One of my favorite things about writing is doing research. I love looking up facts about places and events that will improve my novel. Getting lost in history or other cultures can be a fun way to enrich your writing. Non-fiction writers have to research, of course. It’s part of the job. Your book is […]
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Hooray! It’s finally here! Book 2 from Tales of Enda is finished. ADORABELLE THE NOT SO ADORABLE is on Amazon. You can now read about Adorabelle the loatron’s fight with mermaids, dragons, her mom, her friends, and anyone else who gets in her way. How did a minor character from my first book get her
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Book two from Tales of Enda is coming out next month. Allow me to introduce you to the main characters from Adorabelle The Not So Adorable. Artist Cat Salinas included gorgeous watercolor headshots of the characters. Enjoy! Let’s start with the star of the book Adorabelle, daughter of Bunny. Adorabelle is a peachy-pink loatron around
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Book number two in the TALES OF ENDA is almost here! ADORABELLE THE NOT SO ADORABLE is coming out next month. I’m just tweaking the back cover blurb. And when I say tweaking I mean writing, re-writing, deleting, writing, re-writing again and again. I’ve got two weeks to pull it all together. Here’s what I
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In Part 1 of this Tale from Enda, Adorabelle the loatron visits the spring fair in the medieval town of Clewside. Richard the Shepherd has been brought before the town bailiff, accused of moving his neighbor’s boundary stones. Adorabelle stops to watch the trial and admires Richard’s counselor, who defends the shepherd of the charge.
The holiday season has begun. In the bustle of shopping, cooking, and decorating, the spirit of Christmas and the wonder of it all can be forgotten. Time to take a break, grab a cup of hot chocolate, and curl up in a comfy chair to read a Christmas-inspired book. When the busyness of Christmas makes
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An Enda Adaptation of The Twelve Days of Christmas. On the first day of Christmastide, my true love sent to me, a dragpar in a burnt tree. On the second day of Christmastide, my true love sent to me, two running loatrons, and a dragpar in a burnt tree. On the third day of Christmastide,
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“Now I ask you, look at him. Could a man that small move a stone the size of a cart?” The counselor turned to the crowd and smiled. “Only a troll could push those rocks around. Why would a troll want more pastureland?” He shook his head and strolled to the grey-haired man, fidgeting on
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The holidays are just around the corner and if you’re looking for gift ideas for fantasy book lovers, I have a few suggestions. Here are 10 gifts that anyone, especially readers, will love. 1. Art Bet you thought I was going to say books. We’ll get to that later. Art, especially of forests, and fantasy
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If you ever watch 1960 sitcoms you may notice some television characters have theme music that plays when they enter a scene. For example, in The Beverly Hillbillies (a comedy classic) whenever the beautiful Ellie May Clampett enters the room a light, almost angelic melody is played. In other series, somber or dramatic music plays
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