names

Edits are underway for A Flame Among the Stars, and I’ve also seen a mockup of the cover, which is AMAZING. As soon as I’m allowed to share it, I will, because it’s seriously gorgeous. I don’t want to spoil anything, but: DRAGON. Also, as soon as I have a firm release date, I’ll be […]

Here we are at the final installment (for now!) of this name-related discussion. It was delayed slightly by a nasty eye infection I’ve been battling for two weeks (boo!) and the first round of edits for Out of Orbit (yay!), but I’m back and in blogging action. But I will blame any typos on my […]

Next up in this series – the meaning of characters’ names. Right off the bat, I’ll start by saying that though I’m a bit of a name nerd, I don’t make myself nuts when it comes to the origin and meaning of names. I didn’t even really care about that when it came to naming […]

I’m knocking out the next installment in this series because I just got a big, obnoxious assignment at work that is going to suck up a lot of time and energy for the next week, so I’m using the rest of tonight to pretend it doesn’t exist. (But it should pay reasonably well, so silver […]

Since I got the contract for Out of Orbit sooner than expected, my writing fingers are already starting to get itchy. I read the two books I wanted to read, and for whatever reason, video games are not calling to me right now, so I’ve already started outlining for my next WIP. I’ll go into […]

It’s that time. My writing fingers are getting itchy and I think I’m ready to start a new project. It’s an exciting moment – opening up MS Word, seeing that beautiful blank page, and going to “Save As”. But am I really ready? I don’t have a formal checklist of tasks I need to complete […]