When I started writing a novel about an allergic shifter, I knew I was in familiar territory. Not because I can change to a wolf at will—as far as I’ve noticed—but because the idea was born of aggravation with my allergies. I’ve been fighting ridiculous allergies my whole life. How ridiculous? Well…when I was a child, I noticed some of […]

  This is a post on how to treat your favorite ebook authors like rockstars. *blinks* What’s that? Did you ask if this post is a little self-serving since I just had an ebook come out? *scoffs* *sputters* *shuffles feet* You know what? Go to your room! *coughs* *clears throat* Okay. Now, where were we? I specified ebook authors because […]

  Have you ever read a book with a young character and thought, “That’s not a kid talking–that’s an adult who has never met a child–it’s their version of a kid talking,” or, “That’s a mini-adult,” instead of buying into it? Sometimes authors will explain it away because the child is gifted…so they can talk like an adult shrunken to […]

  I just read the weirdest thing…possibly the biggest piece of fiction ever set to paper. I did a double take and thought, “The $#@% you say!” It was a bold-faced lie…right there…in legalese. Ready for it? Here it is–just as I read it: All characters in this book have no existence outside the imagination of the author and have […]

  In the busy rush of today, I nearly skipped grabbing soup from the cafe near my allergist’s office. (A treat that I value in light of the fact that I’m sick of allergy shots.) Then, I saw they had Jambalaya. I can’t eat Jambalaya without thinking of New Orleans…and thus I can’t pass up a chance at Jambalaya. Few […]

  I know…it sounds exactly opposite of what you should do, so I’ll start off with dialogue from an actual car conversation I had with my son yesterday that’ll make you feel like a Mensa candidate in comparison. (I’ve substituted out initials for names, by the way.) T:  (out of nowhere with no context) “So, then she says *high falsetto […]

This was originally posted a year ago on Ramblings from this Chick in regards to Frosted: see original post here. But I like talking about personality types enough that I wanted to repost it. The Personalities of Pretend People Okay, I’m done with the P alliteration. Promise. Frosted began as a much shorter story. It was initially one third the size […]

So, some of you may have noticed I’ve been MIA for a bit. The holidays account for some of it, of course. We were gone for two weeks and I’m struggling to get back into a pattern. The rest of it is a mix of stupidity, stubbornness, and mental illness. I probably shouldn’t share–this is the epitome of over-sharing–which we’re […]

  More and more I’m raising eyebrows when someone asks, “So, what do you write?” and I say, “I write romance. I’m a romance novelist.” There’s even occasionally awkwardness following this statement–not from me–from them. Some people behave as if I’ve confessed to a much more *cough cough cough* way of making a living. But, you know what? There is […]

  I mentioned on Facebook that I’m writing a romance novella using a beta male to challenge myself and it’s an interesting path thus far. Most romances feature alphas. Some are alphas to varying degrees, but they’re still alphas. Typically, the only softening you see in them is towards the female lead or those they feel responsible for or protective […]