Good morning, readers! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! Sorry. I know. I’m sure there are fewer of you checking out this space than before, and that’s entirely my fault. I forgot how much time a new baby sucks up. Then I learned how much energy a sick baby sucks up. And I found out having a series […]
THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED! Thank you for participating! Winners will be announced shortly! Okay readers: It’s 39 days until Ashes of the Tyrant can land in your hot little hands. That means….giveaway time! What’s it about? After the events of Fire in the Blood, Farideh, Mehen, Havilar and Brin head to Djerad Thymar with Kepeshkmolik […]
Good morning, readers! One of the problems with having a blog aversion is that when it clears I have SO MUCH TO TELL YOU! I’ve literally started writing three blog posts this morning! But this one seems the most critical (and technically it’s two, so bear with me). First, as of August 4th, Fire in the […]
I’m doing a terrible job with those resolutions, readers. But good news! Today marks the start of the e-signing for Fire in the Blood, and this week I’ll post a contest for that book as well (I’m excited–I have a very nice grand prize). Except I realized that I don’t think I ever made a post about Fire […]
What four fictional characters would you want in your adventuring party? ANSWER ONE: The Brimstone Angels Team The fictional characters nearest and dearest to me are–let’s be real–my own. I know the characters of the Brimstone Angels series almost better than I know myself, so it makes sense that they’d be my go-to team. (Also, I […]
THANKS FOR ENTERING! The contest is complete. Winners of my drawing have been notified. The big winner will be notified soon! Welcome to “Crossing the Streams 2014,”a huge, multi-author book giveaway! This is the post for my part of the contest. (Hi!) Uh, you’re not supposed to cross the streams…What is this? “Crossing the Streams […]
I have already written about what it’s like to write about Lorcan. Twice, in fact. Moreso than any other character, Lorcan has the sort of voice that gets thrown off-balance very easily. There is so much dragging him toward being the hero–enough that I’ve definitely seen readers claim he’s sweet or doting or even […]
I had a conversation with another author once about “warrior women”—about the trope as it exists and the ways to subvert or twist it. Or more specifically the ways trying to subvert or twist it can make the whole character collapse into a pile of “huh?” A Warrior Woman is often, after all, given characteristics […]
For each book I’ve written, I’ve been invited to join the discussions of WotC Novels Book Club (Now The Sundered Book Club, on Goodreads). Every time, it’s been great fun and really rewarding to discuss how these books came together. I especially like hearing how people relate to the characters. When discussing my last book, […]
Recently, my editor, Nina, asked me how I would describe Farideh’s archetype, for the purposes of marketing text. She made sure I did not ignore the email by mentioning off-hand that the phrase “femme fatale” was getting tossed around. I read a lot of websites about character archetypes, readers. I delved down the rabbit […]