I was a big fan of Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series but had yet to read any of her other series. Then I started reading the Gunnie Rose series, and now I'm left wondering what took me so long to check out her other work. These books keep getting better and better, and The Russian …
Hafsah Faizal is Officially a New Favorite
I'm officially buying everything with Hafsah Faizal's name on it. I loved this book so much that as soon as I finished this ARC, I pre-ordered a copy so that I could own a physical copy to match my copy of We Hunt the Flame. Faizal's writing is lyrical and beautiful. Everything set up in …
A review: “Ohio”
I received an arc from Simon & Schuster of Stephen Markley's debut, "Ohio" (thanks, S&S!). The first few pages were a bit slow for me, but once I became accustomed to the style, I couldn't put it down. I suspect it will be a while before this book leaves my head. I cannot stop thinking …
A world realized
A couple of months ago, I reached out to YA author & cartographer Jessica Khoury about creating a map for the world I am writing about in my latest work in progress. I asked her if she would create a map of Awan, the setting of my latest fantasy draft. She delivered ... and utterly …
So this is a new year
Welcome to 2018. I've been busy, though you wouldn't know it from my activity on this site. Perhaps, before I get into that, I should go back to the beginning. When I was in high school, I wanted to be a writer. As early as the time I was a fourth or fifth grader when …
What’s my story?
I was born and raised in Appalachian Ohio (a small town 20 miles from Cincinnati), and lived right on the Ohio River. In high school, we were known as the "River Rats" to all of our rivals. We were, mostly, OK with that. While our mascot was a lion, it was Jacob the Peacock who …
For the love of words
Storytelling. Writing. Ideas. I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't love anything and everything to related to communicating... even if I didn't know to call it that. I can still remember begging my parents for just one more story at bedtime as a toddler, and well into elementary school. At times …
Bookworm Bonomini 