VK Begley

Wrote my first fantasy novella The Conrad Story in high school. Back then, didn’t know about writer’s groups, clubs or any sources of support or help other than Creative Writing classes at school. I wasn’t a natural talent. So, I entered the field of healthcare and worked for almost thirty-nine years; the last seven as an MSN Cardiology FNP-c, though still I dabbled at story telling. 2017: I retired and delved more full time into fiction-writing, learning its current craft and techniques. 2018: Completed my 900 page off-world para-venture novel; Anthar, Phaeno and the Otherworld, Book IV of my O-World series. 2019: Wrote Book III of O-World series; The Emissary and The Otherworld, for that year’s NANOWRIMO challenge. ‘Emissary’ was a 54,000-word novella that I have since expanded and refined upon to novel length.

2020: Working backwards in the O-World series, wrote Book I; The Glass Canyon and the Otherworld; again for that year’s NANOWRIMO challenge..

2021: I am currently adding to the length of The Glass Canyon changing it from novella to full novel length as the story arc demands—Book I is the origin story for O-World. In the meantime I have created the storyboard for Book II, The Mentor and the Otherworld. Am also outlining and researching, for a project separate from O-World; The Pices: a novel about a water world, sportsman—as promised gift for my sister, Virginia. Throughout my writing experience I have also produced flash fictions, short stories, poems, and a small collection of haiku: Haiku For the City, as well as philosophic and non-fiction opinion pieces exploring climate change, nature, and a particularly important subject to me; The Solar Cycles of the Sun: Implications for The Future. I have also written several instructional pieces: Deconstructing the Novel, Use of sub-Plots, Notes on Themes in Relation to Story Arc, Use of Loglines for Fiction, Beginning the Story, and ‘Subtle Power’ vs. ‘Super-Heroes’ in Character-Driven vs. Plot-Driven Storytelling.

For heavy-hitting novel writing I use storyboarding and three-ring binders for detailed outlining and research—a process that works well for me. Hope to be published one day.

Have been a member of Underground Writers Unite of Riverside, CA, a novel writing group, where I both attended and presented subjects of interest to fiction writers. I am a member of Mystery Galaxy Writers, Inland Empire Branch California Writers, and others… though, currently I am taking a hiatus from all writer groups to concentrate on finishing my O-World Series.

Victoria’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/katherine.begley.16.