Do you have a favorite book quote?

Do you have a favorite book quote?

by | Nov 22, 2019 | general

So here’s a fun thing I found this week.  Apparently this has been available at least through Kobo’s e-reader for a while, but Amazon just announced that if you read Kindle books on an Apple iOS device (iPhone or iPad) you can take the passages you...
Is there anything better than humor?

Is there anything better than humor?

by | Oct 11, 2019 | general

Is there anything better than humor? Wait, don’t answer that.  There are. There are things better than humor. All those truly, deeply good things in life: -The kind of love that comes alongside you and wraps around your soul. -The idea of redemption: The way something...
My writing process – in pictures.

My writing process – in pictures.

by | Sep 27, 2019 | general

I recieved an interesting question from a reader this week about my writing process: “How on earth do you create these stories?  I’ve read your blog and info etc on some of your processes i.e. how you don’t see scenes as many others do etc, but that just makes...
Character – fiction or real?

Character – fiction or real?

by | Jun 28, 2019 | general

I always find it interesting when fictional characters are based on real life people. The trilogy I’m working on now is set in the same world as my Keeper Chronicles and will tell the story of the first queen.  I’m basing her on the life of Empress Theodora from...

Frequentatives – a third time

by | Jun 21, 2019 | general

We’ve chatted about frequentatives twice. Here and here. I discovered a few more frequentatives that I find a little gross.   Gross Frequentative #1: spit/spatter So there’s spit, as a normal verb. Even when spitting is talking about oil spitting while you...