Instead of In between studying for my midterms these past few weeks, I’ve been working on a short-story prequel/backstory to my upcoming NaNoWriMo novel. It’s essentially a bloodier, first-century version of How I Met Your Mother, taking place about twenty years before the novel itself and explaining how my NaNo MC’s parents first met. I’m […]
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30 Sep 12
Sunday Sample #13
A continuation of the scene excerpted two weeks ago. He shut his eyes again, briefly, and swallowed to ease the pounding in his head. He said, aloud, “You can’t trust him. Tell me you know that, at least. Tell me it’ll take more than a square meal to make you forget he had a knife […]
9 Sep 12
Sunday Sample #12
In which Ryn and Tyren find themselves in the beginnings of a sticky situation. “Your weapons,” he said to Ryn, not taking his eyes from Tyren’s face. Without protest Ryn started to unbuckle his sword from his shoulder. Tyren made no move. A cold iron weight had settled all at once in the pit of […]
26 Aug 12
Sunday Sample #11
This excerpt is from something I’ve been working on sporadically for a while. It’s a retelling of some of the events of His Own Good Sword through Ryn’s eyes. He’s a fairly minor character in HOGS—minor only in that we really don’t see much of him—but getting the story from his perspective really helps clarify […]
15 Jul 12
Sunday Sample #10
Six more sentences from ye olde WIP: He brushed his hand against his cloak and got to his feet. “We should go,” he said to Morlyn. His breath was a silvery cloud on the air. “If this were a trap they’d have sprung it by now,” Morlyn said. “It’s still a risk, being in the […]
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I'm an amateur military historian, a drinker of coffee and dry red wine, a cinephile, a hockey fan, a cat lady, and an all-around nerd. I like to travel. I also like books, philosophy, and political theory. I write historical fiction and fantasy, most of which deals with combat and conflict in the individual experience. My debut YA historical fantasy novel His Own Good Sword was released on 7 May 2013.
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