One of the things I’ve struggled with is having a ready answer when someone asks what my book is about. Depending on who is asking, I can generally get away with a kind of vague answer along the lines of “It’s fantasy, kind of like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.” I know… certainly […]
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I find myself with a largely unexpected, mid-week snowday, and even though we just came off a long weekend, it is still greatly appreciated. It was nice to sit at the table and drink a cup of tea while I ate breakfast. Usually the tea has to wait until I’m at work. The rest of
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Sometimes it seems like the hardest part of accomplishing anything is to actually start. This is true whether the end goal is completing a workout, building something, or writing (or in my current case editing) a book. The days get so busy that by the time we have a spare moment to write, it’s already
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This was another pattern I found for free as an Instructable. It’s actually offered as part of a free class along with the pattern for my previous post: “Mountains under a Painted Sky.” The link for the class is here, and the class has a lot of useful information for starting out with embroidery. I
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Most often, my world building comes through the process of writing. As such the information I have about my world largely comes from what I have needed to know for a story, whether it is part of the main series or a side story. In talking with other people it occurs to me that that
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I’m sure I’m not the only one who has heard “Why can’t these two characters who have been friends forever just remain friends? Why do they need to start dating?” Or “It would be great if these characters maintained a close platonic relationship.” I think this topic is a rather slippery slope because there are
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I saw a post recently that was asking why every fantasy series feels the need to have giant spiders. For instance, many of us are probably familiar with Aragog from the Harry Potter series. And we likely think of Shelob and Ungoliant as the main contributors to this trend. However, the response that came back
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So, due to a bit of work travel, and trying to put a dent in one of my larger craft products (a blanket that has been waiting far too long for me to finish it), I have not gotten much work done on my current draft of my first book. Now that things have settled
So, I am a bit behind on posting this one, but here is my second embroidery project complete. The pattern was from an Instructable located here, and it has both a pattern and a tutorial. I chose my own colors, based on the colors I happened to have on hand, and I liked the idea
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One of the side projects I have been planning involves compiling an Author Bible. I figure part of this will include assorted information about my world, races, and timeline. I also plan to put together dossiers for each of my characters, detailing characteristics and such at different points in time (namely at the start of
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