Early reviews for A Glamour of Blood are in – and its author may be blushing a bit at all the praise. “I loved how unique this story was with Serena being able to see colors of True Born DNA and the dystopian fantasy vibes. The characters were well written with lots of tension …
I’m so excited to reveal the cover for my upcoming novel: A Glamour of Blood. The book is dropping on August 28 or 29, 2023, depending on where you are in the world (in digital bookstores everywhere) but in the meantime, I’d love to know what you think of this cover. Huge thanks to my …
Kids are not kids.
Because kids are not kids, let’s not write Y/A books as though youth are young — and everything else that word implies: naive, lacking in experience, and requiring a certain padded version of existence.
In the ancient fairy tale “The Princess in the Chest,” a brave soldier comes to an enchanted town. Hearing stories, he goes to the village’s small church where an unnameable creature stalks, covered in fur. As he fights for his life, the creature screams, weeps, sighs: My father has set no sentry in, War and …
Classified and shuffled into a ‘genre’, Fantasy is seen as the poor cousin to literary texts, which would make ‘Urban Fantasy,’ a sub genre of the larger, the poor second cousin twice removed. Literature and Fantasy, though, have been mingling as long as stories have been told. In fact, the division between the two is …
It’s taken me a few days to wrap my head around my experience at the LA Times Festival of Books and to come back here and write about it for you. Needless to say, the weekend was mind-boggling, potentially life-altering (in a good way), and all the good stuff in between. Here are just a … Continue reading
Heading to the LA Times Festival of Books? Come and hang out with me! I’ll be heading to the City of Angels this coming April 20 – 21st, and signing books in Booth #924 on Sunday, April 21 from 12:15 – 2:15 pm. Stop in to say hi, check out some swag, get your books … Continue reading
It’s been a looong time coming, but I’m finally working on a first round of edits for the next novel, Starling’s Weave. This one is tentatively slated to drop in the springtime with Entangled Teen. This will be my fifth novel published with this scrappy and awesome American publisher. The manuscript was finished and in … Continue reading
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll have another book dropping soon! Starling’s Weave is set to receive its release date soon, so stay tuned for news. This is a new book set within in a new, watery world. Falling under the YA fantasy genre, the plot revolves around Nieve Septile. Ostracized from her secretive, magic-user … Continue reading
I’ve been on both sides of the classroom divide. For years, I taught creative writing and literature courses at both college and university. It’s difficult work, something one of my former professors once proclaimed “a vocation.” He wasn’t kidding. As of last week, I’ve been back in the classroom as a student. This time … Continue reading
Nearly thirty years ago, one of the most clear-sighted prophets of science fiction addressed the many ways that artificial intelligence (AI) and nanotechnology would revolutionize society and culture. In Neal Stephenson’s 1995 masterpiece The Diamond Age, society has fractured under the yoke of technological advances. Numerous factions live in bizarre proximity to one another— from … Continue reading
For me, a good dystopian world follows the logic of this Leonard Cohen lyric: There’s a crack / there’s a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in By their very definition, dystopian worlds are deeply flawed, dangerous, extreme and upsetting. One thinks of the lottery system in Hunger Games, or the siloed society … Continue reading
Happy book birthday to A Glamour of Blood! I want to share this super cool book trailer (available on my Instagram account and on my Facebook page). Let me know what you think! A Glamour of Blood is now available everywhere: Kobo: bit.ly/3OqwYI9 Amazon: bit.ly/45lk4C5 Google: bit.ly/44u0mmT Barnes&Noble: bit.ly/3KY8QvI Huge thanks to the talented Miss … Continue reading
If you haven’t heard of the epic love story of Inanna and Dumuzi, that’s probably because it was written down sometime circa 2,000 BC, in ancient Sumer. (Sumer is the world’s earliest known civilization, and produced the first ever written texts and stories on clay tablets). Inanna was a revered goddess, known as the Queen … Continue reading
It’s just over one month until the release of A Glamour of Blood (insert happy dance here!), and celebrations will ensue. In the meantime, I’m feeling grateful that I finally have a bit more time to write down some of my thoughts about the book. Continue reading
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