Genre bending

Recently, I was filling out a questionnaire that required me to specify the genre of one of my books. Doing so was more difficult than it sounds, mostly because a lot of my stories are completely disrespectful of genre boundaries. Read more

Displacement

I just finished writing a winter solstice novella in which the damp, chilly weather is an important plot point. I had to write about my character shivering, bundling up in warm clothing, drinking spiced cider and hot chocolate to get Read more

Flashback Friday Audio Review: A Full Plate (Dreamspun Desires) by Kim Fielding (Author) & Kenneth Obi (Narrator)

Reviewed by Annika   TITLE: A Full Plate SERIES: Dreamspun Desires AUTHOR: Kim Fielding NARRATOR: Kenneth Obi PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press LENGTH: 5 hours, 19 minutes RELEASE DATE: June 5, 2018 BLURB: Bradford “Tully” Tolliver has everything – money, a beautiful Read more

The Power of Story

As part of my day job—I’m a university professor—I’ve been recording interviews with some really interesting people. I’ll be sharing the interviews with my online class this summer. One interview was with a pair of filmmakers who made a documentary Read more

Lessons learned

Things I’ve learned during the last six weeks: My cat, Niki, really enjoys Zoom meetings. Four members of my household have been Zooming frequently. As soon as Niki realizes someone’s Zooming, she rushes over to parade back and forth in Read more

Necessary Adjustments

Like millions of other people, I suddenly find myself working from home. You’d think this was no change from the usual since I’m an author, and you’d be correct in assuming I’ve always done the bulk of my writing at Read more