Dezmond's October Chapter Drop There's advice that authors should share life stuff with their newsletter, to build a relationship. I haven't done that yet, even though there's significant things happening in my life. One happened this month, though, that may have an effect on how much writing I get done in the next few weeks. My dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January. He was on the first treatment of chemo for about six months. When that stopped working, there was a short break,...
14 days ago • 2 min read
Dezmond's October Bookshelf Insert Introduction Here Active Stories The Raven and the Wolf A farmer's son and a duke's heir fell in love as children. Now, king and family demand they marry someone else. Chapters 5 and 6 are ready to read now! Read the first eight chapters on my subscriber website! First two introduction chapters Chapters 1 and 2 Chapters 3 and 4 Chapters 5 and 6 Shape of Us Sometimes known as Kimberly, sometimes known as Nate, they've fallen for three completely different...
28 days ago • 7 min read
Dezmond's September Chapter Drop As a lead-up to my book debut, I'm sending out mid-month newsletters specifically with chapter drops of my novel, The Raven and the Wolf. (Also, sorry for the weird formatting in the last couple newsletters, I didn't realize Kit was sending them full-screen and not column form. They should be looking like this from now on!) The Raven and the Wolf A farmer's son and a duke's heir fell in love as children. Now, king and family demand they marry someone else....
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Dezmond's September Bookshelf This month was a busy month! Sorry not sorry for the massive wall of updates! I've made significant steps towards getting The Raven and the Wolf ready for publication. A huge chunk of writing done on Shape of Us. Two new stories have been started. Three experimental pieces were written and completed, including one rant about the state of the writing community and critics of it. And one rant about the state of polyamory in the romance genre after I got in a fight...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Dezmond's August Bookshelf Welcome to my first official newsletter! There's already more of you here than I expected for my first newsletter, so thank you everyone for poking that subscribe button - and not clicking the unsubscribe link - to see what else I'm writing. This month has been a TON of author prep, so I don't have piles of writing updates to share. But there were a couple progress updates I can talk about. Active Stories Which Stories Have I been Working On? The Raven and the Wolf...
3 months ago • 5 min read