The appeal of fiction Some might say, “What good are tales?” Tales, after all, are nothing more than words — and words, like the waters of the mighty Q’taha, disappear into the beyond. But listen, my child: this is no wild story spun by mothers to lull their children to bed at night. No. This…
The words “When does the next book come out?” are a double-edged sword to a writer. While it means that people are really excited about your work, it also means that you’ll be hearing until you actually release your next book. So the most recent time I heard it, it got me thinking: what I…
Back again as promised! Progress on the audiobook is coming along smoothly, and I’ve already had to do a few re-recordings from when I lost the ability to read (I said “looked up at the stairs” instead of “at the stars”) or didn’t like how a character’s voice sounded. But John, my editor, is doing…
Never fear, friends who can’t read good (and want to learn how to do other stuff good too), the audiobook is coming along slowly but surely! You may already know that I finished recording the audio for Gift of the Shaper, doing all the narration myself — but what you may not know is that…
Previously, on Gift of the Shaper If you’ve been following my Facebook posts, you’ll know that I started doing a YouTube series for readings from Gift of the Shaper. It’s my latest attempt to try and add more dimensions to the book by giving you access to my thoughts behind characters and my process for…
