It all started with a dare A friend on Facebook came up with something that he gleefully shared with me – a story prompt, of sorts – inviting a story…Continue readingHow to write a book: Step One….
You are invited into a world with a place called Val Hall, a rest and retirement home for Superheroes, Third Class. If you’ve never heard of it, you can find…Continue readingThe superheroes you may not know
One of the perennial questions posed to authors by fans and interviewers is the fabled “Where do you get your ideas?” I too often answer with a snarky quip…”Off the…Continue readingHow do you write a book?
Is there anything in your home – something you own, perhaps something you inherited – that makes you regretful? Guilty? Unsettled? In 1973, my father’s job took us to Zambia…Continue readingWhat are you guilty of?
“Burn! Burn! BURN!” “Wait! Stop!” Gaia reached out to gather a gasping koala into her arms, looked up into a sky which was an improbable shade of dark red and…Continue readingThe Shattering of Gaia
It’s the end of an era. I’m home from “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, and I’m going to tell you my thoughts. But they are going to be spoilerific…Continue readingThe Rise (and fall) of Star Wars
To make you think. To make you remember. To make you understand. Going into a house where a writer has lived and worked, wandering the hallways they walked, seeing things…Continue readingWhat is a museum for? …
In the nearly 20 years I have been writing full time, I have received some fascinating letters and emails in regards to my novels. Two stand out particularly. I haven’t…Continue readingFascinating fan letters
Let me tell you about my encounter with Coyote. When I set out to write the Worldweavers books, I wanted to write a story which was an American YA fantasy,…Continue readingTangling with the Trickster