And I suppose my other favorite things as well? What a strange time. As many readers know, it has been far too long since I last posted on my website, and I was, technically, in the middle of reworking it when I seemed to drop off of the face of the planet. I'm still doing … Continue reading It’s 2026, and Here’s My Favorite Books of the Past Two Years
Hello readers, both new and old. What a strange month it's been! First and foremost, I'd like to thank everyone who picked up Alice in the Land of Clovers during Stuff your Kindle Day, the whole experience was wonderful for me and your comments have been very encouraging and enlightening. With that in mind, I … Continue reading Changes in Plans: Talking Current Projects, Stuff Your Kindle Day, and Beyond
Andrew Lang 1844-1912 Wulvers aren't exactly a huge part of mythology, largely because they're believed to have been made up by a writer only a few decades ago. But I knew that I wanted to have one of them be a part of Whynne largely because of the variety they offered and just how interesting … Continue reading Talking about Wulvers.
"Sleeping Beauty"Hans Zatzka 1859-1945 Hello readers! I didn't actually think that I would be making this blog post, largely because I kind of figured that no one would ask about it-- in the case of most publications, readers tend to just be thankful to hear from you; which you guys were! I just had a … Continue reading Why I’m doing monthly novellas, how we got here, and what’s coming next.
John Bauer 1882-1918 If you have any interest in literature and have studied it at all, you probably already know about animal symbolism and trickster figures throughout folklore. If you don't, then basically what you need to know is that throughout history, animal symbolism has been used as a vehicle for moral education, political commentary, … Continue reading The Wild Fae and Foxes in Whynne
Let me start off by saying surprise. Or not surprise. I don't know. If you read my blog you've gotten hints that the World of Whynne was coming, but I never really elaborated much on it. What the world of Whynne is is a monthly standalone novella series answering some questions about lore, expanding on … Continue reading Talking about the Gancanagh’s Bride, the World of Whynne, and When the Next University of the Unseen book will be released.
But first, the most pressing news. As you can see, the cover to Ivy and Ash has been changed. This is because I received nine emails asking me whether I was done with romance and if I was writing a nonmagical boarding school mystery. Unfortunately to both of those questions-- I am not. Buttttt, I … Continue reading Posting Notes from the University of the Unseen and Talking a Little About Development
Knowing exactly what most people will go here for, I'll lead off with it. I'm still debating on the cover and if I want to change it, it's kind of a tough decision, but this book has been wrought with tough decisions. One of them being whether or not to publish an absolute tome of … Continue reading We Talk About How I Wrote a Kissing Book in a Month, You See Snippets of the University of the Unseen, I Talk about my Process, Blah, Blah– Come see these two chapters of my new book first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT3BFzSD6YY If you're not subscribed to my newsletter, than you probably haven't read about my past month, but I'm just going to be frank with you guys, take the fact that I cancelled a preorder and am rescheduling it for this month as a sign of how bad it was. See, in life I tend … Continue reading And They Don’t Stop Coming (CampNano: Revenge of the Novel Week???? Whatever, we have ideas.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoCY_3kA3z8 Hello Readers, and welcome back to my hell blog. As you might remember, we're in the business of trying to write a novel here, and last week I sorta broke down my process for you in a super silly simplified way that was totally smart and inspiring and did not make any of you … Continue reading Chiquitita, You and I know, Writing Books is So Hard and Lonely (CampNano: Revenge of the Novel Week 2)
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