Hi reading friends, If you’ve been with me for a while, you know I’m a big fan of gratitude. My Canadian friends just celebrated Thanksgiving last month and we are coming up on that holiday … Read More
Fantasy reads for those blustery days
My part of the world feels like it’s going to blow away. Temperatures are falling almost as fast as the golden leaves. (The picture above is taken in my front yard.) How about your corner … Read More
A new Castle in the Wilde story: A Castle Lost
Are you ready for a new story? I hope so, because I have one for you. It’s the unexpected sort, which I sometimes think is the best kind. When I planned the Castle in the … Read More
Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award Winners and Writing News
I have plenty to share with you this month:• Realm Makers Award Winners• Free books (both print and ebooks)• My writing news Realm Makers Writers Conference gets better every year. The joy of seeing faces … Read More
Why is time sneaky?
Once again, time charged ahead while I was writing. Is the medieval world that I write in doing this to me? Some kind of time warp?
A Castle Contended
Release day has arrived! A Castle Contended is now available. She loves her kingdom…and the foreign usurper they hate. How can she choose between them? If you pre-ordered, the book should already be in your Kindle … Read More
Care to join me for an adventure?
Care to join me for an adventure? That woodland pictured above is just how I imagine dawn near the Castle in the Wilde. Why go adventuring through a medieval world? Some years ago, I discovered … Read More
May in Minnesota…with murderous birds?
Hello book lovers! Ah, spring! Better yet, May in Minnesota. Puffy clouds drift in the blue sky. Hillsides turn green. Flowers bloom. Crows wash their victims in my birdbath. No, seriously, they do! I’ve heard they … Read More
Wild Woodlands
Hi reading friends! Are you the sort who wonders what inspires stories? Then you might enjoy these photos from a trip I took to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. This area, the Oregon coast, … Read More
Springtime and Dragons
Springtime is my favorite object lesson from nature. Things look bad? Oh, it’s time to grow again. Circumstances less than perfect? Grow anyway! Spring blizzard? Uh…grow tomorrow. Today, curl up with hot cocoa and a book. Such as: Call Me Dragon.