Category: fantasy

  • Passing in Review

    I will be doing a brief book review today, but first, I wanted to take a few moments of your time to think about America the Beautiful. I’m proud to be an American, I have been since I was a little girl still not entirely certain what that sentiment really meant. While I have never…

  • The God’s Wolfling: Snippet 5

    Good morning everyone. The convention is the past, chemistry is the now, and a long trip lies in my future. With work woven all around those constants. I am working on editing the manuscript to use my beta reader’s feedback in making it a better story. I will be sending it to my editor either…

  • The God’s Wolfling: Snippet 4

    Ok, I am going to be at LibertyCon, or at least in Chattanooga, some time today. So when you read this, I’m traveling. I started to put up this snippet and realised it is very short… so I will add some more. I’m working on something entirely different right now, but I will be editing…

  • The God’s Wolfling

    Comment on this post for a chance to win a signed print copy of the God’s Wolfling, the winner will be chosen at random and announced on August 2, the day after the release of The God’s Wolfling.  The God’s Wolfling is the sequel to my debut novel, Vulcan’s Kittens. The finale in a duology,…

  • The God’s Wolfling: Snippet 3

    You can find snippet one here, and snippet two here, and I really need to make a sticky post for these, hadn’t I? As always, this is a work in progress. Let me know what you think! Oh, and this is a long snippet today, almost 2000 words, but I think you will be familiar…

  • Writing and Plotting

    I’ve been making good progress with the book this week, enough that I may begin to snippet as early as next week. Or I might stick a bit onto the end of this post. I can’t recall if I have done an early snip of this book, or not. I’d postponed writing it once before,…

  • Mangling Myths

    Or, how to be original when everything has been done already. I was worrying out loud to Amanda and Sarah about being original, and they both teased me about it. We talked about how you can take material, and make it your own, and sometimes even better than the original. Sarah pointed out that Patricia…

  • Mingling Mythology

    I’ve had people comment many times on the way I blend different mythos into a unified whole, and I thought I’d ramble on about how and why I do that. First of all, let me say that I am in no way a scholar of myth. I have read a lot, and continue to do…

  • Review: Witchfinder

    Review: Witchfinder

    So in one of my favorite movies, there’s this scene. It involves an older chef stepping in to fix a mess, and as he’s tossing things together, someone runs up and frantically asks “But what do we call it?” and he says, “A Belle Melange, a beautiful mess.” For some reason as I was reading…

  • Launch Day!

    Launch Day!

    It’s official, Trickster Noir is available for purchase. Print, ebooks for kindle, nook, and more, all up and ready to buy. If you enjoyed Pixie Noir, you will enjoy this tale of what comes after that story closed. I feel a little awkward talking about my own book, so hopefully a few fans will make…

  • Free Story!

    Free Story!

    Come and get it! I know I have done this before, but this is one of my most popular tales. Because I could, and to celebrate the launch of Trickster Noir, Little Red and the Wolf-Man is free for five days. If you enjoy a twisted fairy tale, where the heroine is packing heat, you might…

  • Monday Morning Musings

    Monday Morning Musings

    I have been allowed to muse at length on scat, parasites, and how they create a fine metaphor not only for the Hugo tempest in a teacup, but also life in general, over at According to Hoyt. I’m putting this here to hopefully remember and explore when I have more time… it has literally been…