The Story of The Wolf of Oren-yaro In One Line

I‘m bored and procrastinating, so I wanted to play a bit and dissect the opening line of The Wolf of Oren-yaro. They called me “bitch”, the she-wolf, because I murdered a man and made my husband leave the night before they crowned me. I don’t like wasting words. The rare exception is in dialogue or introspection, …

The Wolf of Oren-yaro ARC giveaway, and On Borrowing Horror Elements

There’s a giveaway for The Wolf of Oren-yaro if you haven’t seen the link for it yet. Clicky! As mentioned, this will feature the ARC cover, not the new cover, because my artist doesn’t have the paperback version of that one ready yet. I was sitting here looking at this cover and wondering what it is that …

Epic Fantasy Ramblings: Writing Characters People Care For

So before we talk about how I do epic fantasy characters, just let me put duct tape on my inner critic’s mouth… So, now that that bitch is quiet…I’m starting another novel on Monday, which means a whole new bunch of characters, and I’d like to make them all very well-rounded because like with all my …