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Bestselling author of historical fiction including THE ARCTIC FURY and the Five Queendoms epic fantasy series (SCORPICA, ARCA).
I’ve been guilty of forgetting to link to my Writer Unboxed posts here for a while, but I’m trying to turn over a new leaf! My February post is about writerly success and how we each need to define it for ourselves—because comparing yourself to others isn’t the way to go.
“It’s a quote often cited when talking about how to manage your career as an author, but it’s worth saying one more time here: Comparison is the thief of joy.”
Welcome to 2023! Hope we all have an exciting and productive year ahead. I’ve got ARCA coming out in March, so you’ll see a lot of talk about that, but I hope to be able to share some other news soon as well! Secrets, always secrets, shhhhh.
Anyway! I’m kicking off the New Year at Writer Unboxed by musing about habits, good and bad, and how we can cast off some of the latter for the former, especially where writing is concerned.
Remember when I was having trouble blogging because there was just So Much? Three weeks out from SCORPICA’s publication, there’s nearly as much happening, but it’s a different kind of much! I’ve been neglecting the blog, my apologies.
Here’s a little bit of the latest muchness:
I recommended a Fierce Woman Character To Celebrate (who also happens to be a real woman from history) as part of this roundup at The Young Folks
I wrote about the particular challenges of writing birth scenes for Writer Unboxed
I really enjoyed my event at One More Page last night, and you can catch the replay of me reading from SCORPICA, fielding questions, and gesturing a lot in huge sleeves on YouTube
More to come soon, including an opportunity to name a character in my next book!
Fittingly, as we begin a new year, I decided to make my new Writer Unboxed post all about beginnings! Specifically, the two different beginnings every novel has, and why one of them is far more challenging than the other.
Happy first day of NaNoWriMo to my fellow writers, especially those participating this year!
Couldn’t resist writing about the occasion for Writer Unboxed, since my post fell on November 1, the first day of the whole mad annual enterprise.
So click here to read my #1 tip for an absolutely guaranteed NaNoWriMo win!
For obvious reasons, I have cover reveals on the brain… so while all that’s fresh, I figured I’d share some tips and thoughts with my fellow writers with a post on Writer Unboxed. Whether you’re traditionally published or self-published, experienced or new, connected or solo, I think there are three things you should keep in mind when planning a cover reveal — first of all, that the word planning is key.
Here’s this month’s Writer Unboxed post — instead of talking about how authors feel about our reviews, I thought I’d tackle whether or not authors should write reviews of other authors’ books. Obviously, since I write reviews for the Chicago Review of Books, I’ve answered that question for myself with a yes — but not everyone will make that same decision.
I talk about the guidelines, potential pitfalls, and things to think about here.