Category Archives: Thought of the Week

Once-weekly posts on whatever nonsense crosses my mind.

New Writing Partner

This is only a short update this week, just to let everyone know that as of Saturday, I have a new writing partner! She’s young and feisty, incredibly friendly, and already settling in well to her new role. She has a great vocabulary, and is never shy to voice her opinion. Favorite things include food and naps, and loves to show her affection.

I am proud to introduce to you all: Pianetta!

P.S. She isn’t named for the Italian word for ‘planet’. It’s actually a reference to her coloring—we thought she looked like a little piano: Pian-etta.

How Bad Must We Be to See the Good in Others?

Love is a underlying theme in much of my writing. Erâth, the fictional world of my novels, is a world long-bereft of love, and so it is all the more potent when our main characters feel it for the first time—having never known of its existence. Love is, I think, an underrated quality in our lives today; something too freely and carelessly thrown about, without regard for the deeper meanings behind it. We fail to recognize true love, we confuse it with lust, we think it will solve all our problems … when I believe the truth of love is deeper and more powerful than all of that.

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Idle Hands Are the Devil’s … Writing Tools?

Good evening, everyone!

Don’t forget to visit my Facebook launch party; guest authors and free giveaways are happening all week!

I’ve been having an absolute blast today over on Facebook, launching my new book, hosting guest authors, giving away free copies, and more. While The Redemption of Erâth: Exile is my second book (technically third, actually), this is the first time I’ve bothered to do anything to celebrate its launch, and I didn’t think it would be so interesting!

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