October 4, 2017July 21, 2020Uncategorized Can A YA Book Have Older Characters? My publisher and I have been having a long…discussion about a category for one of my series. Often, my Merging Worlds series gets […] Read more
July 17, 2017July 21, 2020Uncategorized Story and Photos: At Home in Dark Places Raneer Brin couldn’t see spirits but he felt curious eyes watching him. Haunted places were his home. At least, they were in the […] Read more
July 3, 2017July 21, 2020Uncategorized Story and Photos: She Speaks to Flowers Toreth Nanka woke up each morning to a sweet, calming scent. One good thing about living in a world with giant plants. Her […] Read more
June 12, 2017July 21, 2020Uncategorized Story and Photos: Darkness Under The Surface Ivalia Eli wanted to say they were lost. It wold be easier if they were. The land wasn’t showing them the way out. […] Read more
June 7, 2017July 21, 2020Uncategorized Fantasy Novels: Writing a Large Cast It’s tough writing a story with a big cast. You want to give characters the right amount of development but you don’t […] Read more
May 24, 2017November 19, 2020Fantasy World Building, Fantasy Writing Tips Dark Fantasy World Building: Telling Time Without Clocks It’s 60 or so years after the apocalypse. Countries are trying to rebuild society. War puts the world in chaos. This is […] Read more
May 1, 2017July 21, 2020Uncategorized Story and Photos: The World in the Reflection She was suffocating. No matter what she did, life wrapped steel arms around her and squeezed. Neta Avra always felt at ease […] Read more
April 19, 2017July 21, 2020Uncategorized Explore The Unburned Island at Your Own Risk Some magic can have dangerous consequences. Kiran, En and a team of magical investigators travel to an island to banish whatever haunts […] Read more
March 20, 2017August 14, 2020Book Cover Design, Cover Reveal Behind the Book Cover Part 2: Cover Reveal It’s done. I’ve never been so happy to finish a design. In Part 1, I talked about how I began designing the […] Read more
March 13, 2017July 21, 2020Uncategorized Behind the Book Cover Part 1: Design on a Budget Designing the cover for The Unburned Island has been a ride. It’s taking me over a month. It’s one of the hardest designs […] Read more