Sequels & Things
Today UPS dropped two boxes of books on my front porch. I placed the order with Nook Press a week ago and their communication about it was copious, so the delivery wasn’t a surprise; my feelings as I unpacked the…
Tag Writing
From the First Draft: Bared Magic
While working on Cursed Magic I frequently find myself referring back to the text of Bared Magic because I’m a scatterbrain who can’t maintain a world bible to save her life. This morning, among the various haphazard world-building notes, I…
Creating Seasonal Realism in Fiction: The Wheel of the Year
What are the four seasons in Ohio? Almost Winter, Winter, Just Like Winter, and Construction. Like many good jokes, there’s a kernel of truth to this punchline. Some years it seems like spring and autumn vanish in the blink of…
I Threw Away My Outline
I finally fixed Courting the Dragon’s plot problem. I threw away the plot. Alright, the main plot points are still the same. The blurb that’s already posted on this website is still wholly and perfectly valid. But I threw out that stupid outline…
New Sneak Peak
Long time no blog post, huh? I would love to say that this is because I have been hard at work on the follow up to Saving the Dragon, but I’m not one for lying to my readers or myself. The…
First Revision Pass Complete & Other Thoughts
I have finally finished going through my printed out rough draft with all my horrible purple marks. All the changes — plus a whole lot more that occurred to me as I read it through again — have made it…
Finding My Villains’ Words
As I begin adding the changes marked with the Purple Pen of Doom I find myself giving quite a lot of scrutiny to my villains. Let’s be frank here; Villains are bad people. Antagonists can be – and often are…