THE BLOG

This week I spent a lot of time working on my story world. I have a method I use to build story worlds quickly and thoroughly, and I'm excited to share it with you! 

A few things you'll find interest...

Welcome back to documenting my publishing journey - it's officially the end of week 7! Holy cow - where did all the time go? I feel like I only just started this project! 

Anyway, this week we're doi...

February 3, 2025

I had the actual stomach flu. I was in denial about it at first - I haven't had anything like this since I was a kid - but several hours in the bathroom later, I had to face the trut...

This week was a week full of stress, personal failures (at least perceived ones) and surprises. I was really tempted to beat myself up about it this week, but we all know that doesn't help anything. 

This week, I hit a big milestone: 12,000 words!

While we're only at 1/8th of the projected length for this novel, it's important to me to celebrate this milestone, because this week has been a doozy....

They ran and ran and ran.

Jasper lost track of the turns he took and the echoing of footsteps in his ears. There was a relentless drumming in his head - and he would have followed its rhythm for mile...

January 13

One of the big questions I keep getting from my students is all about the querying process. There's a lot of information out there, but sorting through it and finding what is actually help...

January 6-12, 2025

January 6

Research:

I started today with researching the synopsis. I've probably written hundreds of these - it's part of refining the writing process - but it's been a while sin...

"He deserves a choice," Lucrezia insisted. She wouldn't stay inside the Sanctuary, but work in her lab in the villa. It clashed brilliantly with the ancient Japanese architecture of Yori's home, but i...

Hi there! Welcome to the first week of me documenting the (wild) process of writing my book!

If this is your first time here, welcome! I’m so excited to share this journey with you. If you’ve been fo...

Somewhere in the Aztec Empire, 1519

The Knights of the Order had been given one simple task: find the monsters released in Denmark, and bring them to Aetherill.

Given that, from a combination of a v...

The mountain was alive. Jasper could feel it watching him as he followed Yorihito into its tunnels. Although he couldn't find the source, his skin itched from the gaze of a thousand eyes peering out a...