How I Plot and Research—Therefore … But …
While Dama X, the second UltraSecurity book, is with my editor, I've been researching TimeTrap's story—tentatively titled, Mistress of Alternate Routes. I'm a bit nervous to tell her tale since she has a master's degree in physics and knows a…
Alan Rickman—What Might Be Possible
He could've read the dictionary to me and it would've been compelling. He was taken way too soon. A swoonworthy Rickman scene from Sense and Sensibility in memory of one of my favorite actors: Stories were better with you in…
Romance on the Rocks Post—Genre Lover
http://romanceontherocks.com/2016/01/genre-lover-what-i-learn-from-tarentino-movies/
2016–The Year of Writing
Little late on this blog post because I spent this weekend inputting edits on Dama X from my critique partners. I'm so close to getting this much delayed story published that I can barely contain my excitement. Tom Hiddleston sums…
Essays for Whedonites from PopMatters
Attention Whedonites! After the Avengers: From Joss Whedon’s Hottest, Newest Franchises to the Future of the Whedonverse has just been published on Kindle by PopMatters. Included in this book is A Whedonite's Guide to Characterization, an essay from authors J.T.…
With a Little Help from My Friends (or How I Survive NaNo)
Last week, my fellow Romance on the Rocks blogger and author, Michelle Ingrid, wrote about participating in NaNo and the power of words in her personal and writing lives. She inspired me to talk ab… Source: With a Little Help…
NaNoWrimo and Kindle Scout and Waiting for the Net
Leap and the net will appear. —Zen Saying Kindle Scout contender. Urban fantasy with an alien twist In the outskirts of modern-day DC is a portal through which vamps and werewolves from Dark Earth illegally travel into our dimension…
To Attend or Not To Attend the Conference? That Is the Question (for struggling writers)
Nice view from the elevator at RT. Recently, several authors began discussing writer conferences in the comments section on a blog. Two opposing groups soon formed: those who sang the praises of conferences and those who thought conferences were a…