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and her latest book “Magick for Pennies”, all from Foresight Publications, click here

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Back to “Living In Interesting Times”

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The input is beginning to flow in from my beta readers. Haven’t heard from all of them yet, but I’ve put “The Swans of War” on standby circle and have started to work on “Living in Interesting Times” again.

Female entrepreneur on the street with storm

And, as always, it’s fascinating.

I know my topic pretty well (that’s why I’m writing about it) but it’s always a revelation to see how other people view what I’ve written. The points I may have missed. The things that are explained well for me ( because I already know about them) but are still for someone coming from a different type of experience. The parts where I’ve been typing so intensely that I’ve missed some of the words in my head.

This is good for the quality of the books I’m putting out, but it’s also good for the bigger picture- as a reminder of how many points of view in the world and how many of us are different kinds of right.

Hope all’s right with you. Back to editing and rewriting.

Catherine

Foresight

9/21/17

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The Swans of War Cover

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Currently “Living in Interesting Times” is taking a vacation with my beta readers; and while it does, I’m back to working on “The Swans of War”, the sequel to my urban fantasy “The Lands That Lie Between”.

Over the weekend, I’d started looking for a good picture for the cover, and the search was taking more than a little time. I found pictures of swans that were

peaceful
beautiful
serene
loving
pretty much everything but war like

Now swans, as you may or may not know, are beautiful birds, but they are also big and aggressive. An angry swan can break a man’s arm with the swing of its wing; and, in my novel, these are Germanic swan shape shifters, who are martial barbarian nomads with heavy accents, anger management issues and impulse control problems.

A pretty swan meant for the front of a wedding invitation wouldn’t do.

So I had searched through page after page of “pretty but not the right” swans on Fotolia, Good Bye Tol Eressea, Hello Eldamar a site where you can purchase the rights to photos and illustrations, and I’d just about given up..

and then I found it.

Tentatively, here’s the picture for the cover of the Swans of War

and I’m doing the happy writer- publisher dance.

Catherine

Foresight

8/10/17

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Evil Never Sleeps

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Last November, the Forces of Darkness were thoroughly thwarted and the power remained in the hands Celtic Knotwork 007 of the Seelie Court,

But Evil never sleeps.

Now, a princess is missing, illness fills the Seelie domain, dark figures behind the scenes seek to unseat the new rulers and take power for themselves, an enchanted race prepares for war,

And the Fate of their world and ours rests once more in the hands of a woman and her wisecracking cat…”

And I’m back to work on the Swans of War…

Catherine

Foresight

8/8/17

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Changing Partners

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well the working draft of Living in Interesting Times has been edited and polished up, broken into chapters and sent on vacation with my wonderful beta readers

And now, while that manuscript is off at camp, it’s time to go back to the partially finished second book of my urban fantasy series that started with the Lands That Lie Between

It’s time for me to spend some quality time with the Swans of War…

Catherine

Foresight

8/3/17

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Third Editing Pass Complete

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No home calls last Thursday, which gave me a lot more time to polish up the current manuscript on Living in Interesting Times and get it ready for my beta readers. I:

added a third visualization for time travel to the appendix,
roughed out and refined glossary definitions,
triple checked for errors, such as missing words and missing punctuation,
did a third read through of the entire thing and polished as I went,
confirmed email addresses for my betas, and sent out chapters to read at their convenience.

This manuscript has now gone on a vacation with my beta readers, and, while I’m waiting to hear back from everyone, I can go back to working on book two in my urban fantasy series.

How’s your writing going?

Catherine

Foresight

7/25/17

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The Impossible Writing Project is Complete…

…and now I’m back to work on my next book for public circulation

There’s an old vaudeville joke about a curse that goes “may you live in interesting times…”

well here we all are, living in those interesting times. That’s rough for just about everyone, and even rougher for folks who are psychically active or energetically sensitive.

And so, I’m writing a book about practical energetic techniques for living in interesting Female entrepreneur on the street with storm times. These are things that can help in times of great social upheaval, such as we have now, but also apply to personal challenges, like health issues, family emergencies, the loss of a job or other such times of chaos.

I’m just about to the point where I can start editing my rough draft, before running it by my beta readers, and doing any re-writes I need to do. Am hoping to have this out later this year.

Hoping your times are only as interesting as you like them to be

Catherine

Foresight

6/29/17

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“Impossible Writing Project” Becomes “Improbable Writing Project”

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And the work of the “impossible writing project” continues. 4 weeks left to make things happen.

Sinus tango and other demands have slowed my progress, but still I’m continuing to pull this together. Just keep writing, just keep writing

Rough draft written for 20 chapters
First rewrite done
edit for smooth transitions between chapters completed
Chapter order rearranged x3 to improve flow and function
Cleaned out excess words
Punctuation scan and corrections
Spacing edit complete
Index topics begun
Chapters shipped to my heroic beta readers with all my admiration and gratitude
First chapters returning- review and save

and, while I’m waiting for the beta step to be completed, I’m turning to another family writing project and also some chores that I’m behind on

Still daunting, but I’m feeling pretty good about this

How’s your writing going?

5/23/17

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Behind the Scenes

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Not everyone knows it, but I have a main line of books that are available for sale to the general public, and I also have a limited edition book. There are only two copies of this book in the world

This very special book was put together specifically for a family member, who had need of specialized information, written in a way that would work especially for her. There are only two copies in the universe- one belongs to her and one belongs to me (because I like to have a finished copy of every book I’ve written…)

Woman sitting in meditating position by the pool Well it recently came up that there’s another area of information that I’m familiar with that is the next step on her spiritual path.

She needs the information. I have the information. And her birthday is less than 7 weeks away

One writer

One topic

7 weeks

Can I do it?

We shall see……

Catherine

Foresight

5/11/17

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Renaissance Faire Book- Your Input Needed

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A few years ago, I did an online search on the topic of renaissance faires. I was surprised to find that a majority of what I could find online fell under three topics

Information about specific faires (such as the Connecticut Renaissance Faire or theMidsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire)
Information on what to wear at a renaissance faire
And articles about “My first visit to a renaissance faire”

Now those are all important topics, but there’s a whole lot more to ren faires than just that.

And so, in the interest of spreading knowledge, I wrote a few articles and then moved on to another project.

I got to thinking about that lately and so I did another search, and you know what I found (other than my own articles, of course) ?

Information about specific faires (such as the Connecticut Renaissance Faire or the Midsummer Fantasy Renaissance Faire)
Information on what to wear at a renaissance faire
And articles about “My first visit to a renaissance faire”

Hmmm. Guess there’s still a need here.

So now I’m thinking of doing a small book about the other aspects of ren culture, like immersive entertainment, how to “speak foresoothly” and what to expect at your first faire. I want to keep this a relatively short book, so I can keep it affordable, but I want to hit the points that people most need to know to have a great faire, no matter where they go.

And I’d like your input. What would you like to see in this kind of book? What information would be the most important to you?

Please comment on this post. Your input will help me to make this the most useful book possible

Thanks

Catherine

Foresight

3/24/15

For more information on Catherine’s books, “Adventures in Palmistry”, “The Practical Empath – Surviving and Thriving as a Psychic Empath”, “Manifesting Something Better” ,“The Psychic Power of Your Dreams”, her urban fantasy “The Lands That Lie Between”, and her new book “Magick for Pennies”, all from Foresight Publications, click here