Time for a monthly update on how I’m doing with my WIP, Against All Odds, Book 3 of the Crossroads trilogy. Based on a true story, the extraordinary saga of hardship, conflict, family, and survival… A quick summary: A million years of evolution made Xhosa tough but tough enough for this? Here’s what I have done the … Continue reading
Time for a monthly update on how I’m doing with my WIP, Against All Odds, Book 3 of the Crossroads trilogy. Based on a true story, the extraordinary saga of hardship, conflict, family, and survival… A quick summary: What should have been their new home became a battle to survive. A million years of evolution made Xhosa tough … Continue reading
Time for a monthly update on how I’m doing with my WIP, Against All Odds, Book 3 of the Crossroads trilogy. After a lot of input from you-all, I decided on a variation of the first tagline suggested last month: A friend must be killed. An enemy must be saved. Even if Xhosa does both, … Continue reading
I am struggling with a tag line for Against All Odds, Book 3 in my trilogy Crossroads. Here are two: Someone needs to be saved. Someone else needs to be killed. And Xhosa must do both or her People will die. Or A million years of evolution made Xhosa tough enough to survive anything. Except … Continue reading
When I started the final book of my Crossroads trilogy, I had no idea how to wrap things up. I spent many days–weeks–researching the Iberian Peninsula (where my main character Xhosa now lived with her People) 850,000 years ago, hoping if I drenched myself in the setting, I’d understand the challenges my people faced. It … Continue reading
When I started the final book of my Crossroads trilogy, I had no idea how to wrap things up. I spent many days–weeks–researching what the Iberian Peninsula (where my main character Xhosa now lived with her People) was like 850,000 years ago, hoping if I drenched myself in the atmosphere, I’d understand the challenges Xhosa … Continue reading
