This afternoon I received the finals on my egg and the map! have a look! And the egg! Oh! I love this egg! I designed this egg based on the 2nd century Slovenian painted eggs. The first painted eggs passed along the Volga trade route! This is the egg Bergen brought back from […]
Thoughts on Social Media Part #1
Goodmorning me dearest reader. I wrote a 2,000 word post this morning and have broken it into four 500-word parts for easy digestion. The goal of this…monologue is presented in Part #4, which you are welcome to skip to. Part’s #1, #2, and #3 are just exploratory dialogue to help me get to what I […]
Casting the Roles
I’m working on my interviews and one question was “If you had to cast your characters for a Hollywood movie, who would they be?” Oooh! I just had to share! So! Portraying my strong headed Kallan is the lovely Emmy Rossum! And for Rune…the sexy Clint Barton! And for Bergen… Wait! I want to see […]
Exploring Genre
Okay, so it’s 10:36 and I haven’t touched Dolor and Shadow yet, but it’s my birthday! I’m allowed to blow off work today if I want. I have so much yummy things happening and I’m just so excited! First, I found this yesterday on Twitter. It’s paranormal romance. I read every genre and LOVE […]
Self Appreciation Day
I’m eating my lunch and hanging out. Feel like writing free form before I return to edits. I am eating a peanut butter sandwich (no jelly) on whole grain bread with kettle corn and a wine glass of milk…all the regular glasses are in the dishwasher. Besides…this makes me feel classy. Oh…and I’m playing Avenged […]
Update on Dolor and Shadow #2
I made it to the end of Chapter 37 today! So thrilled. The edits are going great. I’ll be starting with Chapter 38 at 7 in the AM first thing. For now I am off. I will leave you with a little piece by Bergen I found in Dolor and Shadow. Had to share. “From […]
From Norway to Fantasy Part #4
So! The geography! I had just come off of two years of writing and researching Norse Mythology when I was looking over a map of Norway and Sweden. I was trying to imagine myself in the climate when I stumbled upon a Wikipedia Article entitled “Alfheim (Region)” and not “Alfheim (Mythology).” Alfheim (Old Norse: Álfheimr, […]
Picture of Bergen
As a writer, I’m torn. Part of me wants to show you pictures and point and say, “This! This is what I see.” Another part of me, most of me, wants to leave your imagination free to see my characters however you want. But then, I see pictures like this… …and I just have to […]
Bergen’s Scene – Chapter 7
This scene is one that I originally planned to write into Book #3. In fact most of Part #1 of Dolor and Shadow was originally planned for Book #3. I took the advice of a dear friend and included it for Book #1 instead. I can not tell you the amount of joy I felt […]
Kallan’s Psyche
Psychology is absolutely fascinating to me. As a writer, it has done so much to help my characterization. Knowing some things about psychology has taken the guess work out of character development. Just start with the character’s childhood and you’ll know what to plug in. I have a lot to cover here, so give me […]