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March Madness: Creating Flawed (but likeable) Characters
No, I’m not writing about basketball (sorry). I’m writing about writing, over at a friend’s blog. I hope you’ll take…
Cover Reveal: Sworn Enemy
Here’s the cover for my new novel coming out in April: And here’s what will appear on the back cover:…
Guest Post by Author Stephanie Worlton on the Importance of Education
Today I’m happy to have Stephanie Worlton as a guest on my blog. Stephanie is the author of the novel Hope’s…
What’s in a Name? Part Two: Commander Courage and Other Names That Border on Perfection
I recently read an article about the first naval battle of Narvik, which took place in April 1940 between British…
What’s in a Name? Part One: Paulus and Paullus
Seventy years ago today, on February 2, 1943, the last German troops in Stalingrad surrendered. The fight for Stalingrad was…
Author Interview with Kylee Shields
I don’t often join blog tours for nonfiction, but after reading about Kylee’s book, Make It Happen: A Guide to…
My New Maps
I didn’t have a map for my first novel, Espionage. Most of the novel took place in Calais, France, so…
Typos and Plot Holes: An Ode to Error
For this blog post, I’m going to make fun of myself and some of the crazy stuff I find in…
Remembrance Day
Last weekend a good friend went to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for their Remembrance Day activities. She posted these pictures on facebook,…
Happy Veterans’ Day!
I’m having this post at 11 in the morning, French time (at least according to the time zone chart I…
The Next Big Thing Blog Hop, week 20
There are the books everyone talks about: Twilight, Hunger Games, Fifty Shades of Gray. But what about all those books…
How to cut out 16% of your manuscript and still like your novel
This spring I submitted novel number two to my publisher. They took a few months to look it over and…
Research Find: Why you shouldn’t tell the newspapers if you’re breaking someone’s code or tracking their satellite phone
In 1927, the government of Great Britain was looking for a reason to break off diplomatic relations with the Soviet…
Author Interview with Kate Palmer
Today I’m part of a blog tour for Kate Palmer’s debut novel, The Guy Next Door. Kate is an elementary…
A Catch-up Interview and Some Other Stuff
One of my blogging friends tagged me with a few blog awards (her blog is called Joy In the Moments).…
A Brief Ode to a Couple Inanimate Objects
I injured my back on Saturday. I wasn’t even doing anything cool. I was just dragging a stack of little…
Author Interview with Daron Fraley
Today I’m interviewing another friend from my writer’s group, Daron Fraley. He has a few books out (some of them…
Author Interview with Terri Ferran
Today’s post is part of a blog tour for Terri Ferran’s latest release, Choosing Charity. The book is the final…
Research Finds: Unusual Stiches and a Little-known Battle
One thing about writing historical fiction—you have to do a lot of research. Good thing I like learning new things.…
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