Does what you write next matter?

I have one novel under my belt. It’s a fairly dark YA historical fantasy, and I am happy to say it is officially done, complete, ended, no mas, finite incantatem. (Yes, I actually Googled that last one to make sure I spelled it correctly. Geek x 2). So now it’s time to move on [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just love Thanksgiving. But if I’m being honest, you can keep your turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberries, pumpkin pie, and all that jazz. Just give me the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

I don’t know if I can truly describe how much I love the parade. The balloons, the singing, the dancing, I love [...]

B to the S, Cambridge!

I’m pretty sure that at least once over the past few years, your inbox has seen that email that claims you can read words no matter what order the letters are in. Here, this one: Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, [...]

Speaking what can’t be expressed

I’m not one of those people who can write to music. I’m just not. Or, at least, so I thought. About two weeks I bought an album I’d been meaning to buy for months.

I’d heard a few Mumford & Sons songs on Sirius—BBC Radio 1 loves “The Cave” while Hits 1 is [...]

Fun Friday news!

Hi all! Happy almost weekend! I have some semi-exciting news to share. No, not that kind of news, this kind of news. I’m now blogging over at The Lady Board, the Interwebz’ newest and greatest fashion and beauty site. It’s still in its infancy, having only been live for a few days, but check [...]

Happy Halloween!

So yesterday we had my daughter’s first birthday party. There were owl cupcakes.

There were pumpkins.

There were pirates.

But above all there was cake.

Mmm, cake.

(Medieval Monday will be back next week, [...]