Happy Monday! I hope you have a fantastic start to the week! I’m lucky enough to have the day off today, so here’s my (day-off-appropriate) thought on creativity: A day off means excitement, and I’m going to channel that into writing. Here’s my usual checklist: Coffee – VENTI Chocolate – NO LIMITS I Love Lucy […]
I can’t believe how little I’ve told you about Locke and Keye, the second book in the Dark Victoriana Collection. Well, it’s time for a nice big update, including some secrets to look forward to. Shhhh… 😉
Yesterday was Charles Perrault’s 388th birthday, and being one of the fathers of some of our modern fairy tales, I wanted to celebrate. Well, consider this a belated celebration. There are three main authors who have had a major impact on fairy tales and whose stories lived on through Disney movies – only usually quite different. […]
First of all, happy Monday! I hope your weekend top notch. I saw this image and it really struck a chord with me. This couldn’t be more true! I used to be very afraid of making a mistake while I was writing, which used to stop me and actually put a stop to my […]
Music plays a huge part in my writing, especially to set the ambiance. There’s no better way for me to stop thinking about other responsibilities and get in the mindset to write. Music wipes my brain clean of everything else and lets me focus on creativity. There are a few specific songs that helped me […]
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Justin from IAT: Indie Author Tactics, who does indie author interviews, cover reveals, and more on The Novels network. Justin asked some great new questions that I hadn’t been asked before, so there’s some info you haven’t learned about Anatomy of a Darkened Heart and me as […]
I received a message from Alessandra from Italy through my website, but there was no email address included so that I could respond directly. Instead, I’m responding here. Hello, Alessandra! I hope you see this blog post. First of all, thanks for reading Anatomy of a Darkened Heart! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it. I love […]
With reading challenges galore, I decided to make my own this year. I had a chat with BestFantasyBooks.com, and they have been gracious enough to let me use their site name and their subgenre lists to define this challenge! Introducing the BEST FANTASY BOOKS SUBGENRE READING CHALLENGE! 65 fantasy subgenres = 65 fantasy books in […]
Train Girl: A Short Story by Kristina Rienzi My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fast-paced with constant forward movement, Train Girl is a short story I finished very quickly. I couldn’t stop reading it! The author chose a way of telling it that classically means the reader has no idea which direction the story will […]
First of all, I wish you a happy and healthy new year full of good books, whether you’re reading or writing them! Second, today is the first day of the Best Fantasy Books Subgenre Reading Challenge – 65 subgenres in one year. Come join the Goodreads group here. And don’t forget, you don’t have to participate […]