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The Blog

  • The thing about originality

    I was just scrolling through my Reader on WordPress when I spotted this blog post, about a book called THE DREAM KEEPER, which involves a creature called a shifter. In case you haven’t heard, my WIP is tentatively called DREAMKEEPER, and features a race of people called shifters.  There was a time when this coincidence… Read more

  • Picking the brain of the collective

    Some days you just need some opinions. Maybe you’re torn between names for your protagonist. Maybe you’re having trouble coming up with a minor character’s motivations, or the right job for the love interest. Maybe you’re just interested in finding out what people think makes a good protagonist. Sometimes, the best way to find new… Read more

  • Mood Whiplash

    Alex and Chris are running from the monster. Alex is pretty sure there’s a bit of their mutual friend, Pauline, on Chris’s shirt– possibly part of Pauline’s kidney– left over from their last narrow escape from the beast. Every breath comes in a gasp as they turn yet another corner, and they can hear the… Read more

  • Been a bit busy

    Hey guys, This is just a bit of housekeeping to let you know I’m okay and all is well. This past weekend I went to Starkid’s Twisted (It’s very good, and I highly recommend you watch it once it becomes available). Between wrestling my health and the mountain of homework that’s been steadily piling up,… Read more

  • Like a Virgin Blog Hop

    I’ll be entering the Like A Virgin Contest this July. One of the events is the official “Getting to Know You” blog hop, where we’re hoping to meet some other contestants, potential beta readers and critique partners. If you’re interested in becoming writing buds, let me know in the comments! Admission to the contest is… Read more

  • Search Term Bingo!

    If you’re not familiar, popular author and awesome blogger Chuck Wendig does a little ditty known as Search Term Bingo. The deal is thus: WordPress includes a feature where it tells us what search terms led people to our site. Some of them make perfect sense. Others, however, can get downright silly. So what Chuck… Read more