Just for Fun Friday

Yay! Just for Fun Fridays are back! I've been far too lax about them since the holidays ended. But every writer -- every person, for that matter, needs a little fun in their life. Or a whole lotta fun. Maybe you've heard this track before. File it under 'makes me deliriously happy just to hear it'. Oh, and have a great weekend!

Inspirational Track for RoboNomics Book II, Chapter 29

Chapter 28 of RoboNomics Book II comes out tomorrow on +Wattpad and I'm excited!

You'll have some answers to whatever the heck happened to Andrea at the end of Chapter 27, but I also leave it on another delicious cliff hanger relating to the quotation in the preview pic. Can you even stand it?

As for the inspirational track for this chapter, it's another one that I've been dying to share with you for oh so long. Okay, so this song has not actually been out in the world on your radios and in your Spotifies for very long, relative to some of the other tracks I find inspirational (a number of which were created centuries ago), but it feels like since the first moment I heard it, the track just fit with what I'm trying to go for in writing RoboNomics.

Don't know what I mean? Oh, you will. Tomorrow, my friend. It all becomes clear tomorrow.

Inspirational Track for RoboNomics Book II, Chapter 27

Robot image and texture in the Public Domain

So, tomorrow is the day that I drop Chapter 27 of RoboNomics Book II on +Wattpad and the excitement begins!

In this chapter, we'll find Andrea out and about, exploring a corner of New Rome with Rupert and the bodyguard android that she now insists that she needs. Not a bad idea in theory. However, in practice...

The song that inspired me is a track that has been at the foundation of my inspiration to write RoboNomics since the very beginning. And maybe that explains why my main character, Andrea Anderson, has been described by more than one reader as 'Naive'. Maybe it has something to do with having this song in my head since the story's inception.

And of course, for some reason, in my mind futuristic = remix. So it gets the remix treatment!

Inspirational Track, RoboNomics Book II Chapter 26

Original image by DARPA. In the
Public Domain

OMG I've been waiting so long to tell you about this inspirational track. This song has been inspiring the story of RoboNomics since pretty much its inception. It's just...it so good.

In this Chapter, Andrea tried to catch up with the events of Chapter 24 and 25. Big reveal in that last chapter, right? Well, in this chapter she'll try to unravel the mystery of why a certain person has suddenly appeared back in her life.

Hopefully you'll think that Chapter 26 is as good as this song. Until tomorrow, friends! Tomorrow on +Wattpad

Inspirational Track, The Mage's Apprentice Chapter 28

It occurs to me that maybe I should name my chapters. But titles for me are such a drag. It is always the last thing I think of, and I go through so many working titles along the way. Also, when I publish my stories on +Wattpad I cut them into such small chunks, there are many many many of them. Oh well. Numbered chapters it is, then.

In the meantime, I've been editing Chapter 28 of the Mage's Apprentice, and during that process I've been inspired by a specific track. One that hints at the childish optimism of the chapter as oppose to the creepy, ominous music of chapters past.

Be sure to check out the chapter on Wattpad tomorrow!

Inspirational Track, RoboNomics Book II Chapter 25

It's that time of the week again, friends. RoboNomics Book II Chapter 25 comes out tomorrow on +Wattpad and it's an exciting one! Yay!

And it's the part of the story that I've been personally waiting for! Won't be long now until the whole thing wraps up! But for now, get ready for a surprise.

A surprise that may or may not be spoiled by the inspirational track and the corresponding promo pic. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah. Can you guess what it is?


As usual, can't wait for you to read it! :)

Inspirational Track for RoboNomics Book II, Chapter 24

Tomorrow I'm going to post Chapter 24 of RoboNomics Book II, and things are starting to get exciting again!

However, so that I don't give anything away, I've decided to highlight a quote about something rather different than an exciting plot point: just a little detail of setting/character (i.e. clothing) that, depending on your personality, you might find delicious.

As for the track that inspired Chapter 24, this one made me feel as if I were at an art opening as I worked on the chapter. I also thought it was just creepy enough to hint at the event that are to come in chapters 25 and 26 (next week)!!!

Inspirational Track for the Mage's Apprentice, Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of the Mage's Apprentice comes out tomorrow! Yay!

