The Song of the Ash Tree

Super-Duper Productivity

April 20, 2016

Guys. I made a Wordle. Not just one Wordle. Many. So many. Too many. I wasted about an hour of my time messing around with font and layout and color and OH MY GOSH IT WAS SO WORTH IT.

I received initial designs for cover art for The Hills of Home yesterday and things are looking really, really good. I got the email while checking on some tickets at the Garrick and had to hold an impromptu huddle on the sidewalk with my friend, and even there, under the bright glare of the sun, within the confines … More Update: The Hills of Home

The Second Edda

February 15, 2016

I learned it from men, | the men so old, Who dwell in the hills of home. Harbarthsljoth, Poetic Edda For some writers, book ideas come with a title tagging along, a happy puppy, if you will, inseparable from the story itself, accompanying it every step of the way. The story is a tennis ball … More The Second Edda

My Characters Don’t Talk to Me–And I’m Okay With That

November 27, 2015

“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

On Writer’s Block

November 24, 2015

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?