This funky post is dedicated to the BBQ party weekend blog-hop suggested by the fabulous KarenG. So join the party and hop along to visit some new blogger friends. BASIC WORDLE For those who haven’t encountered Wordle yet, it’s an online service that takes your manuscript (or website or blog) and turns it into a graphic representation, where more frequently used… Read More
Science fiction has returned to middle grade, but it’s gone undersea. Dark Life is a fantastic tale set in a future where the seas have risen and life is crowded on land, but a new frontier has opened at the bottom of the ocean. Ty, a fifteen year old born on the ocean floor, fights undersea pirates and the onerous… Read More
I’m back and blogging! And really couldn’t be happier. I was on blogging withdrawl meds there for a while. But I put my blog-cation to good use: I finished the edits on Byrne Risk (my middle grade science fiction novel) and have flung it out into the querying world. *deep breaths* *deep breaths* This is the Chinese character for Tao,… Read More
Sometimes writing can occur without paper or pencil or keyboard. It happens in your head, voices speaking to you in the shower. It happens on the way to the park, overhearing a quippy phrase that sparks a plot twist. It happens when you steal time to write, write, write while the kids are occupied with an elaborate board game, or… Read More
Anne Severn Williamson is an author, blogger, and lover of magic and horses. She has kindly offered to share her knowledge of the history of magic for those who write (or read) fantasy. Roots of Magic, by Anne Severn Williamson Candles and potions, cloaks and daggers, rings and chalices … the trinkets of Hollywood hocus-pocus dazzle the imagination in numerous… Read More
SPOILER ALERT: There’s not much in the way of spoilers here, but if you want to skip to the end and just leave a comment to enter to win a copy of Hunger Games, please feel free! I don’t review YA books (and Hunger Games is definitely young adult), but I wanted to talk a bit about this amazing book… Read More