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It’s a beautiful day outside today, which is nice after we had rain most of the week.
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Some time ago, I posted about the cherry trees, and how they were fruiting this year. The weather stayed nice for long enough, and so we actually have cherries!
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Blaze planted these trees fifteen years ago or so. This is the first year that not only have they really been mature enough, we’ve also finally had the right weather for them.
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We have many different types of cherries. Two of the trees are coral champagne, so they don’t get really bright red, but instead, are both yellow and red combined.
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The other tree is a graft, with four different types of cherries on it. They’re all different shades of red, but to me, I don’t taste a lot of difference between them.
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The other thing that bloomed this week was the second flower on the cactus. Not only that, but I caught a good closeup of the flower. It’s like it has a flower within the flower!
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As for writing, I’m alternating between developing the class on writing cozy fantasy that I’m giving at Worldcon and the novel. Both are humming along nicely. Somedays I have more energy, and so can work on the novel. Other days are lower energy, so I do other things.
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One of the most important things that I’ve learned to do over the years is when my health isn’t perfect, I have to ask myself what can I do? I must focus my attention on solutions and not problems. There is generally something related to the writing or the business that I can do that day.
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So today, I write a newsletter and I do edits on a novel. Hopefully tomorrow I can get back to actually writing a novel.
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I’m currently reading a fantasy mystery. It’s a Holmes/Watson pastiche, set in a high fantasy world with great world building and some interesting magic. (I’m actually about halfway through the second in the series. Here’s a link to the first book, The Tainted Cup: https://amzn.to/4esSHvI)
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I’ve been doing a lot of cozy paranormal mystery, but I’ve never done a straight up fantasy mystery. I’ve been thinking a lot about how I would do such a thing.
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Now, the series I’m reading is not cozy. Not in the least. There’s a grotesque edge to the magic as well as just the lives of the people in general. And they’re a little dark as well.
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I’m in a stable enough place again that I can consider writing something darker. So I’m poking at this idea, have started a notes file on my phone, and we’ll see what I can come up with.
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Of course, the most exciting thing for me is that it’s set in this foreign empire that has many different lands, which means many different magic systems. Because that’s honestly one of the things that I adore doing the most, coming up with new systems of magic, things that I’ve never done before.
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A cozy fantasy tale about ice, fire, love, and snow cones!
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When El the Ice Elf asks Mara the fire elemental to marry her, she expects an immediate YES!
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However, a distinct maybe hangs between them.
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Not due to a lack of love, but a lack of tradition.
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The Elves have oodles of ceremonies to choose from.
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As a fire elemental, Mara is singular. She doesn’t know any other fire elementals. She has no true kin. She does want to get married…but the ceremony has to have meaning for both of them.
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El vows to go with Mara to the ends of the world to find rites for Mara to call her own.
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Follow this unlikely couple as they defined themselves, their rituals, and their love in the cozy fantasy sequel to The Ice Elf & The Snow Cone.
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To celebrate the release of the sequel, the first book is on sale for just $0.99!
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Also on sale for the month of July!
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Available for the month of July for only $5.99!
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A different kind of ugly duckling story.
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Follow the coming-of-age story of Christina as she goes from thinking of herself as a regular human along her path of discovery as a changeling trolling.
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A new-adult, urban fantasy trilogy through a skewed Seattle and Christina's encounters with outrageous and whimsical characters.
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Includes the following novels:
The Changeling Troll
The Princess Troll
The Fairy-Bridge Troll
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