Delicate

The leaves begin to fall

and lay frozen on the ground

in heaps of brown and gray.

Feet crush them flat,

shatter their hard, rigid forms,

destroy their delicate beauty.

Meet Clarence and Misha

You've met these two characters before in "Curiosity and the Cat" and "Her Eyes Were Limpet Pools", but here's a little more about each of them:

Mini-post: Another book giveaway!

I'm participating in the Tumblr Hop, which is a multi-author book giveaway open to anyone with a Tumblr account. Learn about how you can win a free copy of Miscast Spells by visiting this link, and learn about the other authors and the books you could win by going here.

And be sure to check this website Monday for a Meet the Characters post about Clarence and Misha!

Creating Character for Miscast Spells

A lot of people ask me about how I come up with characters, or their names, or how I keep them all straight. It’s not as exciting as some might assume, but it’s probably stranger, and thus (perhaps) more interesting. The origins of my characters, at least for Miscast Spells, are also the origin of the story, so I thought it might be a fun idea to do a little post on how The Styx Trilogy all began.

Outcast Shadows Teaser!

Things look a little different around here, don't they? The dazzling blue is in honor of Outcast Shadows: Styx Trilogy Book Two! It's due out in March, 2017, but like I did with Miscast Spells, I want to give you little glimpses of the book's plot and characters before the release. This week is the back-of-the-book teaser. Also, shout-out to M. Weaver, who helped me with one particularly sticky sentence (She's also a writer. Check out the novel she's working on here). Anyway, without further ado, here is your first look at Outcast Shadows: