David B Coe

Dark Eyes

Faith Hunter

Blood Cross

A J Hartley

What Time Devours

Misty Massey

Mad Kestrel

C E Murphy

Thunderbird Falls

Research and the Writer

Under the heading of “Careful What You Wish For . . .”:

Fifteen years ago I was at a professional crossroads.  I’d recently completed my doctorate in history and had job applications pending at a number of colleges and universities.  I had also started work on the novel that would become Children of Amarid.  Within a [...]

With Worldbuilding, Every Detail Counts

In a comment to my post last week one of our readers (Thanks Alan!) asked about the level of detail we put into our worldbuilding. The question, I think, was prompted by my description of the details I put into my character development, and in many ways I consider the background work I do [...]