Freya’s Gift Friday Snippet #7
Good morning. I missed last week because I got distracted by the Mad Men post. 🙂 Before the snippet, I wanted to announce that the publication date of Freya's Gift has been moved to March 23 because of some reworking of Samhain's website. Just a week delay. It will...
Mad Men Season Three: The Power of a Happy Ending
The show Mad Men is many things. It's intense, morbidly funny, sad, and intelligent. What it's never been is happy. Which is why the ending to season three, which was so joyous I felt like dancing around the room, came as such as pleasant shock. I've never thought Don...
Final, Final Freya’s Gift Cover
It's the same cover for the most part but the font has been changed at the bottom to a more modern one, possible to keep the focus on the cover itself rather than the words. March 16. Not much more than a month away. 🙂 And the final blurb: Sif and Ragnor have held...
Freya’s Gift-Friday Snippet #6
Coming March 16 from Samhain Publishing. I repeat that each time because all the marketers say repetition is necessary. 🙂 I've been thinking about the story and how I sometimes stumble when trying to describe it. Yes, it's erotica and I'm not shy about that but I...
Freya’s Cover–The Cover!
We went through a couple of minor cover variations before settling on this one. I like this because it intrigues me about what the women might be thinking and I especially love the design and the earth tones, which goes nicely with the Dinah of Seneca cover. That was...
Phoenix Rising: A Superhero Romance
When I first decided to write a paranormal story, I skipped the ever-popular vampires and shapeshifters. I just couldn't think of anything to do with them that interested me. If I'm going to spend time writing a book, the very least I can do is have fun with the...
Freya’s Gift–Snippet #5
Happy Weekend, all! I was looking through the story for good passages and realized that I haven't posted anything yet that featured Gerhard, the third participant in the fertility ritual at the heart of the tale. Gerhard is also the hero of Dinah of Seneca, so it...
What Avatar Can Teach Writers
I've heard all the criticism of James Cameron's Avatar. The plot is predictable. The bad guys are two-dimensional. Visual effects don't substitute for story. All this is true. But Avatar isn't simply a movie with great visuals that happens to be making a ton of money...
Freya’s Gift–Friday Snippet #4
Blatant Self-Promotion Time. Freya's Gift. Coming from Samhain Publishing on March 16. Snippet: “Ragnor,” she whispered. “Look up, at the top of the rocks. But don’t move.” Without moving his head, he looked up and nearly jumped out of his skin. The cougar. It stood...
Glimpse of My Romantic Mysteries
When I first started writing fiction as an adult, after years of being a journalist, I started with fan fiction. One thing led to another, I accidentally created a Mary Sue and then I realized that if I brought the character down to earth, she would be great fun to...