As most of you bookish types probably already know, a couple of weeks ago the Daily Mail ran a piece opining that young-adult literature is morbid and exploitative and do young adults really need to read stuff like that—the article calls it “sick lit”—after all? (John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars, with a […]
Browsing the blog archives for January, 2013
4 Jan 13
Aquae excerpt #2
Since I’m too lazy to write a real blog post, I’ll start off the new year with another snippet from my WIP. I’m making slow but steady progress with the second draft—reached 5,000 words today!—and I think I’m finally starting to find the main character’s voice. Let me know what you think! Resigned to my […]
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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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