TTWD progress and what I'm reading

Update on The Trouble With Demons: Okay, getting Chapter 8 started last night didn't go so well. It was like trying to squeeze blood out of a rock. Ladies, this is Tam's entrance chapter. ; ) And believe it or not, Tam's not giving me trouble; I think it just needs to simmer in my head a little longer. The problem is that simmering and staying on a schedule don't exactly go together. Oh well, it can't be rushed. I think today will go much better. I woke up at 4:30 and couldn't go back to sleep. My brain decided that was the time to start working out the writing tangles from last night. I've got a lot of ground to cover in the next three chapters -- and a lot of action. Of course there's always action when Raine and Tam get together, but there's also a kick-ass swordfighting scene. Those take time to write. I have fencing experience and I want to get the details as accurate and realistic as possible. If I get in a snare, I can always call Wes Caudill (my fencing coach) for some consultation.

What I'm reading right now: the Bible (I'm up to the Book of Luke), and Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco, a fabulous and incredibly well-done take on the detective novel. The victims are fairy prostitutes and the detective is a druid working with the Boston PD. It's a race against time to solve the ritualistic murders before the culmination of the spell being worked by the killer brings about a worldwide cataclysm. Great stuff!