Category: Blog
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When Dragons Become Gladiators…
Often as a writer, you find yourself asking why certain characters act the way they do, especially villains because people are not inherently bad or make wrong decisions. It often stems from either an unmet need or a trauma from their past. As I was writing The Queen of the Night, book 3 in The…
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Make Them Feel Something: Building Better Emotion into Your Story Through Subtext, part 1
There are certain stories that draw us as we read and others that we can never get into. Why is this? One possible answer may be the amount of emotional connection we feel to the characters. Some stories pull us in so far that we may experience what’s called “Narrative Transformation,” a phenomenon that occurs…
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The Phoenix & The Wolf Cover reveal and pre-order sign up
The end has arrived… “A single breath… A fleeting spark… Holds life’s dawn… Or death’s stark mark.” Rejected by the man she loved and hunted by the destiny she feared, Nienna Comstock has only one choice left: destroy the Dragon before he devours her world. But the path to freedom leads her beyond the Wall…
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Casting Your Multi-POV Story: How to do this right.
One of the most fun and challenging things you can do in your novel is create the cast for your book. You can spend hours on Pinterest find the perfect model and add it to your mood board, or your character may come from someone in real life. In some cases, your character might be…
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Celebrating “Read Across America” with Women Authors Who Write Clean Books
March is a fun month for many reasons; a pesky leprechaun making a mess in our living room is one of them. However, I also love March because we get to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday with “Read Across America” day (March 2nd) as well as “International Women’s Day.” (March 8th) So today’s post is in…
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Check out the Deleted Prologue From The Phoenix & The Wolf
If you’ve followed my series for any length of time, you’ll notice that most of my books begin with a prologue-type chapter. I take you back in time to an event that sets up the main conflict of the book. I didn’t do that this go-around. After struggling for months with the best way to…