Last year while I was working on the first two Torin Keth novellas, I came up with some fun Confederacy-themed recipes for my newsletter. I had such a great time coming up with the recipes that I decided to continue. Instead of just plopping a recipe into my newsletter or blog, though, I’m going to…
When I first read Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, my husband was in grad school and we were dirt poor. I couldn’t afford the actual book, but I found it for free on his website with annotations in the margins. I was fascinated by his notes on his writing process and thought it would be really cool to…
Have you heard the news that Brandon Sanderson made a deal with Apple TV to make Mistborn and Stormlight Archive adaptations? Everyone I follow from YouTube to Instagram to Facebook seems to be amazed and thrilled that he’s finally got a deal and unprecedented creative control. I, for one, am probably a bit more cautious…
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to be less ashamed of my depression and to be more open about it with others in the hopes that we can all chip away at the stigma mental health issues have. Right about the time I decided to be more open, I saw a post from the…
I was incredibly fortunate to attend Dragonsteel Nexus 2025 with my husband and two eldest children. We had a blast! My son told me that this was his version of Disneyland and that we need to come back every year. Before the Convention I actually applied for an indie author table back in the spring,…
Updates about what I’m writing, when stories will be released. Also a short teaser for a story I’m working on now!
Now that I’ve published my second Realm War Chronicles book, I have several other writing projects I’d like to get started on.
What do you get when you cross a writer and a deadline? A very clean house, or in my case, a revamped website.
Muspell’s Sons Sequel Progress I am on track to have the book ready for beta readers on April 1. I’m super excited to see what people think of it. This book has been difficult to write but I’ve also learned a lot about myself and the writing process. If you want to be a beta…
Today I reached a milestone with my latest book! 150,000 words! I can actually believe that Muspell’s Sons is going to have a sequel! Granted, they are 150,000 unedited words, and not all of the story is written down yet. I consider it a rough or first draft until I am reasonably happy with how…
