It has been a long long time since I did a tag. I don’t know why. I actually love tags. It’s a great way to get to know people and to interact with the bookish community. I love the community aspect and I love hearing the different answers people bring. …

I am super picky about my horror. Especially around this time of year horror is really common and easy to come by. Most horror is cheaper to produce and easy to write, and thus you get a lot of really uncomfortable gore-laden junk out there. I actually tend towards animated…

Inspiration can come from anywhere. Books, movies, music, or sometimes even just a sound or a feeling that sticks with you. But sometimes personal experiences and events can slip into your stories and turn into something else all together. I found many such instances in The Raventree Society. Some where…

When I write in some of my favorite genres I tend not to follow the tropes too closely. Perhaps that is a flaw, people like the things they are sure of. But the truth is, I write what a love. …

Okay. I’m basic. I ‘ll admit it. I LOVE fall. It wasn’t a big deal to me growing up. I lived overseas and every season was the same. But when I got to spend some time in Michigan as a teen and young adult, I began to get pulled into…

One of the things I love best about writing is the research. Yep, I know. People hate research, right? Who likes hitting the books? Am I a nerd or something. Why yes. Yes I am. But research for The Eyes of the Barghest was particularly fun, and I actually incorporated…

I wait for the PFW anthology release all year. I love the blessing that this collective is in my life, and I have so much respect and love for each and every member. But it’s hard to get to everyone’s books. Especially when they keep putting out more! …

It seems appropriate that this blog is falling on National Grief Awareness Day. Not that we need to bring awareness to grief. Strange, how something so essential to the human experience, something we will all experience, is so set apart and alien. Death is part of everything we do. As…

This is my third time writing this. I never quite know how to find the words. Perhaps it’s because there are not words. How can you speak to something that should be so universally understood to be evil, and yet is so rampant in our world? …