Historical fiction author Margaret Pinard has taken the Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag and turned it into an authortube-style tag! Margaret, JC Carpenter, and I did this live, discussing our books, author goals, characters, writing tools, and more. We had a great time! Check out the panel’s books
Watch Lurking for Legends co-hosts Richard H. Stephens, David M. Kelly, and me read (more like act!) live excerpts from historical fantasy authors Anita Stewart, Lindsey Pogue, and…me! This was a highly entertaining episode in which show hosts Richard and David may have finally completed their quest of making me laugh! What’s historical fantasy anyway? […]
A.F. Stewart’s new show on Go Indie Now, “Words That Kill”, just reached the end of its first season, and I was fortunate enough to be interviewed for the final episode! The editing is beautiful, with lots of great images that I think you’ll enjoy, curated specifically for my interview. A.F. and I talked about […]
Luna Press Publishing is a small press publishing science fiction, fantasy, and dark fantasy in addition to nonfiction works. This week on Writers Showcase Podcast, I chatted with three people from Luna: Francesca T. Barbini, the press’s founder and senior editor; speculative author Lorraine Wilson; and YA fantasy author Elizabeth Priest. We talked about diverse […]
In this month’s Writers Showcase Podcast, I interviewed romance author VK Tritschler, who talked about writing multiple WIPs at the same time, the spice level of her latest upcoming paranormal romance series, what she does when characters make their own decisions, participating in NaNoWriMo, and lots more! VK Tritschler is a full-time busy body, and […]
Remember that time I was a NaNoWriMo YouTube Guide? I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since then! I learned a lot of great lessons from being a YouTube Guide, and I’m sharing them in my latest guest blog post on Writing Belle’s website: http://www.writingbelle.com/2017/09/award-winning-author-christie-stratos.html. There are some lessons you learn only by making mistakes, […]
WOW, I can’t believe that Anatomy of a Darkened Heart is now a year old! What better way to celebrate and thank you all for your incredible support than to have a Kindle book copy giveaway? Watch my video below for details (really easy to enter the giveaway) and for all the massive thanks you deserve.
[Note: this is an old post. The published novel has since been renamed to Brotherhood of Secrets, and you can find it here as an ebook and paperback!] I’m so excited to announce that last night I finished the final draft of Locke and Keye and sent it off to my editor! It has been quite a […]
This weekend is going to be a very exciting one for me! Author Event #1: Saturday, September 10 at 7 p.m. EST, join legendary indie authors and me for a live discussion of all things writing. The author roster includes LE Fitzpatrick, Jason Greensides, Joe Compton, Julie Northrup, Cindy Schneider, Karina Kantas, and me, with […]
Thanks to the talented and difference-making Michelle Diana Lowe for nominating me for The Liebster Award! Here are my answers to her unique 11 questions: 1) How long ago did you start blogging? Oh dear…I think I started around 2012! I had blogs before that, but I wasn’t interested enough to keep them up. 2) What is […]