
I’m giving The Girl Who Broke the Dark a rest while I draft the second in the series, tentatively titled The Girl Who Wrote on Water. But in between writing sessions, I was a guest…

Have You Heard of the Miraculous Small Flat Squares? “What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you,…

Last week I was a guest on the Sample Chapter Podcast, and had a great conversation with host Jason Meuschke. Some of the things we talked about were: To listen to the episode, click here….

Last month I dove into research, looking for seeds of inspiration for worldbuilding for the yet-to-be-named world for my new series. Now that I’ve uncovered all kinds of fun stuff to work into the books,…
Now that the holidays are over, I’m diving into my new series. Even though I’ve made a lot of progress on the opener, The Girl Who Broke the Dark, I still get to spend a…

I don’t know about you, but 2022 was a wild year for me. A wedding here, a week at the beach there, and covid made not one but two visits to our house…and we lived…

Reader’s Favorite held their annual award ceremony in Miami, to coincide with the Miami Book Fair. It was a thrill to see my book in their booth with the other winners. And then there was…

For once, I got a book to my editor on schedule. The past delays weren’t because I missed a deadline, but because I failed to book her in advance. She was booked solid when I…

A few weeks ago I went to the beach with the grandkids. We did the usual beach things, playing in the sand, digging for sand crabs, and splashing in the water. But sometimes unexpected things…

Good-byes are hard for me. So it’s no surprise I’m feeling a little sad that I’m finishing up my fourth novel, Flood of the Fire. You see, it’s the final book in the series I…