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Writing Inspirations Part Three: Simplicity

Writing Inspirations Part Three: Simplicity I love words. I collected them like a raven collects shiny bits of things. I horde them, secreting them away to pull out on cold winter nights to look at and savor, to enrich myself with the depth of meaning, the foreign feeling, the difference they offer my life. I … Continue reading →

Writing Inspirations Part Two: Aware Reading

Writing Inspiration Part Two: Aware Reading I honestly think that to be any kind of a writer, good or back, fiction or non-fiction—even news, you must first be a reader. It would seem obvious, to write you must read, but I have been surprised by how few writers read beyond the scope of their field. … Continue reading →

Writing Inspirations Part One: Wings

  I've been asked more than once where I find inspiration for my writing. It's the question I think writers hear the most, and for many it's the hardest to explain. In the realm of fantasy and science fiction it's probably even harder, since so much of what we write is outside the pale. Monsters, … Continue reading →

One of My Heroes is Flying with Her Dragons

  Anne McCaffrey 1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011 My writing life began when I was six, it grew steadily over the years, then one day I found something that was magic, something that let me know that the things in my head were special too. That thing was a book by one of the … Continue reading →

Epic Fantasy in the Modern World

I love fantasy. It was something that caught my imagination when I was young and, with science fiction, made up the bulk of my reading for many years. Back then, days in the park were full of dragons and knights, dark wizards and heroic journeys. Of course, living in the Pacific Northwest, with its forested … Continue reading →

The Hunt

The Hunt, the second in my Custodes Noctis--Keepers of the Night--series is now available.

Creating and expanding on the mythology of the Custodes Noctis and the story of the Emrys family was interesting, that constant awareness of what had come before and what would be coming in the future.

Since book two introduces one of the themes for the series, I was particularly aware of those facets of the story that might come back to haunt me later.

I will be having promotions and other fun things to celebrate the publication of book two.

The Hunt