I just got back from an 11-day trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan. The March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated many of the coastal areas in the prefecture, including the towns of Yamamoto, Natori, and Ishinomaki. The trip was organized by my church denomination, the OPC, and our group members came from all across […]
Browsing the blog archives for August, 2011
12 Aug 11
Genre roles
Historical/fantasy fiction blog Fresh-scraped Vellum has a good post on defining the “historical fantasy” genre here. Figuring out what genre my WIP should be classified in has been something of a headache for me; it’s reassuring to have some outside confirmation that I can still call it fantasy even though it has no magic. Personally, […]
10 Aug 11
An explanation
Last night I had exciting adventures trying to figure out how to change the URL of my WordPress installation. (Specifically I was trying to move everything from fly-casual.net/blog to fly-casual.net/writing.) Well, I managed to salvage the important stuff—the heavily customized theme, in particular. I did, however, lose all my posts. So it’s back to square […]
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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