Guess who’s writing this from the Warwick-Allerton Hotel in Chicago? This girl! After the couple of weeks I had, this conference will be a well-earned break. The students have been off the chain in anticipation of Spring Break, the greyhounds are nuttier than usual (and …
Read MoreNerdy Archaeopteryx Post
One week until Spring Break. Just one more week. We’ve got this. I’ve only got a couple more days before I drive up to Chicago for the Let’s Just Write! Conference. This will be the biggest conference I’ve gone to, and I’m excited and nervous. …
Read MoreSupport Indie Artists! Commission A Wyvern! And A Prehistoric Bird!
Why yes, I’m a nervous wreck. Why do you ask? It’s totally not because I’m pitching Shattered to an agent in two weeks. Not at all. Yeah, I am so lying. On a happier note, I’ve decided to branch out and support other artists! Aside …
Read MoreI Can’t Afford To Take the Sarah Winchester Approach To Writing.
Migraines suck, for a variety of reasons. Unlike the main character of Amber’s Lure, my migraines are painful. As in, I’d best be locking myself in a dark room for a couple hours and God help you if you disturb me/turn on a light/make noise …
Read MoreSlow Fashion For The Win!
So, I get asked this question a lot, particularly at the beginning of any school year by students who don’t know me yet (or don’t have siblings who had me as a teacher). Why do I always wear dresses, or the occasional skirt/blouse combo, and …
Read MoreCharacter Sketch-Natalie Forrester
I want summer. Now. I have had it with winter, and we are barely halfway through February. Supposedly we are getting belted with ANOTHER winter storm early this week. Blech. Enough is enough. On the plus side, maybe I will get to the halfway mark …
Read MoreOTMA-The Romanov Sisters
Another. Freaking. Snow Day. Mother Nature, can you just chill out? I don’t want to still be in school in June. Wait…scratch that. Mother Nature, do what ever the opposite of chill out is. We do not need more chill. We need temperatures above fifty …
Read MoreCharacter Sketch-Amber’s Lure
Rough week for all concerned. My older son got himself a nice case of norovirus. That delightful bug appears to be making the rounds at his school. I’m keeping a loose eye on him as I type this. I think he’s on the mend, and …
Read MoreThe Burning of Troy Opal
Describing objects with no known images is hard. Case in point: The Burning of Troy Opal. This stone makes an appearance in Opal Serpent, and is integral to the plot. Here is the problem. No images of this stone exist. No photos, paintings, sketches, nothing. …
Read MoreAnastasia Romanovna and Maria Temyrukovna
Here’s a study in contrasts…Ivan the Terrible’s first two wives, Anastasia Romanovna and Maria Temyrukovna. Age compared to Ivan: Anastasia and Ivan were the same age. With Ivan and Maria, there was a 15 or so year age gap. Contrary to what movies and pop …
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