And here it is, just in time for New Year’s: I’m excited to announce that I’ve signed a contract with Winter Goose Publishing for my debut fantasy novel, His Own Good Sword. The release is tentatively scheduled for May 2012. OK YOU CAN BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE AND FIREWORKS NOW GUYS. WOOOOO!!! Share the post […]
Browsing the blog archives for December, 2011
30 Dec 11
Thoughts on the new year
2011 has been a year full of big, scary, and exciting stuff. I transferred schools at the very beginning of the year, leaving Geneva College to start attending the University of West Georgia, in my hometown. I finished about four rounds of edits on my 2010 NaNo novel in June, and started querying said novel […]
17 Dec 11
Writing and college
When I started drafting this post in my head, I was thinking I would come up with some Practical and Helpful Advice on how to balance writing and college, since I know I’m not the only young writer out there trying to juggle the two. Then I realized I had nothing really helpful to say […]
9 Dec 11
Approaching “age-appropriateness”
There’s an intriguing contest going on right now over at Brenda Drake’s blog: how effectively do the first 250 words of your manuscript reveal the age of your main character? Are the voice and content age-appropriate? In the words of Gabriel Lessa, one of the judges and a professional editor: [V]oice, that ever complicated thing […]
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5 Dec 11
The aftermath
After a crazy-hectic November-classes, new job, new house, NaNoWriMo (won!), Thanksgiving, and some serious family health issues right in the middle of it-here’s hoping December proves a little saner. So far it seems like it will. Finals are almost done, I’m getting back into the routine of work, and (best of all) I’ve got a […]
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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