The Structure of a Novel

While it may seem that each novel is completely different, most of them have an underlying structure that has a surprising number of similarities. This is the basic structure I use for my novels, so I’m going to demonstrate it using those. I’m willing to...

Recipe – Marshmallows

I thought I’d try something different today. In my novel, Reckless Rescue, Marlee has to cook everything from scratch. While I was writing the book, my editor noted that I had the children toasting marshmallows over the fire, and stated that they wouldn’t...

Why Goats and not Cows?

The traditional picture in a low tech society is the farm girl heading out to the barn, bucket swinging, to milk the cow. But in Reckless Rescue, it’s not a cow Marlee’s milking, it’s a goat. So why did I choose goats instead of cows? One of the...

Lots of Updates!

Wow, it’s been a busy week! Releasing Reckless Rebellion, and running a free promo on Reckless Rescue in the same three days meant I was REALLY busy. But it also worked really well. I had a lot of downloads of Reckless Rescue over the three days, and the sales...