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Sneak Peek & Upcoming Reading

Idalia de Sevante and the Tablet of Destiny will soon be available. Target date is October 2013 (just a few weeks away!) Kidnapped. What kind of self-respecting pirate gets kidnapped? That’s what Captain Idalia de Sevanté thinks, until she realizes … Continue reading →

The Beauty of Research

Finally! I found a use for my degree. Last week, while I struggled to complete the last sea fight of my sequel, I decided that internet research just wasn’t cutting it. I was finding no inspiration and it was just … Continue reading →

The Beauty of a Useless Degree

Finally! I found a use for my degree. Last week, while I struggled to complete the last sea fight of my sequel, I decided that internet research just wasn’t cutting it. I was finding no inspiration and it was just … Continue reading →

Hacked! By my little sister…

Every electronic device that I own has a password for one express purpose…to keep my ninja sister from rummaging around. Looks like I missed one! Please disregard the post that I just deleted. P.S. Kids are SMART! Techies start in … Continue reading →

Yosemite Adventures

Forest wandering, cave exploring, and a horseback trek up a mountain–despite a ravaging fire that began on the heels of a lightning storm the day before I arrived, the area around Yosemite still proved to be one of my favorite … Continue reading →

Free Book Friday!

Hey all! Free loot! It’s Free Book Friday. August is a favorite month of mine, so for the next three Fridays (16th, 23rd, 30th), The Blood Curse of Captain Sevanté is FREE for Kindle users. Click HERE to gather your … Continue reading →

Emma Woolf’s “Writerly Life” Article

P.S. Wouldn’t it be great to be here? I’d take a writer’s retreat there any day!

Happy Friday! Time for an article share. “In Pursuit of the Writerly Life” by London-born writer, Emma Woolf. I found it inspiring and very true.

Click the bolded article subtitle below to read the full piece:

Loneliness, procrastination, elusive success—the literary life isn’t a cakewalk, says Emma Woolf. But holding that first book with your name on it is pure magic.

That Awkward Moment…

…when I realize that I’ve unintentionally created the perfect trap, perfect life-threatening circumstance, and now I have to get my characters out of it.

Last night I spent six hours writing and researching how to treat hemotoxic pit viper bites and first aid care for marine toxins. Not so bad? Pair that with a blood-gushing wound that requires direct pressure. Know what I found out? If you put direct pressure on a poisonous snake bite, once you inevitably relieve that pressure the toxin will...

New and Improved

Ashley Golden’s Ignis Fatuus Studios has done a superb job on the new wraparound cover for The Blood Curse of Captain Sevanté. The whole story has had a reboot (clean-up edits missed in the first round, improved interior text design, price reductions, NEW COVER), and I can now say that I am fully satisfied with the final product and very willing to never look at it ever, ever, ever again.

Er, of course I don’t mean that. But suffice to say I now have a greater understanding for why it takes pu...

Back from SD Comic Con ’13

My dragon’s hoard of Con spoils…books, book, and more books!

I’m so lucky I live within driving distance of San Diego. That was the most fun I’ve had in years. For my first time at Con, I attended on the last day with veteran-Con friends who had been there every single day. They were a little wiped out and were such good troopers to put up with my desire to wander about! Ashley Golden (creator of my beautiful new wraparound cover) and I tag-teamed with promoting each other. While my friends we...