Between Luck and Magic Book Two of the Chanmyr Chronicles Getting book two polished and wrapped up with a pretty bow on top took longer than expected. I had the first draft completed by the end of January. But edits and revisions took a lot longer than we expected. …
Looking for some fun this summer? Love to read and need to find a new wow-author? If you enjoy games and books and puzzles, then this might be for you. One hundred forty authors got together for a scavenger hunt. Here’s how it works. Each author holds ONE…
Part of writing good fantasy, is in creating realistic worlds that are often just a little bit unique from our own. It is a way to delve into issues that we address every day, but never pause to consider. Take gender and relationships. In our world, it is what many…
At long last. The minor character of another story, has grown into a full novel, and a four book trilogy. Book one is scheduled for release on 6 Jan 2017! What do you think of the cover? I’ll be setting up things for the launch week. Let me know…
HORSEBACK GAMES: Qwatcha Okay, so the Faenyr aren’t exactly elves.. but as a mythical, magical race… they’re kind of close…;) Qwatcha is a Faenyr term that loosely translates as “rounding things up,” or “collecting things.” It is also what they call one of their favorite mounted games. It…
Okay, so halfway through 2016 NANOWRIMO (national novel writing month). I am only a teeny bit “under target” at this point, with around 28,500 words. Some of that is on editing-revisions on Luck, and some of it is going into the Luck-sequel– which still needs a name:). I gave myself…
POLARITY Polarity combines several different layers and aspects. There are two teams, ideally made up of nine players on each side. Four handlers. Four Kickers, and a goalie. The game is played with a roughly triangular inflated ball made of leather. The playing field is one hundred strides (yards) in…
Okay- I know I have been AWOL for a bit. I’ve been editing, revising and writing- and preparing for NANOWRIMO. My NANO project is the sequel to Before the Luck Runs Out. So far, untitled- but some cool stuff along the way. Also- I have a few companion stories…
Okay- so after a lot of life side-tracks and meaningful pauses, I finally got back to some writing. I have wanted to write some of Hunter’s backstory. I’ve had some ideas for a while. and some of the authors I have been following and working with, decided to put together…
Writers create worlds. It’s what we do. Some worlds are based on the here and now, and the world they create is the world of their characters. Fantasy and genre writers create literal worlds, with unique and fantastic creatures, races, laws and magic. It’s great fun. I absolutely LOVE when…
