This week’s a special one. The munchkin is attending VBS for the first time, and while part of me feels like I probably should have volunteered as a program assistant, the week has an important purpose for me: teaching me what it’ll be like to be alone during the day.… Read the rest...
I’ve had a bit of time to simmer on things now, shortly after finishing the five-chapter mini-adventure I decided to write just for the heck of it. I planned for it to do a few things, and when I thought about it, I figured it was worth taking a second… Read the rest...
I apologize for the interruption in story time, but with everything going on in my favorite hobby right now, I figured this was a good thing to share because not a lot of people are talking about this aspect of the hobby at the moment. See, one of the most… Read the rest...
Unsurprisingly, as a fan of fantasy, I love world maps. I’ve always wanted maps in books I read, and have seen some beautiful maps in the past.
When I started writing my own fantasy stories, I knew I wanted to make my own maps. I’ve tried a variety of options,… Read the rest...
Late in January, my husband ran across a comic with a title remarkably similar to the title he’d chosen for his own. It’s not an uncommon issue; similar titles get used in stuff all the time. Heck, even identical titles crop up now and then. We discussed it a bit,… Read the rest...
Eight.
Just typing that headline makes me cringe.
It’s not uncommon for books to go through a lot of different drafts, but this is a little bit different. After a serious reevaluation, a split and a renaming, the first book in my epic fantasy series is now in its eighth… Read the rest...
I won’t lie–I’m a paper book lover. Not only do I like paper books, I like attractive paper books. Bad spacing and too-tiny-to-read fonts drive me crazy. I like hyphenation and pretty chapter headers. And because I’m a control freak, that means fine-tuning the book over the course of many… Read the rest...