There are times when I write silly. The short story this week is indicative of that. It isn’t laugh-out-loud funny. It’s more of a snicker. Then again, this story takes place in kind of a silly place, at the First Contact Café. You see, there are rules for first contact with aliens. And this is […]
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While I was writing the novel A Sword’s Poem I came to realize that there was a huge, long backstory for one of the main characters, namely, the priestess Ayumi. While I was at the fantasy workshop earlier this year, I decided to write that story. So here it is – The Healer’s Daughter. Ayumi has a
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One day this spring, while at a workshop, Kevin J Anderson said, “You always know what you’re getting with a Leah Cutter story. Two middle-class white girls from suburbia.” (In case any of you are wondering, yes, he was being 100% sarcastic.) He did, however, hit the nail on the head. Readers can’t predict what
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Yes, it’s Tuesday again. Got another story for you. This story is historic fiction. It’s one of The Shadow Wars stories, the first one in The Guardian Hound. I started my career writing historic fantasy. I’d always been fascinated with history, as well as with China. So I combined my two passions and wrote Paper
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Continuing on this Baker’s Dozen Redux, I have a new story to offer. Out of the Woods is a post-apocalyptic story. However, it’s more of a thriller than anything else. Going back to one of my original premise, and the genesis of the Baker’s Dozen Redux–I rarely write stories that feel similar. I don’t believe I have
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Believe it or not, I didn’t come into the indie publishing with all the skills I needed. For example, cover design. I am looking at covers all the time, watching trends and designs. Every time I go into a bookstore, I look at covers. I get the daily emails for Bookbud as well as Fussy
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