Category: Writing

Monday Musings

Monday Musings #5

Every Monday, I post a recap of last week’s events on the blog. Writing. I reached 42k in Ghostslayer, which meant I wrote roughly 7k last week. The second chapter is now with my critique partner, and I’m editing the first chapters as I work on the last ones. I haven’t managed to write anything […]

Majanka 
Monday Musings

Monday Musings #4

Every Monday, I will post a quick recap of last week’s events. Feel free to join and/or link your own recap! Writing. I wrote 3k in The Ghosts of Dr. Weird, a chapter book I’m working on. I aim for 10k for the first draft, and then an extensive round of edits before I let […]

Majanka 
Mirrorland

Publication of my Book Delayed

This is a short post. Apologies beforehand. The publication of my book will be delayed from October 2012 to September 2013. I understand the reasoning behind it, and I hope the delay results in more promotion, more unique promotion ideas, and more sales. But, as my fellow authors probably know, it’s not that easy to […]

Majanka 
Mirrorland

Camp NaNoWriMo Updates

I’ve just reached 40,265 words on my Camp NaNo manuscript, Reflected (Mirrorland #2), which basically means…I’m nearly there. This story turned out nothing at all like I first expected though. For starters, it’s told from three different viewpoints. That means that each of the characters has about 15k-20k screen time by the time the book […]

Majanka 
Monday Musings

Monday Musings #3

Every Monday, I will post a quick recap of last week’s events. Feel free to join and/or link your own recap! Writing. I reached 30k in Reflected (Mirrorland #2). This is the middle part of the story, and as usually, things are getting tough just about now. I always have trouble getting through the middle […]

Majanka 
Writing

All these villains…

This post is inspired by a thread on AbsoluteWrite talking about antagonists. The thread actually got me thinking more about the antagonists in my current WIP and I’m amazed. Why? Because I have so many! Warning: This post will be rather vague, with mentions of MC1, MC2 and A1 (which means Antagonist 1), as opposed […]

Majanka 
Monday Musings

Monday Musings #2

Every Monday, I will post a quick recap of last week’s events. Feel free to join and/or link your own recap! Writing: I reached 25k words in Reflected (Mirrorland #2). Reflected is this year’s CampNaNoWriMo manuscript, so I’m already halfway through Camp NaNoWriMo. Yay! I do think the full manuscript itself will probably reach 60k […]

Majanka 
Monday Musings

Monday Musings #1

Every Monday, I will post a quick recap of the past week’s event. Feel free to join! Writing: I started on Reflected (Mirrorland #2), which is my WIP for this year’s CampNaNoWriMo June. I’m already at 15k words, which is great. I hope to finish it soon. Editing: After the intensive edits for Freactured (Mirrorland […]

Majanka 
Picture Books

Expanding My Horizon

I’ve always been a bit peculiar, to be honest. When I was a young kid, I skipped chapter books to get started on middle grade right away. I quickly brushed past middle grade, skipped young adult and ended up in adult territory. By the time I had reached age twelve, I was reading Magician by […]

Majanka 
Mirrorland

Updates on “Fractured”

It’s official. Or well, it’s not official yet, but chances are high that my debut novel’s title will change from “Mirror, Mirror” (the working title) to “Fractured”. I actually like the new title more, since it reflects more on the story. I’ve been very busy with working on Fractured. Or well, all of us have […]

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book cover mockup for Majanka Verstraete

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