I’ve spent the past couple of days struggling to write the blurb (a/k/a book description) for Storm and Shelter, which is book 3 of the Ebb and Flow series. The first draft of the book is complete and I’m working on some rewrites now prior to editing, and I want to put it up for READ MORE
Category: Writing
I’m Thankful for Werewolves
(NOTE: This was originally posted on my Facebook profile on March 1, 2025.) With everything that’s happened in the U.S. in the past couple of days (well, since January 20, really), I’m extremely thankful for werewolves. Yeah, that paragraph is a bit tongue in cheek. Anyone who knows me, knows I have a bit of READ MORE
A Love Letter to My Childhood
The book I’m currently working on, which is book 3 in my Ebb and Flow series (a spin-off of Real Werewolves Don’t Eat Meat that takes place primarily in Nova Scotia), is rapidly becoming a love letter to the summer cottage my Canadian grandparents (my mother’s parents) owned until I was 14 or so. I READ MORE
Still Writing
I live in the United States. By now, I think everyone in the world knows what’s happening here. I’m privileged to live in a “blue” state, i.e. one where policies tend to be relatively liberal and actually in the best interests of most residents, but even here we’ve been seeing signs that the “executive” orders READ MORE
There’s Something In My Eye…
I’m currently working on the first draft of Sorry About the Seitan (Real Werewolves Don’t Eat Meat 8), and yesterday I wrote a scene that almost made me cry. I guess it’s good if I can elicit that kind of reaction in myself; it might mean my readers will like the scene too. I can’t READ MORE
It Was a Long Week…
When I’m not writing books, I work at a daycare center. I’m usually only there about 15 hours a week; my job is to cover the lunch breaks of the full-time staff. But this past week, due to staff members being on vacation or out for other reasons, I worked 26 hours. Which doesn’t sound READ MORE
First Draft Done!
In October, a week or so after I released Ebb and Flow, I started writing the sequel to it, which is tentatively titled Life and Time. Yesterday, I finished writing that sequel! I think that’s one of the fastest first drafts I’ve ever done. And I’m pretty happy with the story, though there are a READ MORE
The Best-Laid Plans…
I try to plan in advance what books I’ll be working on and when. If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed that those plans often get changed. This is partly on me. Sometimes I bite off more than I can chew, so to speak, and plan too many projects in READ MORE
5 Stars!!
I don’t automatically expect my books to get great reviews. Some of that is me being realistic; all books have issues of one kind or another, and not every story is every reader or reviewer’s cup of tea. But some of my lack of expectation of good reviews is due to imposter syndrome: “I suck, READ MORE
Blurbs
Sometimes writing a blurb is harder than writing the actual book. The blurb is the little “description” that appears on retail sites and on the back cover of a paperback. It’s meant to attract readers to the story. Which… isn’t easy. Back in the day, when I was working with publishers, sometimes I had to READ MORE