(CW: Sick babies) It starts with a click. A sound so small it doesn’t seem like it matters, except when his face starts to turn pink. Then a twitch—the right eyebrow shivering, then later the eyelid, winking and wincing to the rhythm of that click in the back of his throat. The jaw joins in, […]
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 […]
Hello Readers! Lately I’ve been linking you like crazy to a couple of ongoing things. For ease of use, I’m going to put them all here at the top of this blog. Fire in the Blood Esigning!: Want a signed copy without the gamble but can’t make it to one of the signings? You can order […]
Dear Friends, Family, Fans, and Random Internet People, It’s that time of year again! Usually I use Dungeons & Dragons to write books, but for the Dungeons & Dragons R&D’s 2014 Extra Life drive I’ll be using it to raise money the Children’s Miracle Network and Seattle Children’s Hospital, helping them treat thousands of children […]
Happy New Year, readers! It’s 2014, which will hopefully see the return of all the great things about 2013 and chuck all the crummy stuff. Time to think about resolutions! Fortunately, I know myself, and none of my resolutions are “Be more punctual,” because this is already a day late. Clean my computer screen. Done! […]
NB: I wrote this post about a month ago, while I was still pregnant. And then I stopped being pregnant and it took some time to publish. Recently, I was interviewed for The Tome Show about The God Catcher. You can listen to it here (I don’t start talking until halfway in, but the rest […]
November has brought two very exciting releases to my life. (One of these makes sure the other gets fed.*) That’s my son, Idris, and my second novel, Brimstone Angels. So far both are getting excellent reviews, although honestly most of Idris’s reviewers are slightly biased. We really cannot say for certain if he is the […]
Stuck in traffic. Chat on social pressures geeky boys vs. geeky girls face winds down with surely obnoxious proto-parental musings on how OUR boy do better. Lull. “By the way, I put that conversation we had about Sean Bean up on my blog, and–” “WHO?” “The Fellowship of the Ring guy!” “WHICH ONE?” “Boromir, damn […]
Start with a working title: The Tiefling Book. This is just to put on the editor’s schedule and to discuss in meetings. Once you are definitely writing the book, it will have a second name for contract purposes which will either be your last name or the name of the series (in this case “Planetouched […]
Every night it seems, as soon as I’ve laid my head down and started to drift, a thought runs through my head: “I didn’t blog today.” I had plenty of reasons, sure–work, writing, some editing on the side, house chores, that one really addictive internet site–but the guilt that inevitably forces its way through all […]