Why Authors Avoid Character Casting

Why Authors Avoid Character Casting

One of the things I love most about Twitter is the way it lets me stumble into great bookish conversations almost daily. Today one of my friends (shout-out to @SpazP!) was disappointed in the photo an author posted for a character in one of her books. And I completely...
The Avengers: When Egos Collide

The Avengers: When Egos Collide

Like thousands of others, I went to see The Avengers this weekend. I love superhero movies. While part of that is my love for good fantasy and sci-fi flicks, it’s more about good triumphing over evil with a heavy dose of style. My husband had trouble suspending...
Video games, music and Winter

Video games, music and Winter

When one of my friends read the first draft of Winter Begins she told me she was sure the heroine, Winter, was a teenage version of me. My response was somewhere between a guffaw and a snort. Very classy. Winter is at times cooler than I was and at others geekier than...

Jax Gets His Own Song

Characters come to life on the page. Readers know this as they experience the novel, but on the other side of things I’m always delighted when a character naturally evolves. Ajax arrives in Winter Begins to give Winter and Thad a push in the right direction. He...
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