Next Tuesday, my novel Poisoned Pearls will be officially published and released by Book View Cafe. I’m excited about this novel. It’s been a long, long time coming. Background for Poisoned Pearls This novel is, in many ways, an amalgamation of a bunch of ideas. Some of the scenes, for example, the first scene with […]
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No, I haven’t finished the new novel. Or a short story. Or even anything writing related. I sometimes, occasionally, do things other than write. That picture? Up there? May not look like much. But it’s 1300 squares of scrap fabric, cut into 2 7/8″ squares, that I’m going to sew together into a quilt like
Baker’s Dozen is now available as an audio book! Due to the lovely, amazingly hard-working people at Book View Cafe my books are being produced as audio books. I already have quite a few audio books done through Book View Cafe, including Paper Mage, The Raven and the Dancing Tiger, The Guardian Hound, and Siren’s
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One of the posts I read years ago that was very influential for me was by Rachel Aaron, an author, and how she went from writing 2000 words a day to 10,000 words a day. Do I write 10,000 words a day? Oh hell no. Possibly, maybe, I could build up to that kind of
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One of the wonderful things about Book View Cafe is that I’ve been so privileged to work with people whose work influenced mine, who I still look up to (and yeah, okay, kind of idolize.) One of those people is Judith Tarr who is currently having a sale on her editing/mentoring list. Judy is one
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One year ago today, I met the love of my life. 365 days ago. More lifetimes than I can count, as we’ve both Become, transforming into different people, and into the undeniable Us. I can’t tell you how thankful I am to have met him. To be with him. To have him in my life
Have managed to come down with a summer cold. Am all sniffly and congested. Feeling better today. Last night was feeling as though I’d been run over by a truck or something. *le sigh* HOWEVER. This is only the second time that I’ve been sick this year. There’s a good chance that this will be
Woo AND hoo! The sequel to The Clockwork Fairy Kingdom is available today! The blurb: Five years have passed. The worlds above and below have recovered and changed. The fairies from the Clockwork Kingdom return every year, asking for Dale’s help in vain. This year, Cornelius, the head of the fairies, brings dread news: Kostya
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My last day for the day job was in early April. By that count, it’s only been a few months that I’ve been doing the full-time writer thang. But before I quit, I had a three month sabbatical. So by that count, it’s been about six months that I’ve been writing full time. As of
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My sweetie has property out in the boonies that he’s in the process of building a house on. Helping him out on this is where a lot of my summer is going. The existing electrical line from the well to the pump house didn’t pass inspection. Possibly because it was merely an insulated wire buried