I'll be honest and admit I'm on an anti-romance kick at the moment. Not that I dislike romance as a genre, I LOVE the genre. It...

Fiction isn’t reality. Most of us are clear on that. When we look at romance novels or any story with a romantic element, we aren’t dealing ...

 I'm teaching a worldbuilding master class in Portland, Oregon on August 4, if you're in the area or want to be! Check out the Willa...

 This Week's Topic: Writing Better Heroes -- 3 Traits of a Non-Alpha-Hole Hero Oh, how I loves me a capable, confident, and compassionat...

So many lovely villains to choose from. Scary aliens bent on destroying humanity - never mind that they have good reason. Magical creatures ...

My books! Spotted in the wild at George R.R. Martin's Beastly Books. Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is "Sex on the Beach ...

“Who is the hero of your book?” a prospective buyer asked me at my first real book signing. I was in a cozy bookshop in th...

Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is: "Heroes and heroines – how do you write them differently." This is apropos for me, ha...