I originally wrote this as part of the Fairy Tale Fortnight event on The Book Rat.  I thought I would share it with you as we gear up for the release of Atone this summer! I love fairy tales. I love reading them. I love reading and watching adaptations of them.  I love writing adaptations of them.  As a reader/movie & television watcher I have yet to come across a fairy tale adaptation concept that I was completely unwilling to try.  ...

In April, authors Nancy Kelley, Kimberly Truesdale, and I challenged each other to write in a genre that we weren't comfortable with.  For me, that's straight historical.  Because I was working so intensely on Atone I was only able to write what amounts to the first chapter of this story idea.  It's set in the Regency and is a bit like my short story In Her Service except without the frog or the magic. Here is the first chapter for your...

Here's the thing.  I have way too many projects on the docket. In fact, sometimes I think my brain comes up with new project ideas just to avoid thinking about whatever I'm currently working on.  Now that Atone is in the editing stages I'm trying to decide which of my many story ideas I am going to focus on next.  Some have had more prep work than others, some even have words written, some are just basic plot ideas that I dream about while...

Hello there, long blog post title! How ya doin? Fellow authors Nancy Kelley and Kimberly Truesdale and I are challenging each other to write in genres that scare us this April. We all have genres we feel the most comfortable in. For me it's anything with fantasy in it. Ask me to write straight historical or contemporary and I get really stressed out. You can see my post about the writing challenge on Indie Jane. We'd love for you to...

Hey, howdy, hey!  I've been DEEP in edits for Attempting Elizabeth...making a desperate push to have it out this year (ahem, not happening),  but it's looking like early next year for sure! (Next year is like in three weeks, assuming we survive the Mayan Apocalypse)...   While I haven't posted here in ages, I haven't been completely absent from the interwebs.  I've been working on getting Indie Jane up and running again after The...