July 16th 2019
The Trouble With Immortality People are fascinated with immortality, and lately I find myself fascinated with that fascination. It’s no secret that I tend to view the idea of eternal life as a dystopian concept; I presented such a story in The Immortality Virus, which was first published in 2011 (but, as is often the case, written in 2008). And as far back as the sixth grade, when I first read Tuck Everlasting, I knew living forever would be a bad idea. One of the things that is increasingly ...Continue Reading
May 15th 2019
Madison Carter When I wrote the first four books in the Cassie Scot series, I made a mistake. Well, not so much a mistake as a miscalculation. In an attempt to create side characters who were well rounded and had internal lives of their own, I ended up creating characters who demanded to become the stars of their own books. Enter Madison Carter, one of Cassie's two best friends. She's shy, but possessed of an inner strength that bursts free when the people she loves are threatened. Even in Ca ...Continue Reading
April 15th 2019
April News ========== Spring is here, and the sound of fingers moving rapidly over a keyboard is in the air! After a lengthy hiatus, I'm hard at work, drafting a new novel AND a new novella simultaneously. I'm hopeful that the novella, at least, will be available later this year. It is completely stand-alone, but it uses the Cassie Scot Universe for world building purposes. It really has nothing to do with Cassie Scot or Eagle Rock, I just didn't want to invent a new magic system from the ...Continue Reading
March 14th 2019
Author's Corner This month I’m digging into a fresh new project that I’m not quite ready to describe in any detail. I will say that it’s urban fantasy, and that most of the characters will be at least forty years old. I’m hoping that it will appeal to a certain audience that isn’t ready to accept the ridiculous idea that one can grow too old to believe in magic. I haven't! I hope to share a few more short stories and novellas over the coming year. In the meantime, if you missed the short sto ...Continue Reading
February 13th 2019
[1] The Invisible Girl: a Scot Family Short Exclusively for mailing list subscribers, The Invisible Girl is a short and sweet paranormal romance between Cassie's sister, Juliana Scot, and Amanda Lee, who you might recall was once held hostage by the Scot family. The two will have to work together to stop a dangerous flu strain that is making magical powers misfire. Though all of my subscribers are welcome to download and read this story, I recommend it to those who have read at least the fi ...Continue Reading
January 21st 2019
Happy New Year! =============== January always feels like a chance to reset. It's not so much about resolutions -- I *might* have already broken most of mine -- as it is about fresh beginnings. One of the reasons I think my resolutions often fail is because they're made in judgment. I'm not good enough the way I am, so I need to start tweaking things. Eat less. Write more. Keep the house cleaner. So this year, I plan to work on self-acceptance. It's not a resolution, it's a journey. O ...Continue Reading
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