Please enjoy this first chapter of my latest novel “Califia’s Crusade.” I hope you enjoy it! On the isle of California in the year of…
Please enjoy this first chapter of my latest novel “Califia’s Crusade.” I hope you enjoy it! On the isle of California in the year of…
From Hippolyta of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to Wonder Woman, people throughout history have been fascinated by the Amazons. There’s something very striking about…
The first thing to announce is that I have completed the first draft! While this is often the most time-consuming step in the writing process…
WARNING: This post contains spoilers from A Test of Honor.
A Test of Honor is not the first book I’ve ever tried to write. In fact, it’s at least the fifth. Usually when I write a book, I get to about the third chapter and then it all falls apart. Suddenly I hate the characters, the story seems stupid, the dialogue nonsensical, and the point strangely missing. I freak out, tell myself I’ll come back to it later, and then leave it forever in my Documents folder to gather digital dust for all eternity.
So why is this book different? What did I do differently?