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June 24, 2014
Writing Lessons from the Seven Kingdoms, Part One
Over this past weekend I did something that I’ve been meaning to do for a long, long time. I started reading A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin. And pretty much as I expected, I kind of love it. I’m going to wait to watch the series until after I finish the books (well, […]
June 20, 2014
Women in Politics, 1900
Yes! I got my first 1-star review of Somebody to Love! And it was the best possible kind of 1-star review too! How can a 1-star review be a good thing, you ask? Well, when the criticism is all about a point of historical accuracy, and when the reviewer is, frankly, wrong, it gives me […]
June 13, 2014
Saving Grace – A Little Taste
I’ve been horribly remiss about writing blog posts lately, but in my defense, it’s because I’ve been working SO HARD on the first two books in my Grace’s Moon series, Saving Grace and Fallen From Grace. So just to prove that I haven’t been goofing off, here’s a little snippet from Saving Grace… “I don’t […]
June 11, 2014
Lifelong Learning for Writers
A friend of mine began a Facebook post the other day with the words “A wise man once said that you’re never too old to learn.” It was completely ironic that she would post that, considering I had been thinking the same thing all last weekend at the 66th annual Philadelphia Writers’ Conference. Writer’s conferences, […]
June 2, 2014
Medieval Monday: Girl Power
Originally posted on Merry Farmer:
The Middle Ages. They weren’t what you thought they were. Welcome to Medieval Monday, in which I employ my two History degrees and irritation about the misconceptions of Days of Yore to bring you topics about an era you only think you know. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet…. Girl Power…
The Middle Ages. They weren’t what you thought they were. Welcome to Medieval Monday, in which I employ my two History degrees and irritation about the misconceptions of Days of Yore to bring you topics about an era you only think you know. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet…. Girl Power…
May 23, 2014
Unlocking the Completely Baffling Mystery of Author Branding
When I first started publishing back in 2011, I thought to myself, “YAY! I’m a writer! I can write books now!” Ha! Little did I know that writing the books is only about 50% of the rigmarole of being a writer. It’s the most fun part, mind you. It’s the part that I really and […]
May 20, 2014
Women at the Fall of Civilizations
The other day, my friend Felicity and I were sitting around at lunch talking about historical precedent for the decline of civilizations and the people who succeed in creating a new world out of the ashes of failure. Yeah, lunch at our table is like that. I had started out talking about thematic elements of […]
May 15, 2014
Overcoming Writer’s Inertia
I don’t get writer’s block. I know that might make some of my writer friends green with envy, but it’s true. I have so many ideas and characters rolling around in my head and so many novels already planned that it would take me about ten years before I ran out of old ideas. And […]
May 12, 2014
Will They Or Won’t They (Ever Learn)
Today I’m going to diverge from my usual topics of writing and history to talk about the other thing nearest and dearest to my heart: Romance. Not just any romance, though. I want to talk about the way that romance is handled by television, because there’s something that TV does to 95% of all good […]
May 8, 2014
The Secret Power of Series
Okay, writers. I’m going to tell you something you already know. Ready? Nothing sells books like more books. Series are totally the way to go. Heard that before? We all have, especially those of us who are indie authors. But you know, it’s really true. I mean, really, REALLY true. I’ve seen authors skyrocket in […]
