Over forty years ago, I embarked on an incredible journey: digging up the roots of my family tree. It whisked me away to such remote places of the world as the quaint hamlet of Porlock on the southwest coast of England, where I found myself among pirates and smugglers. It dragged me through the bloody…
Traitors’ Fate, published February 13, 2018, is a standalone book that takes place after the events of Queen of Thieves, Book 3. It is suggested that you read Child of the Night Guild, Thief of the Night Guild, and Queen of the Night Guild first. About Traitors’ Fate Ilanna, Master of the Night Guild, has waged a war…
Are you scared of what lurks in the dark? The suirlang, a creature you don’t want to meet, doesn’t always lurk in the dark, but it does prefer to come out at night. You will know one is close by the horrendous stench that fills the air around it. The way this suirlang feeds is…
One thing we authors often hear is “kill your darlings.” This usually refers to the parts of our books we really like but may not work in the larger context of the story. That could include certain elements, tropes, or favorite characters. But some authors take a different approach to this. I asked Andy Peloquin,…
How much pain would you be willing to endure to be thought of as beautiful? To what lengths would you be willing to go to ensure that you were thought of as sexy? How much trauma would you be willing to put your feet and your body through? For me, wearing high heels isn’t safe…
What if you learned that your father was bent on destroying you and everything you loved? What if you discovered that your entire life had been a lie? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to grow up in the mob? Renee’s father is a tyrant and underboss for a powerful crime family.…
I started writing when I was a kid. I always loved to read and would get lost in worlds that were so vivid in my imagination. When I was in fourth grade, I entered a young writers’ conference and placed second. After that, I started writing short stories in spiral notebooks and eventually had too…
The dreary days and super-cold temperatures of this winter have left me longing for warmer days and sunshine. How about you? Have you ever been to the land of the midnight sun? Do your dogs like to apricate? Have you watched a turnsole follow the movement of the sun? What does alpenglow have to do…
Chase your dreams, they often say. How many truly get a chance to do so? In a world that is dog-eat-dog and whatnot, chasing dreams is something meaningless and devoid of context. It is an empty platitude and nothing more. Something strange happened in my case. The stars aligned and a very special woman made…
Dreams. We all have them, some more often than others do. No matter how often we have them, our dreams take us to other worlds, other situations, other realities. What if while you were asleep at night you could leave your body and go anywhere you wanted? Paul has sleep issues. It’s not that he…
