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Pardon the mess…
(My website and social media pages are still under construction while I get my act together. In the meantime, enjoy some photos) Don’t worry, this isn’t my house. It was a doctor’s office once upon a time, then an auto shop, then an unofficial dumping ground for the local area.…
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So what’s with all the abandoned buildings?
Urban Dragon takes place in what’s known as the Rust Belt, where abandoned buildings, derelict factories, and unused railroad tracks are part of the everyday scenery.
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A Change of Plans
For the last year, I’ve been pretty much silent. I was picked up by Cliffhanger Press, and I was pushing my limits to get the nine novellas of my series written before my publisher’s patience dried up and I outstayed my welcome. As it turns out, the people of CP…
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Major Announcement
Let me tell you a story: I got engaged to my husband Boxy when I was in my senior year of high school. We’d been discussing the idea for a while before then– as mild hypotheticals at first, which slowly crystallized into certainty. We went to the jewelry store together to…
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Shifting the scales on gender bias
Just now I was working on a minor transition scene: our heroes were sitting in a diner and unwittingly witnessed the villain making a deal. In order to more subtly plant the villain in the diner, I listed off the restaurant’s other patrons: a boy in a college hoodie, a…
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What is Demisexuality?
Let’s start with a vocabulary lesson: A person who is Demisexual typically doesn’t experience sexual attraction to someone unless they have a strong bond with them first. On a similar note, a person who is Demiromantic typically won’t fall in love with a person without that same kind of strong bond.…
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The tricky thing about relationships (and not the ones you’re thinking about)
I don’t know what your childhood was like, but when I was a kid, the world was divided into very few categories. The people I knew were either friends, family, that amorphous mass that comprises my extended family, and teachers. That was it. Fast forward twenty years. Now I have online…
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A quick diatribe on dialogue
Real dialogue sounds something like this: “By the way, did you know they’re making Pacific Rim 2? Oh, and dinner’s ready.” Cue five minutes of shouting and vague TV noises while Boxy shoots at zombies while some cheesy horror flick is playing on the second monitor, followed by: “What?” …
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An honest Critique (Partner)
What is a Critique Partner? If you’re like me and you cut your teeth writing for fandom, you might be more familiar with the term beta editor. I much prefer critique partner, because where beta editor implies a one-sided relationship (“you read my stuff and tell me what you think”)…
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Art installation in the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library
Art captured in words won’t hide in shadow. It emerges to illuminate life.
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