The folks on my newsletter already saw the cover for my newest book, and so now it’s the internet’s turn! The cover was done by Bookfly Designs, where James has once more done a lovely job incorporating the elements from my story to create an evocative cover. Again, he used a painting by John Atkinson Grimshaw, […]
I’d Do Anything For You, Dear, Anything
Yesterday, June 11, 2015, Ron Moody passed away. This makes me quite sad in ways that I really am unable to discuss out loud. So I thought I’d write down some of those thoughts instead. For those of you who don’t know, Ron Moody was most famous for his role of Fagin, in both the London […]
Obsessing Over Lyme Regis
When I write about my characters, I do far too much research about the area that they’ll be in. And, typically, it’s usually some place I’ve actually been, though I’m always too jazzed about being there while I’m there to take proper notes. That’s where the internet comes in handy! (And really, is there actually […]
When Words Mean
As a writer, I have a vested interest in words. In what they mean, in how they are used, in how they are interpreted, because words are potent and powerful tools that, when used (either rightly or wrongly) can resonate so deeply, it goes down to the bone. So when I find music that does […]
A Well-Mannered Outline
There’s always a lot of discussion about the kind of writer you are. The one division that I hear a lot is the one between “pantsers” and “plotters.” Pantsers just go with the flow, they open their brains and let the words fall to the page, and it’s poetry in motion until the very end, […]
Cups Song in Galic
So I finished Camp NaNoWriMo (the April version of NaNoWriMo, which happens in November) in fine style with a total of 60,233 words. This is well over the goal of 50K. And to what do I owe this miracle? Well, to start with I had a hand-written outline that I’d revised three times until everything […]