It’s #BookQW and sometimes people are ‘perfectly’ different than you thought. More from Chapter 22: Fern started dipping cupfuls of the black soil mixture into a seed tray. “What is that?” Raven asked, his question more of a challenge. “Potting soil,” she answered warily. “You can’t grow ratna in that barren matter.” Her hackles rose. […]
It’s #BookQW and Fern wants an incredible ‘dream’! More from Chapter 15: Fern rubbed her throbbing temples. Lady Mimosa pulled Fern’s hands down and held them in hers again. “This is naught to worry over.” No, probably Mom didn’t love her less for lying, not if she’d kept quiet and continued to put charms on […]
It’s #BookQW and now is ‘better’ to plant flowers! More from Chapter 11: Lady Pina began asking wildflower questions. That cut off Fern’s scrolling thoughts of her own shortcomings. She thought she’d identified every species when Lady Pina put up a finger. “This is a fine collection, but where is your ratna?” The one question […]
I love nature and can’t imagine living apart from it. I know people do and the idea saddens me. I’d rather not face what’s happening to our earth, but we all need to, and make any and every change we are capable of making. Before kids, I worked as a naturalist doing environmental education programs […]
I’m excited to introduce you to D. G. Diver, a fellow YA urban fantasy author. During my release of The Witch of the Meadows, we connected over both having nature and environmental themes in our YA novels. Earth Day weekend seems the perfect time to share the background behind how we each became fans of […]