Character roles

My husband and I are avid gamers. Many modern games allow for the creation of your own custom characters, which means we spend a lot of time bringing our own ideas to life. For me, that means a number of characters from my books end up running around in these… Read the rest...

On the choice to self-publish

While gathering a list of questions I’ve been asked so I can put together another Q&A; post, I encountered a few questions that ended up having long-winded answers. One was about if writers need laptops to work, which I already addressed. Another was a little more complicated. It started as… Read the rest...

A brief vacation

Though I’ve done pretty good at writing something for my blog each week over the course of the past year, I didn’t update last week. Normally I’d have something ready, but things always go crazy when you’re preparing to travel. For the second year in a row, I went north… Read the rest...

The Parthenon

Not so long ago, a friend of mine had the incredible opportunity to see the Elgin marbles at the museum in London. I was more than a little envious, lamenting how unlikely it is I’ll ever be able to travel and see the wonders of ancient architecture I love. Fortunately,… Read the rest...