#author-interview

Original photo from depositphotos. The folks over at Literary Titan, who gave me a lovely 5-star review for The Name and the Key, also decided to interview me about the book and what’s next to come. It was a fun interview and it allowed me to geek out about alchemy, confess an embarrassing childhood pastime, and more! Read the interview, titled “Alchemy and Mirrors,” here.

Photo by Damian Ochrymowicz on Unsplash. We’re at the end of this series by Haley Horton of Teacher Vision. Because there are so many questions, I’ve divided them into parts. For a review, here they are: Part One – personal life questions Part Two – writing inspiration questions Part Three – writing method questions Part Four – school and learning questions Final – last questions Final…

Photo by Marsha Reid on Unsplash. School and learning questions Do you have any suggestions to help me become a better writer? First, I’d try to read as much as you can. It’s important to read in the genre you write so you can see what’s going on in the market and what readers are into, but also, try reading things outside of your wheelhouse to enrich what you know about writing itself. It can…

I have a quick routine of gathering bits of news before I start my day. Just a wee few headlines so as not to stomp on my muses and go back to bed. After all, it is around 3:30 in the morning. A couple weeks ago, in one such quick glance, I spit-take my coffee with a quote: “Authors have been protected for a long time, we are very well cared for, but we need to think about our other partners,…

There is considerable evidence that I am not a totally normal human being, or as Danny Murphy used to say “A normal human bean”. Danny is, by the way, a character in several of my novels, including Snow Babies and When the Captain Came Calling. He did the complete Circle Streak (running around the entire high school campus buck naked in a huge and chilly circle) more than once. And he was based…