from an enemy kingdom.

Beginnings
Princess Kaylee travels to Breneira to meet her husband-to-be and discovers she has more in common with her enemy than she expected.

Love Letters
Follow the exchange of letters between Prince Trevor and Princess Elsbeth.

The Woodland Guide
Lady Bri leaves her family in Faldaera to interview for a position in the kingdom of Palindore hoping to find the answers to her past.

Becoming First Knight
Princess Gabrielle is supposed to become the King's First Knight. But will all the other knights approve?

Stolen Moments in Time
Prince Brody and Princess Gabrielle have a chance meeting under the stars.



If you have read the series, these books should flesh out some scenes mentioned in the books and give you more background on the characters. If you are new to the series, I hope these intrigue you enough to read the rest of the books.

As soon as the book is available, I will let you know where you can get it! (Fingers crossed I will get them edited and off to the publisher by the end of next week)

Have a great weekend!!

Same blog, New Format

Since the end of last year and into this year, I've been trying to come up with a better way to theme my post days. Something that will encourage me to want to post more (yeah, I know I've been hit and miss!) and be interesting for you to read.

After months of thinking and looking at other blog themes, I've finally found my themes!!

Mondays will be Mary's Musings. On these days, I'll post whatever I feel like talking about. Hockey. Baseball. Lacrosse. Life. Writing. Share writing tips. Share excerpts from WIPs. Things like that. I may also host another author or do books promos. It all depends on what I feel like talking about!

Thursdays will be #TBR Thursday. In these post I'll recommend specific books/authors. Any book mentioned here will be one that I've read. Any author featured I will have read at least one book by. I'll give you my opinion of the book/author and tell you why I think you should add it to your #TBR pile.

So, I hope you'll come back this Thursday to see what book/author is my featured post for the day!!