I’m currently reading Blood Cross (in the Jane Yellowrock series) by Faith Hunter. The main character is a Native American shifter, and she hunts rogue vampires, solves the central mystery primarily by her heightened Mountain Cat sense of smell. Jane is smart and tough. She researches, interviews, sorts through a tangled web of facts and […]
I’m finding that the time I spend not writing is as important as the time spent with fingers on the keyboard. I’ve always known my daily jog adds to my creative process. It’s like meditation – feet hitting the pavement in rhythm for five miles. My mind wanders in a stream of consciousness fog and […]
There are times when I wonder what century I’m living in. I’d like to hope that the experiences Ann Aguirre blogged about below are dying, fading remnants of asshattery, but I’m very much afraid gender discrimination is alive and kicking. _________________________________________________________________________ “… I was excited when I found out I had been put on a SF […]
That would be me. I posted earlier about a plotting/writers’ group that two local authors and I had informally put together. Just us, for two hours in a closed community college student center, pouring over giant pads of paper, laptops, and brightly colored sticky notes while the long-suffering security guards eyed us suspiciously. I promised […]
Earlier this year I decided to take the plunge and have all new covers designed for my Imp Series. I checked out a dozen designers and chose Phatpuppy Art. I love the covers they’ve done on other fantasy novels, and felt it was well worth the investment. I put the same care into choosing a […]