Something Dark Lurks Herein

You know, I spend way too much time checking my statistics. It doesn't even matter to me anymore how often I sell a book. This is good because not more than a handful of my books pass into people's hands any given month (online anyway. I do well in person). Don't get me wrong, I would love readers, I just don't have the time or energy to beg for them.

Instead, I'm having a lot of fun spending time in the worlds I've created. It makes living so much richer. I'm loving the suspense and tension coming out of my stories. Like tonight for instance I've been writing about Anna. If you've read Darkness Holds the Son you'll know that Anna is hopelessly in love with King Barin, but she's sort of ruined it for herself having been her father's accomplice during his time of insurrection. She tried to redeem herself in the last book, but we're not sure if it was all that successful. Barin still hasn't made up his mind about Anna.

Picking up where we left off, Anna returned to Kolada and found her home burnt to the ground and all her and her family's things distributed among the villagers. They figured the baron owed it to them. One good soul, the blacksmith Benjamin, invited her to stay with him and his two daughters. Rose is hospitable to her, but Siera is full of spite and has much influence in the local pub. Needless to say, the beginning of this chapter has been a joy to write.

I'm going to be writing this on Vella and see what happens. You're welcome to join. I'll send you a link as soon as I get it published.