I always hesitate to call my writing fantasy, because I know that gives people the wrong impression. I’m more often tempted to call it historical fiction, because that seems easier to explain and defend. There is no magic in my imaginary world. There are no fantastical creatures. There’s nothing, in fact, that would be implausible […]
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6 Feb 14
Snippet: Blood Road
I’ve been going back and forth about whether to share an excerpt from my WIP, Blood Road. As I explained on Twitter, I’m so excited to be able to share it, but nervous about doing so too soon. Reading through the manuscript again this morning I realize there’s a lot of work that needs to […]
4 Feb 14
Top 10 Tuesday: Books to make you cry
I feel like I should rename this as “Books that will make you cry if you, in fact, cry for books.” I don’t, typically. The following books particularly moved me—if I did cry for books these would be the ones that did it—but I think I only truly cried at the first. Some spoilers follow, […]
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24 Jan 14
Review: Shards of Honor
Originally posted to Goodreads. It was the wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons, with a secret agenda. Captain Cordelia Naismith of the Betan Expeditionary Force is captured by her enemy, Lord Vorkosigan of Barrayar. Source: Goodreads Yesterday I read Lois McMaster Bujold’s Shards of Honor, the first […]
21 Jan 14
Top 10 Tuesday: Reading wishlist
I’m totally stealing the idea for this post from Maureen at By Singing Light, but Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. The topic for this week is “Top Ten Things On My Reading Wishlist.” Or, to clarify: “if you could make authors write about these things you […]
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Introduction
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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