Time for this week's featured author interview! This round I have Jayne Lockwood, author of The Cloud Seeker.

1. Please tell us about yourself.

Hi, I’m Jayne Lockwood and for my sins, I call myself a writer. I’m also a mother, a homemaker and a previously published author of erotic fiction, under the pseudonym Savannah Smythe. I try not to write “to a genre” but find myself veering towards romance and drama time and again.

On the home front, I run a book group and participate in a writing group, Four Writers in a Pub. We are working on an anthology at the moment, which aims to inspire other people who want to write but just need that extra push to do it. Sometimes it is all about having confidence in yourself. I always knew I wanted to write, and it only took one teacher to tell me I was good at it, for me to want to continue.

Books, films an all kinds of writing challenges interest me most. I hate reality TV, celebrity culture ... [More]

I thought as I received notable words from Wordnik's Word of the Day service, I'd post them here. If you like, sign-up for Wordnik's Word of the Day service yourself.

gynarchy

Government by a woman or by women; the rule of women.

I'm writing the next book in The Alchemancer series. It's called The Nullification Engine and should be out soon. As a way to keep readers updated on my progress and also so I can gauge the same, each week I take a look at my current writing progress and report it here. Also, I discuss some other areas revolving around the business side of things.

Hard to believe this is my 23rd update or, thought of another way, 23rd week I've been working away on The Alchemancer: Book 2. But, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm just about there. Let's run through the usual.

The Hall of the Wood – 2nd Edition

Edits on this will be back by the end of the month. Not sure why I was thinking my editor was going to get everything back to me within a week of his having started editing. Anyway, this works out well cause I really would like the first draft of The Nullification Engine done before I switch over to reviewing edits on The Hall of the Wood.

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Each Friday for the next so many weeks I'm going to highlight some aspect of Uhl, the fantasy world in which I set my novels. Posts will include details on Uhl's people, places, races, and more.

Rounding out my quartet of goblin types are imps. Imps are the most prolific of goblinkind. Ironic, then, that I have yet to use them in any of my novels or shorts. In many ways they are the canon fodder of any goblin army. But they're not sheep. They may not be as cunning as haureks and certainly not as strong as gaugaths, they nevertheless have their strengths. Read on to learn about these qualities and more.

The most prolific of goblins are imps. Neither the smartest nor the brawniest, their greatest strength is their sheer numbers which they use against their enemies to harry, frustrate, and finally overwhelm them. They delight in setting traps and ambushes and have gained general notoriety as wicked creatures who delight in the spread of chaos and misery.

Unlike other goblins, imps abh... [More]

This week I sit down with Sherri Fulmer Moorer, author of Move.

1. Please tell us about yourself.

By day, I'm a program assistant working in professional licensure for the State of South Carolina. By night, I'm an independent author. I write in a number of genres - mainly mystery, but I have also written sci-fi, urban fantasy, and non-fiction.

2. What's the name of your newest or latest book and what's it about?

My latest book is titled Move. It's about a young woman that's stuck in a life rut, but she's afraid of change so she finds herself in constant internal conflict. When she meets a mysterious stranger at her small town's spring festival, his offer to turn fate to her favor with no strings attached seems too good to be true. What she doesn't realize is that she just made a deal with a djinn (a genie), and he doesn't exactly know what he's doing. His "help" results in murders that im... [More]

I thought as I received notable words from Wordnik's Word of the Day service, I'd post them here. If you like, sign-up for Wordnik's Word of the Day service yourself.

scripturient

Having a desire or passion for writing; having a liking or itch for authorship.

One who has a passion for writing.

I'm writing the next book in The Alchemancer series. It's called The Nullification Engine and should be out soon. As a way to keep readers updated on my progress and also so I can gauge the same, each week I take a look at my current writing progress and report it here. Also, I discuss some other areas revolving around the business side of things.

It's Mother's Day weekend here in the U.S. and since my mom is coming in from out of town (she's already here, actually), I'm not anticipating making much progress on everything I've got in the cooker today or tomorrow. Fortunately, I had a pretty good week this past week, so I'd say everything is on schedule regardless.

The Hall of the Wood – 2nd Edition

Editing has begun, and that's all I really have to say about this. I should get changes back from my editor in the next few days. I'm still anticipating a June 2013 release.

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