Author: leilani

G’s sister and niece are absolutely charming, and funny. And unfortunately the trip nearly did them in. It was more than 24 hours for them between flight time and layovers, from the time they left their home until they got here.  Add to that time to rent a vehicle and get checked into the hotel…

I dreaded the prospect of another book, though my story left off with the obvious potential. I have other projects at the forefront, notably getting THIS one out to the masses. My goal is to get it to enough masses to pay off a couple of bills and get a new laptop and get a…

Formatting an eBook is a stupendous pain in the ass.  (At least if you want a shot at decent distribution, it is.) I downloaded a formatting guide that said it shouldn’t take more than half an hour.  HA!  On whose planet?? I think I may go with the Smashmouth option for publication, because in addition…

Despite having my grandson here for part of the weekend, I have FINISHED my book. It is finally done. Finé. Terminé, already. I’d dance in my chair if I didn’t think I’d either sprain something or break something, either my body or the chair. For the most part I’m pleased with the story. It’s not…

After the longest dry spell I’ve ever had, I have been writing.  A LOT. Over the past week and a half or so I’ve hammered out better than half the rewrites for my book, including the parts I’ve put off for eons because they had to be completely reconstructed. I dumped a slew of characters…