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Thank you BBC, my life is now complete
So I was scrolling through youtube, looking for clips of swans as part of my research for The Wild Swans. (Yes, I use Youtube for...
Jan 31, 20141 min read


Embittered Sneak Peak
I have the fantastic cover art for Embittered! Champions, please give a big thank you to Myrrhlynn for once again doing a bang up job in...
Jan 27, 20141 min read
Embittered Release Date
I finally feel comfortable selecting a release date for Embittered, so I chose Thursday, February 6, as the official launch date....
Jan 24, 20141 min read
Editing + Books into movies
I finished editing Embittered today, and I started doing the more serious legwork for The Wild Swans. It’s been a lot of fun, and I hope...
Jan 22, 20141 min read


Penguin Fun
OK, I need to get jumping on editing today, so I’m pinch hitting with a quip from someecard. (Could be worse, it could be a bad poetry day.)
Jan 20, 20141 min read


Writing Tips: World Building with Ted-Ed
There’s this awesome set of conferences that really gets my inner geek squealing, the TED conferences. The slogan for the conferences is...
Jan 15, 20141 min read


Getting to know…well, me
Hey there Champions! Typically I don’t like to talk about me because it feels a little, hmmmm, self-centered? (Or maybe a little boring...
Jan 13, 20142 min read
King Arthur Sword Use
I am so close to finishing Embittered, I’m just a few pages short! I’ll certainly finish it up this weekend, though. After that it is...
Jan 10, 20142 min read


Wild Swans: Original Tale Summary
The Wild Swans is not nearly well known as other fairy tales but I believe it deserves more attention as it’s one of the few fairy tales...
Jan 8, 20143 min read


I’m not the only perfectionist
Greetings, Champions. Enchanted (book 2 of King Arthur and her Knights) has a splendid new cover! Myrrhlynn spruced it up a little bit...
Jan 6, 20143 min read
Bring in the new year!
Happy New Year, my dearest Champions! I’m so grieved I have not written to you since last year. 😉 I hope you all were able to ring in...
Jan 1, 20141 min read


Beauty and the Beast: About the Beast
For my last blog post about the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale I wanted to discuss the Beast (or Severin as he is called in my version...
Dec 30, 20133 min read


Beauty and the Beast: Behind the Story
When I researched the origins of Beauty and the Beast for my book I found a lot of fairy tale commentaries. I know everyone is aware...
Dec 20, 20132 min read
B&B Extra
I forgot to mention this on Monday, but I’ve been sending out the extra B&B short story for those who review B&B and contact me. (See the...
Dec 18, 20131 min read


Writing Tips: Picturing Places
For those of you who didn’t know, Myrrhlynn was able to get the final cover of Beauty and the Beast to me earlier this weekend, and here...
Dec 16, 20132 min read


Beauty and the Beast: the Original Fairy Tale
Tale as old as time... but how well do you know the original fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast? As preparation for writing my own...
Dec 13, 20133 min read
Untitled
I have some big news to share! First of all I did some techno mumbo-jumbo, so you can get to this blog super quickly if you type in...
Dec 11, 20131 min read


Writing Tips: No Plot? No Problem
Before I start today’s post I want to announce that I hope to upload Beauty and the Beast to Amazon tonight or tomorrow. Due to Amazon’s...
Dec 10, 20133 min read
Cross your Fingers
With a little bit of ingenious maneuvering, Beauty and the Beast will be available for purchase late next week. I just got the manuscript...
Dec 6, 20131 min read


Writing Tips: Character Motivation
Greetings Champions. It’s been a while since I’ve had a writing tip entry, so today I want to talk about character motivation. Whether...
Dec 4, 20132 min read
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