When I went to buy my first ounce of “real” tea, I went to Teavana because it was close and convenient and I could drink it that day, no waiting for shipping. One of the things the salesperson pushed was German rock sugar. No thanks, sales lady, I just want… Read the rest...
It’s been a while since I did one of these! The funny thing about questions is that everyone tends to ask the same questions over and over again, meaning it isn’t very often that I get something new to answer. But here’s a small collection of things I’ve been asked… Read the rest...
A lot of people ask me where I get my ideas for books. While some are the sort that come to me as I sit and stew and try to think of a story, my favorites all come from dreams.
There’s something weird about the unconscious mind, those completely unfettered… Read the rest...
Did you know that over ninety percent of teas purchased in the western part of the world are black teas?Green tea has seen a bit of a rise in the past decade or so, as people become more aware of its excellent health benefits. But black tea remains the traditional… Read the rest...
Now and then, as I find new books to read, I encounter books that frustrate me. This can happen for a lot of reasons, but there’s nothing that frustrates me quite like a good story that suffers from poor execution. These result in books that, while featuring interesting plots and… Read the rest...
There’s a scene in the book I have out for beta reading where the main characters have an exchange in a garden. It doesn’t sound like much when I talk about it, but it’s an image still vivid in my mind’s eye. The two of them sitting on the grass… Read the rest...
It’s a strange thing, revisiting characters from a previously-written book.Unlike the fantasy series I’m working on now, I never planned to make this one into a series. It was one book, one idea, stand-alone and done. Until it wasn’t.
The idea came to me as we were in the car,… Read the rest...