Tag: magic

  • Sources and Stories

    Sources and Stories

    When I was writing Possum Creek Massacre, I was drawing from a lot of sources. Most of them unwritten. I did do a little research into the folklore of the area, and some into locales, although that was mainly to make sure there isn’t actually a town named Possum Creek in Kentucky (There isn’t, although…

  • Cover Reveal!

    Cover Reveal!

    I’ve been putting off the revisions long enough. It’s time to delve into my least favorite part of writing – taking apart my baby and putting it back together stronger, faster, better.  But while I’m working through that fraught task, I wanted to share the cover for Possum Creek Massacre with you all, so you…

  • The Accidental Novel

    The Accidental Novel

    I did not intend for this story to become a full novel. My plan, and the Muse laughed, was to write another novella as a loose sequel to Snow in Her Eyes, and then another one after that, before finally writing bridges for the three to create a single novel. Yeah. Plans are great, but…

  • Vulcan’s Kittens

    Vulcan’s Kittens

    It’s shameless self-promotion day here on my blog! Wanna read a book? If you have already read it, maybe share this post with a friend who’d enjoy it? Or go leave a review if you haven’t already? And if you have already read it, I’d like to say Thank You! and celebrate the fact that…

  • Cover Reveal!

    Cover Reveal!

    I plan to publish this one during the first week of August, but this is what the cover will likely look like. Feel free to drop your thoughts in the comments, I always appreciate feedback. Detective Amaya Lombard is a witch hunter and a damn good one. Hated by the magical because she works with…

  • Bubbles

    Bubbles

    I am planning another book set Underhill. I’ve even written the opening scenes for it, and have a title, The East Witch. I will start working on it once I wrap Tanager’s Fledglings up. I’m also doing something a bit different for it. The main characters will not be Lom and Bella, but one of…

  • Where Science Meets Magic: A Book List

    Where Science Meets Magic: A Book List

    I wrote about blending hard science with fantasy today over at Mad Genius Club, and then, as I usually do, I decided to make up a list of books that do that blend and handle it well. Not necessarily Science Fantasy, which is a genre where the science is so advanced it is indistinguishable from…

  • Review: The Dark Lady

    Review: The Dark Lady

    Pam Uphoff has created an excellent SF series in the Wine of the Gods, starting with Outcast and Gods. Although it is science fiction, it has a fantasy feel, as the genetically engineered protagonists can manipulate the universe around them in a way that looks like magic. I just recently read the latest, The Dark…