Dark Triumph Book Trailer Plus ARC Contest!

February 4, 2013

Today over on Entertainment Weekly’s Shelf Talker, the trailer for DARK TRIUMPH is up! Also a short interview and the playlist. Which brings me to the details of the next Dark Triumph ARC giveaway! To be entered, all you have to do is share the book trailer link on Twitter, Facebook, your blog or Tumblr! […]

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Conferences and Cons

January 27, 2013

Popping out of the writing cave to say HI! Book Three is chugging along, but never as fast or as brilliantly as I think it should be. Also, I have noticed working on a highly compressed schedule like this, I seem to be able to write the book OR write blog posts. Not very good […]

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Ismae’s Christmas List

December 13, 2012

Dearest Saint Nycholas, I would willingly forsake all material desires this Christmas if only you could grant me the following wishes, which would aid me greatly as I serve St. Mortain. You understand, these are not selfish, worldly requests, but rather the tools and answers I need in order to serve my convent to the […]

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Best Book Lists, New Review, and Dark Triumph Countdown!

December 4, 2012

Just popping in with some news. Well, lots of news, actually. I’m HUGELY thrilled to report that GRAVE MERCY has made a number of year end, BEST OF 2012 lists–Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal, and Amazon! My sincere thanks to each and every one of you who read this book or blogged about it or […]

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Pre Writing Step #3: Structure—Creating the Foundation

October 30, 2012

Even though I still consider myself to be in the pre-writing phase, the next thing I need to do is to create a foundation that will support the shape and heft of the book. I know that might seem like kind of a left-brained thing to do in the pre-writing stage, but I find if […]

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Growing Plot From Character

October 28, 2012

Once I know my character’s emotional landscape, it’s time to see how to shape that into an arc that will work with the story idea. How can I turn all that I’ve learned about my protagonist into the beginnings of a story? In order to understand what actions will effect a transformation in your character, […]

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Pre-Writing: It’s All About The Character

October 25, 2012

I usually have at least a vague kernel of an idea as to who my main characters are, a kernel which I will be able to dig around in and coax into some sort of personage. Although with MORTAL HEART, I do have a decent sense of Annith and the other characters in the book […]

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On Mash Ups, High Concepts, and Writing to the Trends

October 24, 2012

A Google Alert landed in my inbox the other day, pointing me to a blog that was talking about GRAVE MERCY in conjunction with a recent Publisher’s Weekly article that had mentioned it (which I had totally missed, so YAY!) The PW article was about current trends and the increasing number of mash ups being […]

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Weaknesses: Our Hidden Strengths

September 27, 2012

Over on Writer Unboxed I was talking about how our weaknesses can often be our hidden strengths. And this doesn’t only apply to writing. It’s one of the first rules of characterization we writers learn—give our protagonists a fatal flaw. Even better? Use that fatal flaw to bring about the character’s ultimate triumph. It is […]

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DARK TRIUMPH: Chapter One

September 24, 2012

In honor of the ARCs going out, I thought I would post the complete first chapter of DARK TRIUMPH. (There is a partial first chapter posted on Amazon, but it cuts off far too soon!)   Nantes, Brittany 1489 I did not arrive at the convent of Saint Mortain some green stripling. By the time […]

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