Friday, April 7, 2017

Worked on novel revisions. Fixed scenes and did some rewriting. Made a list of extra chapters to add. Checked with Aniko about the Hungarian language since I now have a Hungarian character later in the story!

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Wrote down notes for another book I am working on. It is one of the nonfiction books. Not sure yet if I will turn these notes into new chapters.

Got a response from Aniko on where to find the info and pictures I needed. Unfortunately, it's a dead end -- LITERALLY! Had to do some more research on the Bathory family to find someone who could fit into the story and learned there is a POSSIBLE cousin from her Uncle Stephen that she had. (It is possible he had many illegitimate children.) Works for me! Since this story is based on a theory about the Bathorys and Elizabeth herself, a "possible" cousin works for the purpose of fiction. Now I just have to give him a name!

Did more research on Elizabeth Bathory and finished revising that part of the novel. Now to move on to the other part!

Monday, January 23, 2017

Went over more stuff with Martha for End Game.

Worked on GHOST Group Five – finished writing the chapter but want to add more stuff to it.

Got back in touch with Aniko about information for novel revisions. Her research on Hungarian history has given me more ideas for characters in the story.

Did some research for nonfiction book, FWTW.

Did some research for nonfiction book, TLBTH.

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Worked on revision for the novel. The movie I rented for research purposes, Bathory, was not closed captioned and didn’t have subtitles, even though it said on Netflix that it did. But, nope! Couldn’t use it for research. I wonder if I can find any books about Elizabeth Bathory at the library.

Also learned that I had the wrong Hungarian words to refer to a specific clan of vampire hunters. The words “gonosz szellem gyilkos” should be “démon gyilkos.” Um, GREMLIN hunters? Fail. Fixed it. Maybe my friend Aniko can help me with the Hungarian stuff.

I almost died laughing at the part where one character tells another character that they have “mated.” I suddenly saw Donna Noble telling the Doctor, “You’re not mating with me, sunshine!” https://www.pinterest.com/pin/414683078166511429/

Maybe I should title this novel “Being a Vampire is Hard.”

Finished the read-through. Now to work with my notes and figure out extra things for this book. It WILL be longer and officially novel-length. And I must now also do more research on Elizabeth Bathory!