Spring is coming and I'm looking forward to it. The Faerie Queen was the perfect little adventure to warm me up for the next Burgundy Hart book, which is now in progress! So what else is going on? I am teaching from the end of April through early June at the local community college. This … [Read more...]
How Burgundy Hart Was Born
Today I'm working on the next Burgundy Hart book and thinking things like, "She can trust no one now! What shall she do next? Is this plot exciting enough?" But when looking forward, it's also kind of nice to look back at the beginning. How was Burgundy born? The answer is so weird, I'm not … [Read more...]
Life happens. Husbands make it worse.
I am absolutely remiss, remiss, remiss in keeping up with things. How do I even excuse myself? Well, first, there was my crippling addiction to Sid Meier's Civ 5, followed by an upheaval of my release schedule. Everything turned on its ear and I, well, can only blame myself. So, yeah. Also, my … [Read more...]
Socializing on Social Media
Socializing on social media is something I love to do, especially on Instagram and Twitter. I'm less of a fan of Facebook, but I love the snippets of life I can get in 140 characters. What I like less are the "BUY MY BOOK" or "WATCH THIS NOW" posts or auto-DMs on social media. I think there is a … [Read more...]
A Very Inadequate Writing Space
Everywhere I write is pretty much an inadequate writing space. Isn't that awful? My main writing area is my desk and it's... Well, it's small. Too small. It doesn't help that my bird tries to claim each and every area for himself. Granted, we allow the caique to rule the house, but still. Of course … [Read more...]
My Introduction to Fantasy & Romance
So many different things lead us to various interests in our life, including what we read. I started into fantasy with middle grade books, around the age of 10 or do. That was when I discovered The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe. I moved on from the series pretty quickly to Tolkien, which I did … [Read more...]