A year of reading an author named Alma A few days ago, I posted a monthly reading list of novels about transcending loss, discovering the past, glimpsing the future, or…Continue readingA Duchess of Fantasy 12-month Book List
The girl who became the greatest wizard of all I first wrote the Worldweavers series as a trilogy published by Harper Collins. It told the story of the girl who…Continue readingHelp me bring back a great series
Writing School In the beginning, the author created… When I first began writing historical fantasy, I was inspired by times and places rooted in our own familiar world – but…Continue readingHow to build a world, word by word
Stories into worlds From small things do bigger things grow — cubs into lions, acorns into oaks, ideas into stories, then collections of stories and then worlds. Some time ago…Continue readingSuperheroes, Third Class, arise…
Classify me I’ve been published by traditional mainstream publishers like HarperCollins, small publishers like Crossroad Press, through collectives like Book View Café, and I have self-published. My books can be…Continue readingWhat kind of books do I write? Well …
In the publishing world, there’s a thing called an elevator pitch. It’s what you would say to someone to describe your book in terms of other things that might be…Continue readingThis summer … come into the light
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?