I‘ve written about the Monthly Twitter Writing Challenge before. It’s an amazing community of writers that has grown up around YA author Kristy Acevedo’s challenge to write 500 words or edit for 1 hour each day. People write in all genres, from memoir to historical to fantasy & science fiction. The…
Two weeks ago I went to Midwest Writers Conference in Muncie, Indiana. It was an amazing time, and I need to do a proper conference writeup at some point soon, but I’ve been working my tail off since the conference, and in the best way possible. I’ve been reading. :) After a…
I’m so excited! Today I have a guest post over at Mary Robinette Kowal’s website, talking about My Favorite Bit of Stormseer! You might remember that I read Mary Robinette Kowal’s Glamour in Glass series recently–think historical fantasy along the lines of Sorcery & Cecilia–Magic meets Jane Austen. Well, I’m…
So today is the day! Stormseer is available now! You can buy the e-book on Amazon, nook, iBooks, Kobo, and Smashwords. Print books will be available soon from Amazon. Today I wanted to talk about some of the music I listened to while writing Stormseer. Before I go into details about playlists,…
I have a book trailer! I’ve been wanting to try this since Stormshadow, and thankfully Laura VanArendonk Baugh is an experienced video editor and was willing to spend the time and energy making it happen today. Check it out, and if you like it, please share far and wide using the…
In addition to being a fantastic artist and a professional, Nicole Cardiff is a fun and interesting person. I had a few questions I wanted to ask her about her process, which gave me an excuse to do an interview with her for the blog. So without further ado, here’s my…
Revisions of Stormseer are chugging right along! I’ve heard back from one of my critique partners and am about to sit down and chat with another. I have a cover artist commissioned and have seen early line art of the cover. (SQUEE!) I’ll be announcing a release date on my email…
Spring has finally arrived in Indiana. Arrived, and whooshed straight into 80-degree days, because that’s how we do spring in Indiana. Next week we’ll probably drop back into the 40s. I participated in Camp NaNoWriMo this past April, and thanks to that and the Monthly Twitter Writing Challenge, I wrote…
I’m still hard at work on Stormseer, and it’s closer than ever to being publication-ready. I’m aiming for a late March release date. In the meantime, I thought I’d offer a snippet of the novel-in-progress and a glimpse at some of the sources of my inspiration. I use Pinterest to…
Here’s the blog post you knew was coming. The crazy cat lady is going to try to say writing is like being a crazy cat lady. But hear me out! Every project is different. Strider takes kitty Prozac because he pees in inappropriate places. It’s something that started after I brought in…
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