Wow, I’m still grinning stupidly from cover reveal day. Thanks for all the posts, tweets and good wishes! So how about that beautiful farming valley my cover artist Craig created? The Peaks District in England–the setting of the story–doesn’t quite look like this, as my Pinterest research board shows. I bet you’ve figured out why […]
Woo-hoo! Welcome to my cover reveal for The Unraveling, Volume One of The Luminated Threads! Isn’t it beautiful? I’m so very lucky to be working with the creative and talented Craig Shields. (I wrote a post about him a few days ago—see it here.) ~ ~ ~ About the Book: In 1868 England, the competition to […]
The Unraveling is a steampunk fantasy, and that means magic powering the machines! Oh, yes, The Unraveling offers plenty of magic, including its magical cover that will be revealed tomorrow!
Did you notice on my Thursday post I had my thumb over part of the credits next to my new logo? I couldn’t reveal too much at once (!) and my thumb hid… My cover artist is Craig Shields. Craig is the artist behind the stunning covers of Claudia Gray’s Firebird series: A Thousand Pieces […]
I’m using the tag ‘A Steampunk Fantasy Romance’ to describe The Unraveling, but my novel isn’t all about gears and steam. Steampunk falls within the science fiction genre. Libraries and bookstores will categorize my novel as: Fiction/science fiction/steampunk But that still doesn’t explain it. So, think Jules Verne. He lived and wrote in the 1800s, […]
My heroine Annmar is an artist with extra-special talent. Wait until she figures out what she can really do!
My cover reveal! If I was a gif person you’d see me cheering, but instead I have still photo… of a tiny piece of the cover, because, you know, the cover reveal isn’t until May 26th. (!) What is that Sprouting Star, you ask? Well, that’s me. I wanted to do all I could to […]
*cracks knuckles* Yeah, it’s hard. But time to get down to it. I don’t usually do resolutions. Or goals. But this year I’ve decided to tie myself to a few. Number one I just completed, am pretty excited about, and comes with a countdown of ninety days. April 5th. Not my taxes, obviously. Here’s a […]
I’ve been deep in edits for my first book, The Unraveling. And amid various concerns, one that pops out is my heroine, the city artist Annmar, doesn’t meet the rural-dwelling hero until chapter eight! Ach! Here is their meeting: They ascended and the platform kept pace, its crates filled with squash and tomatoes. The chain […]
I haven’t featured an excerpt in a month! Keeping up with my NaNo-PAWN count on my third book while editing my first book, plus critiquing for others adds up, people! And real life is in there, too. So here’s a little scene later in The Unraveling that I’ve just reworked after a crit partner noted […]