A while back I finished my 3rd and I'd hoped final revision of Song of Bones/Melody of Bones/that dragon story I always wanted to write but kept putting off. My stubborn brain insisted it was complete, that I had told the story the best way I knew how, and that it was time to set … Continue reading Chagrin – Tempering the Writer
You would think with COVID sending people into quarantine all over the world that it would be a writer's dream come true. No commute to eat up writing time? Maybe I can carve out writing time in between all the going's on for "working at home" and whatnot? Look at all that TIME! Sadly, this … Continue reading A Brave New COVID World
Recently I met with another local author and had one of those Zen moments where I had to decide exactly why I write. This author was very well put together, had her spiel (aka, pitch) memorized and gave every outward appearance of success. She looked, in a word, classy. Flash to me ... in my … Continue reading Marketing and Me
I'm so happy to be joining the Round Robin Blog Hop this month. This month's topic discusses social/current event issues that are important to me and how, when, or if I allow them to seep into my fiction. Let me start off with admitting that I definitely allow social issues to be addressed in my … Continue reading Round Robin Blog Posts – Social Issues in Fiction
I know there are a lot of writers out there that just go with the flow, throwing out however many words a week at sporadic intervals, relying on their Muse to get them through. I envy these people. I imagine their Muse sitting right beside them, nagging them at all hours of the day to … Continue reading Missed Deadlines and Fighting the Muse
I began reading Sedition to my son recently. He's seven now and the whole Fantasy world of Dyngannon seems to appeal to him. That or he just really likes the sword on the cover. I'm pretty sure much of the story is over his head but, he picked it and all. (Don't worry, we read … Continue reading Owning Your Craft – Sedition Version
The beast roared again. It knew Relo was there. It had known the moment he’d walked into the cave, its heightened sense of taste and smell had alerted the beast to this trespass. But Relo had anticipated this. In thirty-four years as a Tapped Acolyte he’d hunted every species Nellis had to offer. He knew … Continue reading Attack of the Secondary Character – Round Robin Discussion
Someone asked me what my favorite part of Sedition was the other day and I sort of stood there, struggling for an answer. I finally said that Trenna was my favorite part of the book, but she shook her head and asked for a specific scene and then proceeded to tell me hers. Which, let's … Continue reading Favorite Scenes — Deviation Edition
The beginning of this book was a little rough. I had a hard time understanding what was going on, which might have been done on purpose since the character didn't know what was going on either. As a reader this was a trifle frustrating since I prefer to know just a little bit more than … Continue reading Book Review – Incantation by Annamaria Bazzi
So there I was trying to write a straight romance novel for National Novel Writing Month in 2008, bored to tears because ... well, I guess I'm just not made to write romance novels ... when my friend suggested I make the story "steampunk." I had no idea what "steampunk" was at the time, but … Continue reading Steampunk Flavor
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