Cat Competition 2024 Winners

Hi all,

The Cat Competition ended on November 1st, and without further ado, here are the winners!

First of all, for Cloud’s Core we have…

Emmylou!

She will be aid Aaliyah as she traverses through the core. She will also have a pair of wings made of electricity which will help her get around.

Next up is Game of Air and Lightning, which is…

Smokey!

He will be helping Reema survive on a completely abandoned planet, only populated with others from a rival faction that want to win a game to please their god. He will have magical wind powers, gifted to him by the god Aerus.

A massive thank you to everyone who entered! All of the cats were adorable and I would love to host another competition like this in the future. Maybe when I need more cat companions for characters, I will!

That’s it for this week, I hope you enjoyed reading! See you next week.

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Cat Competition 2024

Hi all,

If you follow my Facebook page or my newsletter, then you’ll be aware that I’m running a competition for two books, Cloud’s Core and Game of Air and Lightning.

I’m looking for a cat character for both books who can help the main characters with their conflicts throughout the books. The winners will be announced on the 1st November!

I was struggling with coming up with cats for the books so I thought I would turn to my readers for help. Why not add in two cute kitties from real life? I’ve already written about Normie and Rocky, two of my cats.

I’ve loved seeing all the cute kitties pour in from everyone and I can’t wait to see who the winners will be. I’ll be picking them from a wheel, the first winner being for Cloud’s Core and the second being for Game of Air and Lightning.

Want to enter your kitty? Or see all the cute kitties who have entered so far? You can find out more details here: Cat Competition

I might do another competition like this in the future if I need more cats as I thought it was a really fun idea! Unfortunately I can’t choose all the kitties but I wish I could. Too many cats could effect the book and detract from the story, which is why I’m only doing one each.

That’s it for this week! If you enter your kitty, good luck! See you next week.

My Casual Writing Project

Hi all,

This week I'm talking about the newest book that I'm working on, though this one I'm doing a bit differently.

You may remember The Core from a poll that I put up a few year's ago. Street Rats won the poll but The Core came in a close second. I've renamed the book now but it is by no means a final title.

I'm now writing Cloud's Core, which is a standalone book that I've had in my ideas folder for years. Unlike past projects where I try to complete the book as fast as possible, this time I'm taking it slow.

I'm calling it my 'casual' writing project.

That means that I have no deadline to finish and I'm taking it at my own pace. There's no goal to meet day by day or even week by week. I just write whenever I feel like it.

So far, I write early in the morning when I'm getting ready for work and then I don't touch it for the rest of the day. I'm able to write about a thousand words each time doing this.

So far I'm not sure if this is the best method for me as I'm terrible with procrastination. If I don't have to do something, I will just keep putting it off. I think I need goals to motivate me to actually finish a project. NaNoWriMo is great for this as I'm motivated to get the project done every day until the end of the month. At the end of the month I am really tired but the method works.

I don't know if Cloud's Core will continue like this or whether I'll eventually put a goal on myself. But for now I'm happy to test this out and see how it goes. This method might not work for me but it could work for others.

That's it for this week, see you next week! 

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