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
Long long ago in a galaxy far far away, HarperCollins published a story of mine that I had written in an admittedly long manuscript. Too long for them, as it…Continue readingHelp rescue a great story
There are moments… Like being asked whether there’s a ‘sequel’ to a book that people loved, and you keep on saying there isn’t… right until you find yourself in the…Continue readingEmbers of Heaven Giveaway
Foreword to: Untranslatable by Alma Alexander Ethereal. Enchanted. Often magically powerful; frequently, hopelessly inadequate. Capable of building castles of clouds, turning lead into gold, making you hear a color or…Continue readingIt takes a story to explain a word
It was my husband, whose own cultural heritage includes the Depression in the United States, who first told me the story of the hobo and his stone soup. As the…Continue readingStone soup and grave robbing
The last line of a novel can anchor a story in a reader’s mind long after the book is finished. Let’s try a little quiz. Can you name the novels…Continue readingWho wrote this last line?
One of my stories, ‘Color’, has found its way into the nifty new anthology ‘RE-Enchant‘. Just out, RE-Enchant is edited by Vonnie Winslow Crist and Kelly A. Harmon. I appear…Continue readingIt’s re-enchanting
Too soon? Well, yeah, but then it’s never the wrong time to talk about books So – what are you reading this Christmas? And do you know other people who…Continue readingSpeaking of Christmas….
I was born on the same continent that gave us the legends, myths, and fairy tales that underlie stories like Lord of the Rings, King Arthur’s knights of the round…Continue readingMapping New Worlds of Fantasy