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The Perilously Fun Fiction Fortress
What does my fictional world look like to readers?
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Why I Wrote Echoes Beneath: A Project Enterprise Story
Do you like to know what went on behind the scenes of a story? As a long time reader, I’ve always been curious about how an author came up with an idea, or “met” the characters, or why they chose to tell a story that way. That’s why I make a point of doing a…
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Ancient Tech. Modern Trouble. No Backup.
You know it’s bad when the bird is nervous.
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If You Loved Stargate, Castle, or Outlander, You Need to Read The Key
ou’ve reread Outlander while whispering “I just want a little danger with my romance, is that too much to ask?”
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In Which I Remember TANGLED IN TIME
When I started writing Tangled in Time, it was not meant to be so, well, tangled. It was supposed to be a simple mystery story for an anthology with a Texas Landmarks theme. After…possibly six false starts, I almost gave up. Then I started wondering if I could write a short story using one of…
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Found Girl Has Landed!
The eagle—I mean the book—has landed! Found Girl: Project Enterprise 6 is on sale! No more preorder! Yes, I might be happy dancing. In my sad, old lady, dead author way. H Humor me. It feels like it’s been an eternity coming. The last Project Enterprise book released, maybe four or five years ago? Yeah,…
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Revisiting Why I Wrote the First Project Enterprise (The Key)
With the official release of Found Girl: Project Enterprise 6 tomorrow (!!!), I thought it would be fun to go back to the first book and revisit how it happened. The Key was never meant to be a book. It wasn’t meant to be anything. I’d been OD-ing on Stargate Atlantis and got an idea…
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Why I Wrote Kicking Ashe
I was going through my “why I wrote” blog posts and realized I hadn’t done one for Kicking Ashe. I hope I can remember why I wrote it… Just kidding. Like many (most) of my books, Kicking Ashe wasn’t planned. Should I admit that? In the writing business, it’s called ‘writing by the seat of your…