There are so, so many out there nowadays! And everyone has a particular one they tend to gravitate to. For me, that would be Instagram. Seeing all of the amazing pictures that people post never fails to bring a smile to my face. And I have had the chance to meet people from all over …
“Thom sat amidst the frigid beauty, barefooted and without a coat, singing to the wind and laughing at jokes only he could hear.” – excerpt from The Broken Court, Chapter 5 – The Lost Ones Changlings, Kilmeny, Rhys ap Morgan, True Thomas, Tamlin – many a tale has been told about those who were spirited …
You see her in many fairy tales. She is the herb woman who gives the heroine just what she needs to escape her fate. The old woman in the cottage at the edge of a dark wood who advises the hero on which path to take. She is the giver of good advice and the …
From scarcity to abundance. Last year I lamented the lack of Monarchs in the garden, but I am happy to say this year is proving quite the opposite! At one point I found no less than eight caterpillars munching away on the butterfly weed (and it’s only February). And as you can see, they grew …
After the prologue, this is the first chapter of The Broken Court, the novella directly following Lumina and the Goblin King. It has not seen my editor yet and so is subject to all the warnings that come with such. Still, I hope enjoy reading it! Chapter 1 – A Summer Crown for Winter’s Head …
Back in September, I had the pleasure of reading an excerpt of Lumina and the Goblin King live at a Strong Women-Strange Worlds QuickReads event. It was amazing fun, and they have just started posting the videos from their events on Youtube! Go take a look…
That’s right, thanks to the amazing Janis McDavid. Molly the Mermaid now has a voice! You can find it in Reading’s a Breeze’s ever growing library of books. THE WORLD THROUGH A CHILD’S EYES. The delightful thing about childhood is that even the most mundane things can be fantastical. Every blanket becomes a vast fortress, …
Autumn is my favorite time of the year. Though the signs are a lot more subtle here, since the leaves don’t really change. However, you can still tell and I love it! That I just finished the first draft of one of my current projects, makes it all the better. The working title is The …
I recently received an ARC for A.J. Lancaster’s King of Faerie, the fourth and final (well, mostly final) book in the Stariel series. I stayed awake until 3:00 am finishing it, and I regret nothing! It also gave me the perfect excuse to reread the series and spend many a pleasurable hour immersed in the …
Summer is a great time for butterflies in South Florida, and I decided my more than a little wild butterfly garden could use even more wildness. Every morning swarms of butterflies dance their way through the garden, dozens and dozens of them fluttering around the firebush and the jatropha tree. One day I may even …
Idyll Dreams & Nonsensical Things 