The Berlin Wall Came Down 25 Years Ago!
This is always an important anniversary for me, though this year especially, it makes me feel old. When I was 20, I spent a week in Berlin. in November of 1989. Change was in the air, but the Iron Curtain …
Author: Christina
Insecure Writer’s Support Group: Some Potential Cures for Insecurity
I don’t know if it’s because writing about it helped, but the past month has seen a drastic decrease in some of my writing-related insecurities. Just in case the support group provides the cure, you should join, if you haven’t …
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Character Profile: Janna
This character has given me the most trouble, which might be why I’ve saved her for last. Not that she’s the last character I’ll ever profile, but she’s the last of those with a pov from Book one. OMG I …
New and Improved NaNoWriMo Plans!
Obviously, I couldn’t go more than a few days without making at least some slight changes to my plans. That just wouldn’t match my new flibberty-gibberty internet persona. The other morning, I was sitting in a loading dock in Chicago …
Why This War Was So Awful
Whenever I think I’m not quite depressed enough to do this story justice, I look at something like this.I came across this map on a German Thirty Years War reenactment group website. The site is pretty interesting if you can …
Nanowrimo Spotlight: Christina Ochs
My NaNoWriMo interview over at the Kelworth Files! by
Changing Things Up. Again.
I swear, I’m not normally this flaky. People who know me in real life consider me stern and serious. I only say this because I’m pretty sure that no one who knows me in real life reads this blog unless …
Character Profile: Braeden
I recently realized that I’ve written character profiles for characters that don’t have a POV. Or at least they don’t right now. I’m having serious second thoughts about Teodora as usual, the troublesome bitch. But anyway, I thought I’d get …
Rise of the Storm Sneak Peek: Prologue
Birkenfels Castle, Terragand Braeden “She’s up there somewhere, that beautiful princess with the golden hair,” Miro sighed. “Ercos willing, we’ll make her a widow before sundown. Do you reckon she’s looking down on us?” Braeden Terris tipped his head back …
My novel soundtrack
I’m always inspired by music, though I usually prefer silence while writing. Over time, I’ve developed a “soundtrack” that represents various events or characters. At one point, I even had a soundtrack for each POV character, but that’s changed so …