Category: writing
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The Firstborn’s Hero: Lord Haughton
Writing heroes is always fun. I never set out with a perfectly formed character in mind. I usually have a scene, or even a scene-let, with a few lines of dialog, maybe a bit of action, and that’s it. But it gives me enough of a springboard that I can start building a story around…
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A Thief and a Lady: Chapter One, Part Two
Has it been a week already? I thought the time over Christmas break went quickly, and now here we are, over a week into the month and I feel like time is running through my fingers… or like sand through the hourglass… these are days of our lives… Wait. Wrong thing. This week, I bring…
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Snippet Sunday – January 8, 2017: Onward and Outward
It’s now officially one week into the new year. Am I already exhausted? Indeed. Can I believe that it’s January and the days are already getting longer and people are counting down to spring? Very much so. Today’s snippet is from the same story as last week, A Hollow Lady, and picks up just a…
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Snippet Sunday – January 1, 2017: A New Year Awaits!
It’s a new year! Out with the old and in with the new, as they say. But I’m here chugging along on a few older stories, hoping to see them all finished off in the months ahead. Today is my first dive into Snippet Sunday brought to you by the Weekend Writing Warriors, and I bring…
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Another Day, Another Chapter
Today is my book’s birthday! *insert triumphant cheers and happy dances* The Crimson Gown has been set loose today, which is all sorts of thrilling and frightening and so on. This one was a bit more under the radar, because something I’ve discovered the more I write and the more kids I have is that…
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At Least I’m Consistent…
When you’re an author, and you want to start a blog, the advice you hear the most is to have a “theme.” In other words, if you write historical novels, keep your posts along a historical vein. Do you write murder mysteries? Maybe something about true crime to keep your readers entertained! I let myself…
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Out of My Comfort Zone
Two years ago, I had a miscarriage. That same autumn, my father’s health took a turn for the worse, and over that winter and spring, he deteriorated until he finally passed away in June of last year. Over that time, especially when I came home from the hospital after losing the baby and found myself…
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Practicing Patience… Patiently.
In Sunday School, my kids have been learning about the Fruits of the Spirit. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 (KJV) There’s even a mighty ear worm of a song to go with it, but I won’t…