Plotting: a pantser’s nightmare
or, Third time’s a charm I will soon begin writing the third version of the sequel to Beckoning Blood. Not the third draft, the third VERSION. I wrote the first [...]
Happy World Pride
Happy Pride, everyone. Not only is it Toronto Pride at the moment, but it’s also World Pride in Toronto. And there is a lot going on in town. Street parties, [...]
Salzburg took my good intentions and threw them out the window
I have set myself a goal of finishing a(nother) draft of the sequel to Beckoning Blood by the end of the first week of July. That means writing 80,000 to [...]
An endorsement from my 91-year-old grandmother
The other week I wrote about what my beloved thought of Beckoning Blood. This week, I want to share some comments from my 91-year-old grandmother. Like my partner, I was anxious [...]
Doing things you dislike for the things you love
Guest Post from Author Nicole Murphy I’ll come clean – I’m not a big fan of promoting myself, and writing blogs. What do I say? What? Weird thing to admit [...]
Reviews, ratings and rankings
I have a new addiction. And I’m sure I’m not the only author out there who suffers from it. Luckily, this addiction won’t kill me. It might rock my sanity [...]
You always hurt the one you love
It might surprise you to know that my partner didn’t get to read Beckoning Blood until after it was published. While writing and editing, I was fiercely protective of it. [...]
Carcassonne, Saxony…and Perth?
A brief look at the settings in Beckoning Blood Beckoning Blood takes place in three main locations, from the romantic locations of Carcassonne and a forest in Saxony, Germany, to [...]
An interview with vampire Thierry d’Arjou
Today I’m interviewing the other half of vampire duo, Thierry d’Arjou. Just to give you a bit of background, Thierry is the quieter, gentler half of the Thierry and Olivier [...]
An interview with vampire Olivier d’Arjou
This week on my blog I’m interviewing one of the stars of Beckoning Blood: Olivier d’Arjou. Olivier and his identical twin brother Thierry are vampires, and they’ve got a rather [...]