Category: fantasy

  • Trickster Noir: Snippet 12

    Trickster Noir: Snippet 12

    We are coming down to the last few weeks of snippeting! If you haven’t been reading along, look here. The release date is May 1, and I have an offer for you, my friendly readers. If you previously read and enjoyed Pixie Noir, and would be willing to review Trickster Noir on or slightly after the…

  • Review: Cricket Learns to Sing

    I was asked if I would like to review this charming little story while it was on a free give-away, and I’m not sorry that I read it. Classic fantasy, the story follows a boy as he is growing into maturity. While it employs various cliches of the orphan with a mysterious past, and the…

  • Witchfinder

    There is no snippet this week. I am wrestling behind the scenes with the full cover layout for the print version, and honestly wondering why, because so few copies will sell that way… and then I remember how good it feels to hold Pixie Noir in my hands. Sarah A Hoyt, my mentor in writing,…

  • Milkweed

    Milkweed

    I wrote a story a while back, about a mother, and weeds, and the Faery Queen who became her friend through their shared connection as mothers. Mike Allen bought it for this new edition of Mythic Delirium. I’m looking forward to seeing the other stories and poems he has compiled, under that very interesting cover…

  • Trickster Noir: Snippet 10

    Trickster Noir: Snippet 10

    It is finally spring break! Which means I will bury myself in editing Trickster at long last, and have it to my editor by the end of the week. Fingers crossed that all goes well. I celebrated my break beginning by writing a short story Friday afternoon, which was a fun surprise. My brain is…

  • Review: Something Different

    Look, I’m prepping for my midterm Chemistry Lab exam. This week I have been tired and very very busy, so although I started a book (The Grimm Legacy by Addie J. King and it’s got an excellent opening paragraph, sucked me right in) I am not going to review it until I’ve had a chance…

  • Trickster Noir: Snippet 8

    Trickster Noir: Snippet 8

    My search for a little car to replace the one I was rearended in continues. This weekend it is eating my life. Another snippet closer to publication date! I still have a lot of work to do, the beta reports are largely in, and after the car thing is handled, I can focus on making…

  • Trickster Noir: Snippet 7

    Trickster Noir: Snippet 7

    Returning you to your regularly scheduled Sunday Snippets, here is another section of the novel. Thank you to all of you who popped over and bought a copy of The Eternity Symbiote, and I hope that reviews will be kind when they appear in time! I have gotten a few beta reports back on Trickster,…

  • Trickster Noir – Snippet 6

    Trickster Noir – Snippet 6

    So last week the beta readers got their copies of Trickster Noir, and now I wait anxiously the feedback they will deliver… I expect to have it all by the end of February, and then the editing begins. After my editing, the Editor gets the book for final edits, which will be March-ish. By April,…

  • Trickster Noir: Snippet 5

    Ok, usual warnings apply: this is rough draft, so there will be errors. Feel free to point them out in comments! Hope you enjoy, and I still haven’t gotten this out to beta readers, I have been so busy with school. To begin at the beginning, look here: Snippet Round-Up.  ****************************************** “What?” Bella straightened with…

  • Trickster Noir: Snippet 4

    Another week, another snippet! I really need to get this book out to beta readers, but this has been the week of school adjustments, so I am behind. As always, this is a raw, rough draft! Feel free to point out errors in the comments, but do keep in mind it has a couple layers…

  • Trickster Noir: Snippet 3

    So I finished it. Woohoo! I’ll start working on a scene I know needs shoring up, doing a pass for major problems, and then it will go to Beta readers. Finally, it will go to an editor before returning for formatting and final covering. Then, marketing and release. It’s a long process, but it could…