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 […]
I’m still raising money for Extra Life and still taking votes for which character I should play as. To help you decide, I’m posting short excerpts showing each character in action. They’ll post every Monday. Today’s excerpt is the only new character in the bunch, Lady Varauna Goldfeather, who appears in Fire in the Blood. (Which means […]
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 […]