In January, in the aftermath of the holidays and in the middle of another Minnesota winter, I set a reading challenge for myself for 2015 on Goodreads. At 25 books in 12 months, it was a modest challenge. For a while, I was way ahead of schedule, but I’m glad now that I gave myself … More A Year in Books
“My character told me he certainly did not want to go on a date with his intended love interest.”** “My protagonist decided she had a fear of space-walking zombie rabbits, despite the fact that she single-handedly eradicated the emperor’s face-eating hellhounds.”** “My supposedly loyal warrior waltzed into the scene and said, in no uncertain terms, that he would, in … More My Characters Don’t Talk to Me–And I’m Okay With That
I’ve been asked a few times about writer’s block and recently expounded on my take on the subject on a Goodreads Ask the Author question. I thought I’d pop over here to share those thoughts. How do you deal with writer’s block?
Now that The Blood-Tainted Winter is out there (I mean, really, people are reading it. Maybe at this very moment.) I wanted to share the map created by Swedish illustrator/cartographer Gillis Björk. I’ve mentioned Gillis before and I still feel very lucky to have found him and to have his artwork gracing the pages of my book. It’s an … More Why I Love a Little Hand-drawn Tree
It’s a bit hard to fathom that after all these months of preparation, The Blood-Tainted Winter is actually venturing out into the world. I feel as though I should walk the streets of London as my own tiny parade and a big sign announcing that today is, in fact, different from yesterday. I’d have balloons, of course, a … More Today’s the day!
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