In the meantime, you may have noticed that I've changed the cover of the Mage's Apprentice (again). And yet again, I'm still not 100% happy with it. However, this particular cover represents me screwing around with Wattpad's iOS 'Covers' App. It's a really great app if you want a quick cover, are new to Wattpad, and would rather spend time writing than learning the basics of Photoshop. But the cover is basic.

I still don't think that I've captured the essence of the Tales of Omorbia series, but the cover I want is going to take either time to design, or a professional. Got to get on that Patreon campaign so that I can hire a professional from 99designs!

In the meantime, the inspirational track.

Chapter 26 is another Yafoya chapter, as you may have noticed from the promo pic on the left. And as you may have gathered, this is the chapter that she crosses from the Plains where the unicorns live to the Jungle, where there are humans. I was inspired, in writing this chapter, by a track that I think portrays the ample dark, tangle web of plants that is the Jungle. Hello, Sabres of Paradise!


This one's got another cliff hanger on the end! Can't wait for you to read it tomorrow! :)

Inspirational Track for RoboNomics Book II, Chapter 23

Photo by the European Space Agency. Text added. CC Attribution 3.0,

So tomorrow I'll release Chapter 23 of RoboNomics Book II. I first intended it to be a long chapter, since I'm excited about the events that are coming up in the story. However, a 2,000 word chapter is a bit of a stretch in terms of what I'm going for, so I've split it in two. The end of the week is going to end on a cliff hanger, but for tomorrow you're going to read about the fall out from Andrea's disaster of a budget meeting.

And so appropriately I've been inspired by a song called "This Too Shall Pass" by OK GO. You know, the treadmill dudes. But there's a catch: it's a chiptune-like mix that is appropriate for New Rome, where robot-made art and music is commonplace. Hope you enjoy the tune and hope you enjoy the chapter when it comes out on +Wattpad tomorrow!

Inspirational Track for The Mage's Apprentice, Chapter 25

Tomorrow, Chapter 25 of the Mage's Apprentice comes out. It's a short chapter, in which Yafoya has to deal with the fall of being chased by the red lions.

A little disappointed, a little bit frustrated, Yafoya will make a decision that will change the course of her life for good.

For this chapter, I was inspired by a track that I've been listening to for Omorbia-related inspiration for something like 15 years. 'Sweet Lullaby' by Deep Forest. And since the deep forest's call is evident in this chapter, it was inspiring once again for me.

However, I have been sad to learn, since first discovering Deep Forest, that their art is not exactly over board. Apparently a lot of the vocal tracks that they sampled were not exactly paid for: the vocalists having never received proper compensation for their work. Yeesh! What does one do, when favourite songs are found to be unethical? An issue to think about, and perhaps write about, on a different blog at a different time.



In the meantime, I'm excited to share Chapter 25 with you tomorrow, and I hope you enjoy it! Check out Wattpad tomorrow to read on!

Just for Fun Friday

Heard this song on the radio the other. Amazing! More soulful than fun, but you get the picture:



Friday!!!!

Inspirational Track for RoboNomics Book II Chapter 22

So tomorrow I'm back at it with Chapter 22 of RoboNomics Book II. I also wanted to share the news that I'm planning on increasing my tempo of release dates from now on. I'm thinking Tuesdays and Fridays for Book II updates. So guess what? You can look for Chapter 23 coming on Tuesday, January 13! Hooray!

In the meantime, I've got a cringeworthy chapter coming for you tomorrow, in which heinous and humiliating things happen for Andrea. It's also a bit of a turning point chapter, so to speak. It opens the door (hehe) onto a whole new part (and the last part) of the story.

And as you may have guessed from the track that inspired Chapter 22, the events take place in Andrea's newfound corporate milieu.


Creepy, spare, suggesting that the banality of the characters' intentions hint at something far more sinister. Can't wait to share this chapter with you! Look for it on +Wattpad tomorrow! :)

Inspirational Track for the Mage's Apprentice, Chapter 24

Hey, everyone. So I don't have a preview pic for the Chapter of the Mage's Apprentice that's coming up tomorrow -- since I only started to work on it again today. However, I do have a track for you -- a track that helped inspire Chapter 24.

The chapter I have for you is a continuation of the scene that began in Chapter 23. It's pretty high energy and fast-paced, and so is the song! You'll finally see the giant red lions that I've been going on about...and hopefully you'll find them epic.



Check out Wattpad tomorrow to read Chapter 24 of the Mage's Apprentice!!