I’ve got the first couple of pages of Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb over at Tumbling in Books. Here – I’ll whet your appetite Chapter 1 – Something Wicked this Way Comes The three witches were huddled so close around a spinning wheel they seemed like one person. “You’re not supposed to be here”… Continue reading Over at Tumbling in Books
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The Cutting Room Floor
Happy New Year kids! I hope you all played nice and had some lovely days off. Jay and I spent New Years Day walking around Central Park and saw a cardinal and a red-tailed hawk through the binoculars of a lovely nearby ornithologist. It was a beautiful day. And now, back to business. So today I’m… Continue reading The Cutting Room Floor
Over at Howling Turtle
I’m over at Howling Turtle talking about five things you might not know, or ever want to know about Greek mythology. See, Lizzy is one part Shakespeare and two parts mythology. I’ve always been a huge fan of greek mythology. Cyclops, satyrs, Pegasus, heroes, villains, talking trees – the whole thing was fascinating when I… Continue reading Over at Howling Turtle
Something has to be Sacrificed
So the lovely Ms. Morgan was nice enough to invite me over to her blog Writer’s Block to talk about….well….the horror that is writer’s block. Merriam-Webster defines writer’s block as a psychological inhibition preventing a writer from proceeding with a piece. Though I’m sure quite a few writer’s would use different terms to describe it. Terms that maybe we don’t… Continue reading Something has to be Sacrificed
Writing about Writing about Laini Taylor
I’m a big fan of Laini Taylor, a writer whose work I absolutely admire. Actually that’s an understatment. Her sentences make my heart go aflutter, her characters make me woozy, her storytelling is gather-round-the-campfire perfection. If she would let me I would love to buy her a chocolate sundae or barring that we could run away together. Either… Continue reading Writing about Writing about Laini Taylor
Ally Malinenko 