pandemic This is a scary word. It’s closely related to another word which you’re probably familiar with: epidemic. An epidemic is the outbreak of an infectious disease in a given place or time. But a pandemic is much worse. It isn’t confined to a particular place. A pandemic takes place across a whole country or …
I’ve got some really exciting news to announce today—the Author Scavenger Hunt! I’ve already mentioned it on Facebook, but today I’d like to share more of the details. So what exactly is an author scavenger hunt? Well, 31 authors have together for a huge giveaway. Each author will be giving away at least two copies …
I’d like you to meet a friend of mine. Her name is Sun li. She’s the main character in The Jammer and the Blade. She’s the “Blade” part of the title. Only her blades are not crafted in some smithy, they’re energy blades, locus energy to be exact. Never heard of it? That’s ok, it hasn’t been …
virid If you’ve been reading this series for any length of time, you probably know that I have a penchant for older sounding words. I just find them generally more eloquent and expressive than more modern sounding phrases, I suppose. I also feel that they broaden my horizon as a writer and allow me to …
inflammable One of the things about being a writer is that you have to pay attention to things like grammar and punctuation. And some days with English it feels like you can’t see the forest for the weeds. I’m actually fluent in Spanish and I can tell you that it seems a lot more well-behaved …
I decided to snap this picture recently, thinking it might be fun to share the books I currently have on my nightstand. I confess that I cleaned everything up for this shot. It’s not normally so neat and tidy, but that’s what it would look like if we had company over and if you’re reading …
Testing…testing…one…two…three…Is this on? Okay, this post is an experiment. I’ve never had comments before on my site, but I’m going to give it a shot. As far as I can tell, traffic to these pages hasn’t exactly been breaking any records and this is my attempt to open the door a little wider and invite …
glaive Unless you read historical fiction or fantasy or have an interest in ancient weapons, you might not be familiar with this word. It refers to a long bladed spear or lance which might look something like this: The word comes from the French, however it was probably taken from the Latin word gladius which means simply, …
