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March 29, 2021
We are default people too
“When we say that someone is ‘writing from the margins’, what does that mean? […] They’re writing about race, or gender, or country of origin, or disabilities, or… the list goes on. But. Why are they still in the margins? Why is it still considered that?” (Morgan Hazelwood, Writing SFF From the Margins)
Krystle Matar and I decided to talk about this topic, and how we refuse to keep both ourselves and our characters on the margins of SFF literature.
Shifting the default: what does it mean to you...
February 23, 2021
No, really…
When Storytellers came out in March 2019, I kept obsessing about sales and reviews, refreshing my Amazon dashboard, checking Goodreads four times a day (HAHAHAHA more like forty). My first one-star review, didn’t upset me – I knew I was bound to get one eventually and almost felt validated. I was a real, rejected author now! But, also, Storytellers was no longer my only baby and the love of my life. It quietly disconnected itself from me – I was working on my second book, Age of Fire, urban fan...
December 21, 2020
The True Meaning of Christmas
Guest post by Elísabet R. Viðarsdóttir The Norse, with their gods and myths, sailed ashore in Iceland, the land of magical creatures both living and dead. In order to settle the island, the Norse knew they needed permission from these creatures. The living conditions on the island were harsh, especially during the long, cold […]
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December 12, 2020
Is this even “writing”?
There are three sorts of writers. Plotters, who come up with the plot first, then write their characters to follow it. Pantsers, who kind of grip to the edge of their seat and watch what happens. And Artistés, who develop characters that become so real they refuse to do what we want them to. Storytellers got []
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November 12, 2020
My Norse Gods: Freya
With Children out for a month now, it really is time for something I’ve been postponing for months… apologies to Freya and Freyr. “My” Freya is the reason why I originally – two years ago? – pitched the book as “Drag Race meets Terry Pratchett in Ásgard.” She wouldn’t just win Drag Race, because Freya doesn’t compete. […]
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October 10, 2020
Children: out and proud
Children is out, and I am proud. You can buy the e-book here. There are more links and excerpts on the Children page. When the writer finishes the book, they don’t know whether it’s any good. Will the readers stop reading on page 50? Will there even BE any readers? So, the writer has found the target audience […]
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September 20, 2020
Children: TWO WEEKS
I’m the sort of person who only really understands two dates: “sometime in the future” and “OMG”. When we went on a short outing I was working on the bonus hardcover-only story, when suddenly the realisation kicked me in the face: I didn’t have time to tinker with it at leisurely pace for the next […]
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August 21, 2020
Children: they’re coming
My second book, Children, will be released on October 3, if 2020 lets us stay around that long. You can add it to your Goodreads TBR list already. In a few words… Magni never wanted to be like his father, a murderous, absent, cheating alcoholic: Thor – the feared and beloved God of thunder. When […]
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July 25, 2020
Children: The title and the warnings
The reaction to the teasers and posts about Children – the first book in my new Ten Worlds series – has been great so far. The readers of Storytellers in particular have made it clear that they can’t wait. It’s the most wonderful compliment I could dream of. It also makes me somewhat uncomfortable, because this […]
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July 16, 2020
My Norse Gods: Frigg
The Ten Worlds will be less of a series and more of a universe I am building based on the Norse lore and surviving resources, which I then alter to fit my needs. Today I’d like to introduce you to Frigg, the wife of Odin – if I were in charge of casting the inevitable TV adaptation, I’d choose Tilda Swinton.
Frigg is – to quote Our Troth:
the most motherly […] she is the closest thing to an All-Mother the Northern folk know.
Frigg does not get a lot of space in the Norse lore, sometimes even ...
