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Posted onApril 29, 2015A to Z Blogging Challenge

V: Venomous Opinions from Point of View Characters

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One of the cornerstones of my writing style is my fanatical dedication to character voice. It’s very important to me that every single word of…

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Posted onApril 29, 2015A to Z Blogging Challenge

U: Undressing History, or, fashion research and invention

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I had to do a lot of fashion research for my debut novel. My protagonist is very concerned with appearances and is always studying people…

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Posted onApril 28, 2015Uncategorized

T: Technology and Fantasy, or, the story of the flashbulb camera

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Today I’m just going to tell a little story about something that happened to me while I was writing my debut novel, The Deathsniffer’s Assistant,…

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Posted onApril 28, 2015A to Z Blogging Challenge

S: Stirring up Genre Stew

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My debut novel, The Deathsniffer’s Assistant, is a classic whodunnit mystery novel. There’s a brilliant detective and her erstwhile assistant. There’s a gruesome murder. There’s…

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Posted onApril 27, 2015My Writing

COVER REVEAL for THE DEATHSNIFFER’S ASSISTANT

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My mother put together a little book documenting the years of my young life. Every year, she’d give me a little interview. What is your…

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Posted onApril 27, 2015A to Z Blogging Challenge

R: Random Facts About Me

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I’ve talked a lot about my writing, a lot about my inspirations, and a lot about my interests. But what about me? It’s tough because…

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Posted onApril 27, 2015A to Z Blogging Challenge

Q: Queens of Fantasy, or, random female characters in fantasy who I think are ballers.

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I established earlier this month that I’m a feminist. I’m proud of that. Having been interested in SFF since I was just a little girl,…

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Posted onApril 25, 2015A to Z Blogging Challenge

P: Patterns in my Writing

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Like all first-time authors, I’ve got a stack of unpublishable, half-finished, quarter-finished, and barely started novels laying around. Some were typed out when I was…

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Posted onApril 24, 2015A to Z Blogging Challenge

O: Oliva Faraday, or, writing a main character who isn’t the main character.

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The main character of my novel is… Well, that’s a actually a hard statement to finish. There are two main characters in my novel. The…

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Posted onApril 23, 2015A to Z Blogging Challenge

N: No More Castles, or, why I’ll never write medieval fantasy

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(Gosh, it’s amazing how quickly you can get behind on this challenge when you have a busy week, isn’t it? Here’s me rolling up my…

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