First Page Review: Shield of Kings
This is a cool blog hop I haven’t done since I was first working on Rise of the Storm! Sign-ups are open until the 15th if you’re interested. Shield of Kings is the first book in a new series. It’s …
Category: Writing
Winter of the Wolf First Draft is Done!
It’s not pretty, but it’s done. Clocking in at 192,123 words, it’s my longest book yet. I’m hoping I can trim a little, though first reader has had no luck in identifying what can go. It’s all necessary because the …
My Interview at the 2016 2K International Indie Book Tour
Hosted by Kate Evans and Kate M. Colby, this blog tour features a bunch of great indie authors, including me (I’m the modest one over there in the corner). Thank you Kates! 🙂 As we continue with our indie book …
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Blurb for Rise of the Storm!
After wrangling with my book description for months, I finally broke down and got a professional to do it. I love the results! When a renegade priest prophesies an imminent apocalypse, a conflict is sparked which will tip a continent …
Guest Post: In Defense of the Good Girl
I wrote a guest post for the Shadowspinners blog the other day. Those of you who’ve been following me for a while might recognize some of my ongoing issues with Janna. 🙂 Let’s face it- bad girls are a lot …
State of the Book (s)
If it looks like I’ve been AWOL from this blog (except for weekends), I have. And I have excuses! Lots of ’em, as usual. First of all, I finished my book! At least, I did a thorough copyedit and shipped …
Postcrastination and a Pep Talk to Myself
I haven’t done much on this blog because I am editing like a maniac. Right now I feel like a tiny snowplow pushing the results of the whole East Coast Storm in front of me. I did hit the quarter …
2014 All Wrapped Up
It’s a good thing I keep a journal. In looking back on the year, it felt like I’d done nothing but write fiction. That was not altogether true. While 2014 was by far my most productive fiction-writing year yet, I …
I have arrived at the dreaded middle . . .
It was bound to happen. I was having so much fun, was so filled with hubris, it was only natural that the gods of something would strike me down. Okay, I haven’t exactly been stricken completely. It’s more that things …
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 …