I spent a good bit of time, thinking about planets. I wonder now, how much richer the existing five books would have been, for having this tiny bit of world-building included. People could talk about “A Hadra child” or a “Takkara child” to reference being a good worker, or a…
My mum would have been 98 on Sunday. It’s hard to believe that she’s been gone for ten years now! She was born fifty years too soon. You’ll understand why, in a minute;) She became a nurse, and was an officer in the army, during world war II. Nursing was…
Back in Before Luck Runs Out, Jedda met and fell in love with Diya. Then he had to flee from Hak’kar’s wrath. Now we get to follow Diya and find out what happens to her after he leaves. Diya was born and raised to have no demands or expectations. She…
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So, I have a bunch of house-projects I need to do. Spring-cleaning, deep-cleaning. Primary on that list is pulling the carpet out of the downstairs to pressure-wash it outside and let the sunshine bake it back to minty-freshness:) My housemate volunteers to do the heavy lifting, because I have “office…
I wanted to know what my newsletter readers wanted to see in their mailbox– so I asked. What the survey tells me. I live in a strange universe. Okay, I didn’t need a reader poll to tell me that. I’m thrilled to hear from so many of you. I probably…
Did you ever hit “send,” and have that horrible OH-NO moment after it’s too late? Yeah, me too. In this case, it was the opening of A Change of Luck. A week after releasing it, I actually went back and looked at the opening. What was I thinking!!?? I almost…
I read The Hobbit when I was about eight– and re-read the entire series from beginning to end the way kids read Harry Potter. So don’t take this as a bash:) I got into an amusing conversation the other day. The entirety of the series is kicked off by Bilbo…
At long last, we are releasing the next book in the Chanmyr Chronicles! I’m sure you remember that I started writing In Luck’s Shadow– over a year ago! Okay, longer than that:) I had the best of intentions about getting it finished– but then.. the things happened:) Also, I did…
I just watched this video and it got me thinking. DO you think there is a special area in the brain for magic? Not like a “magic gland or lobe” etc.. but it got me to wondering…. If some people have a better affinity to use magic– what is…
