glassmere – A Mad Pursuit

April 25, 2018

editing, fantasy, fiction, glassmere, people who rock, publication, writing

Where Hath April Fled?

April has a certain literary weight to it, doesn’t it? Regardless of what Chaucer or Eliot thought, one thing is clear: April has come and gone too fast for my liking. This in-between month has lived up to its reputation here in North Carolina, however, and we’ve had lots of rain and a very cool... / READ MORE /

July 26, 2015

glassmere, writing

outlines, writing, writing tools

Writing with Outlines and Making Room for Unexpected Monsters

Glassmere marks my second real foray into a planned novel. The outline isn’t terribly strict, and it’s always changing and morphing. But it’s like this bright backbone I’m building around. For a seasoned pantser, this is a huge departure. What I like most about the outline, though, is that it’s not as rigid as I... / READ MORE /

March 7, 2015

glassmere, gothic, writing

alpha draft, alpha readers, magical realism, writing

Do You Want to be my Alpha Reader?

If you follow me on social media, or anywhere really, you’ll note that I’m currently writing a magical realism novel called Glassmere. The elevator pitch is that it’s Downton Abbey meets Narnia. It’s set in the spring and summer 1914, and is the story of two generations of sisters (Eleanor and Julia who are in their... / READ MORE /

February 6, 2012

glassmere, pilgrim of the sky, podcast, publication, writing

Where I’m Going, Where I’ve Been

Source: s3.amazonaws.com via Natania on Pinterest Well, that’s a little misleading. I’m not really going very far, in terms of miles. But I do have a series of podcast interviews and a live event coming up in the next few weeks. 2/7 — SF Diner — I’ll be a guest at the SciFi Diner podcast on... / READ MORE /

August 28, 2011

aldersgate cycle, arthuriana, blog, editing, fantasy, glassmere, indigo and ink, peter of windbourne, pilgrim of the sky, queen of none, steampunk, the gnome and the necromancer, ward of the rose, WIP, writing

challenges, confidence, frozen, gridlock, writer's block, writing

Prosaic Analysis Paralysis

In which I think aloud for a few paragraphs… pardon the navel gazing. The burden of words. It’s quite something, I tell you. And at the moment I’m finding it to be on the verge of utterly overwhelming. I have all these stories, all these books and novels and ideas, and instead of a calm,... / READ MORE /

July 4, 2011

editing, fantasy, glassmere, poetry, publication, WIP, writing

character, edith wharton, editing, edwardians, glassmere, pilgrim of the sky, style, the age of innocence, tone, writing

July July July

Life has been spinning by at a trajectory altogether too fast for me these days, but that’s what happens when you smoosh an actual career in between being an author, a blogger, a mom, a sister, a wife, and an editor. It’s really unfair of me to complain, since it’s the bed I’ve made, but... / READ MORE /

May 31, 2011

blog, convention, fantasy, glassmere, pilgrim of the sky, publication, writing

April… May… June?

Yes, officially I suck as a blogger. But hey: I’ve been at this a while. Sometimes a gal needs a break. I’ve been away long enough that WordPress now has a totally different dashboard, it’s almost June, and I’ve been to San Francisco and back. There are some big, awesome things going on. So I... / READ MORE /

March 7, 2011

blog, fantasy, glassmere, pilgrim of the sky, publication, WIP, writing

glassmere, job, reading, time management, work, writing

Marching on…

Oh, look, I’m starting this post with a pun about the month of March. But yeah. Looks like I went the entire month of February without posting a single darned thing to my blog. Apologies. Sort of. We’ve moved, I’ve been working full-time, and life in general has been speeding by so fast I’m having... / READ MORE /