Happy New Year to all of my awesome readers! In honor of 2017 finally being over, and to celebrate my birthday (yes, I’m a New Year’s Eve baby), I’d like to share a scene that was left on the cutting room floor after my beta readers read one of the earliest drafts of Steel EmpiresContinue reading “Steel Blood Deleted Scene”
Tag Archives: Steel Blood
TARDIS Contest: Winners and Final Tally!
Thanks so much to everyone who submitted guesses in my crazy contest! And the final TARDIS tally: 34! Congratulations to the following: Kelly M., the random winner of a hardcopy of their choice from the Steel Empires series Kat S. and Jules D., who both guessed the closest at 32, the winners of an ebookContinue reading “TARDIS Contest: Winners and Final Tally!”
Con Report: Confluence 2017
I was thrilled to once again be invited to Confluence, the annual SF/F literary convention hosted by Parsec. I have a ton of fun, and this year was no exception. FRIDAY Road trip company is the best, and this year a friend drove to my place outside of Baltimore on Friday night to join meContinue reading “Con Report: Confluence 2017”
July Wrap-Up & August Goals
We are officially at two months in a row where I manage to accomplish everything on my list of goals (sort of). Obviously the biggest accomplishment this month was the publication and launch of my third novel, book 3 in the Steel Empires series. If you haven’t yet gotten your copy of Steel Blood, it’s availableContinue reading “July Wrap-Up & August Goals”
Book excerpt: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #14
It’s been a whirlwind two weeks, but today is the last stop of the Steel Blood blog tour! If you missed any stops along the way, you can find the full roster at my Guest Blog page. For our final stop, author Weston Kindcade was kind enough to discuss his thoughts about Steel Empires Book 1:Continue reading “Book excerpt: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #14”
Not your typical vampire: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #13
Author Jennifer Loring asking me the ever-important question about writing in the fantasy genre. What makes my vampires and other supernatural creatures stand out from the crowd? How did I put my own spin on the mythology while still making my characters recognizable? Take a quick look: My vampires fit the mold in that they’reContinue reading “Not your typical vampire: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #13”
Author Interview: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #12
The weather is spectacularly stormy here in my corner of Maryland today. I can only assume that the star of Steel Magic, storm-mage Toria Connor, is perturbed that all the attention has been on Victory lately as the main character in Steel Blood. Too bad for both of them, though, because today the focus is on me!Continue reading “Author Interview: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #12”
But I’m not a horror writer!: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #11
Yesterday, we got a look at the more “human” side of my main character, the vampire Victory (over here, if you missed it). And while I love that scene, it’s not unique — being a vampire is just part of who Victory is, which also includes being a partner, a mother, a politician, a mercenary,Continue reading “But I’m not a horror writer!: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #11”
Book excerpt: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #10
Author Anna Zabo offered to host a short excerpt from Steel Blood on their blog for this stop of the blog tour! The scene takes place near the beginning of the novel, when Victory and Mikelos have arrived in the Qin Empire’s colonial city of Jiang Yi Yue. As a vampire, Victory was prepared to waitContinue reading “Book excerpt: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #10”
Tell Me: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #9
Author and editor Jennifer Brozek (currently living the live I sometimes envision for myself) was kind enough to host me on her regular blog feature: Tell Me. So, I told her all about how I was inspired to make up some new rules (and then break them) as I started the process of writing Steel Blood.Continue reading “Tell Me: STEEL BLOOD Blog Tour Stop #9”