Recollections
I was totally unable to come up with a blog post for this month. Somehow, my brain is bouncing between fiction, and politics, with no stops in between for something appropriate. So I thought I’d just post one of my Read more
Tag: Author Monthly Guest Post
The new normal and my latest release
When I last visited Love Bytes, I spoke about the impact of being forced to stay at home and how my daily writing life had changed. I spoke about the impact on my productivity due to a house full of Read more
When the world changes
I’m starting to think about a holiday story for this season, and I keep waffling about one issue. Do I write about last Christmas, with the setting options familiar and untouched by the pandemic. Or do I try to extrapolate Read more
Getting Out Of The Doldrums
Getting out of the doldrums Before I start this month’s topic, how many of you love words like ‘doldrums’? Words you don’t come across every day, words a little more esoteric and with a lot of history behind them. All Read more
Serial stories
Some readers love them, but I’ve never been a huge fan of serial stories, (or cliffhanger endings in general.) I waited to buy some of the excellent serials in the genre— like Amy Lane’s Beneath the Stain or Leta Blake Read more
When Species Meet
I enjoy books where one of the two main characters is a different species, alien or paranormal, something other than vanilla human. I particularly love it when that species is shown to have a different culture, different goals or expectations, Read more