If you haven’t seen me on social media, please know that I’m in Las Vegas. I’m here to see my childhood boyfriends, Duran Duran, in concert. Yes, they’re on tour across the U.S., but Vegas was one of the few stops on their summer tour at an indoor venue. I’ve only done a few outdoor…
I’ve been struggling with the Children of Magic story since I began writing it. I thought I’d tackle this book with a new technique. After reading a book about plotting, I decided to completely plot out nearly every detail of the book and follow a traditional hero’s story arc. And I ran into problems quickly,…
As I mentioned on social media, I was a guest on Geekside News livestream over the weekend, which was a lot of fun: a huge thank you to those guys for having me on the show. We talked about many of my favorite things: movies, TV, video games, cosplay etc. For those of you who…
I’ll admit that I’ve been having trouble making myself sit down and write every day recently. I’ve got a really cool book that I’m working on, but the actual writing just wasn’t happening. I usually do well when I’m writing with NaNoWriMo, though, because there’s accountability. So I decided to look around for a piece…
It looks like I’m getting better at keeping this blog updated, and I am trying. Today, I want to talk about something that I’m sure I’ve mentioned previously, probably a lot: the importance of reviews, particularly to authors like me, although I’m sure they’re also still important even to authors like Neil Gaiman. First, for an…
Anyone who’s approached me and asked me about writing usually results in me saying that the most important rule in writing is the simplest: 1. Write. That’s taken from Neil Gaiman’s rules of writing, which I have on a poster and hung above my main writing nook in my house. This is probably the best…