I read A Killing Frost last week and loved it. It’s the 14th installment to the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. In a nutshell, this series follows October Daye, a changeling knight errant to the Fae Courts. She’s also a Private Eye. It’s loaded with fae lore, and, as you might have guessed, something …
“There’s too much passive voice here.” This used to pop up a lot in critiques of my novels. Heh, it still probably does in some situations. At first, I thought it was a nail in the coffin, but it isn’t. There’s a time and place for everything. So what is passive voice, anyway? It’s when …
I’ve kept a tight lid on my writing and publishing goals, but I suppose it’s time to start giving some updates. I’ve written the beginnings of a humorous (maybe?) urban fantasy series Smoke & Magic! I have a lot of things on my list checked off, but I still have a lot left to …
I was briefly a Ghost of Tsushima widow when the husbandface played the game. He was so excited about this game that he took a couple days off for the release. I haven’t seen him like this in a while, so it was a treat for me. So what was it like watching the husbandface …
Did anyone call Iowa Typhoon for August? So we were hit by the derecho that pounded the Midwest on Monday. We are safe, healthy, and most of all, working at full capacity again. There was no warning. How would you even prepare for this? The power went out almost immediately. The winds were harsh, abusive, …
