Guest Post: Fairy, Texas by Margo Bond Collins
Author Margo Bond Collins is touring to promote the release of her latest book, Fairy, Texas! If you like modern fantasy set in a small town starring a girl in high…
New short story: “The Hedge Witch
A new month, a new story! This month's short story is another Tale of Wyld Magic, set in the same world of Seirenia as A Flight of Marewings. This story is…
Guest Post: The Fallen Book Tour by Lee French and Erik Kort
No one keeps secrets from her... The Fallen by Lee French and Erik Kort Publication Date: January 26, 2014 Series: The Greatest Sin #1 Genre: Fantasy For hundreds of years, the Blaukenev clan…
Guest Post: Werewolves of the Renaissance with Tracy Falbe
Author Tracy Falbe is on a blog tour for her new book, Werelord Thal, all about werewolves in the Renaissance! Tracy stopped by to explain something that she researched for…
Guest Post: World-building Names by Katharina Gerlach
Today, bilingual author Katharina Gerlach is touring for the release of her latest novel, Swordplay! I love Katharina’s detailed and unique worlds, so I asked her to tell me a little about how she planned her newest series, and she wrote this post about how she comes up with her names. Read on to find out more about the book, and make sure to go to the end for a giveaway!
Worldbuilding Names
Have you ever realized how important names in a novel’s world are? Take Harry Potter’s world as an example. The main character’s name is ordinary but not too blunt. It signifies how ordinary Harry sees himself. Brilliant Hermione, on the other hand, got a name to fit a character that’s unusually intelligent. What does that tell us about Ron? Yup, boring… but with hidden context. After all, Ron is really the shortened version of Ronald, and according to a baby name site, it means: Mighty counselor/ruler in Scottish. Another role fitting name, don’t you think?
Short story release: Together We Will Fly
Over the next several days, I've got a short story that should be rolling out on different sites, set in the same world as A Flight of Marewings. Featuring the brothers…
Final Stop: Louise Interviews Galenos
For the final stop on the tour, Louise had some questions to ask the mercenary leader and would-be duke, Galenos. Although he has a reputation for being one of the…
Cynthia Hosts Me to Chat All About Marewings
Cynthia Ravinski hosts me on her blog today with a guest post about my favorite new monsters. Click here to read: In Kristen Walker's Words: All About Words
Hosted on Greg Close’s Blog
Today I was hosted on Greg Close's blog. Greg was kind enough to let me talk about a subject from my book that became rather personal on the day after…
Talking Tropes with Mathew
Today, Mathew Reuther hosts me on his blog to talk about female warriors in fantasy once again. This time I talked about some of the common "tropes" or archetypes of…