Here’s a great example of the sort of Selkie myth that inspired Tempest Rising.  Thank you very much to Sigurd Towrie for allowing me to reproduce this from his wonderful site, Heritage of Orkney. The Goodman o’ Wastness The Goodman o’ Wastness…
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Un Pocito de Nada
This is sort of a Status Update. So I’m about halfway done with my outline, and I’ve done lots of brainstorming over the weekend. Â I discovered with my second book that I had to outline less pedantically than I did…
Finally. Le troisième libre.
So right now I’m in my robe, sitting on my ball, drinking my morning coffee and smoothie. Â I am a creature of habit. But today I get to re-embark upon my favorite new habit of starting a new book. Â I’ve…
The Oubliette is where you put people . . . to forget about 'em
So I’m STILL GRADING. Â The end is in sight, however, at least for this weekend. Â In the meantime, I’ve posted something about pithy one-linerish descriptions of UF over at the League. Â Basically, my issue is that few people I…
Still in my Grading Oubliette
So I’m still furiously grading and haven’t really had time to do anything on the third book. I also have a coooold. Boo to that! But I did post a rather interesting (at least, to me) discussion on why the…
The (purely symbolic) Awakening
So it’s March 1, which means I’ve officially started Tempest’s Legacy, the third book in the Jane True series. I say, “officially,” because I don’t have time at the moment to do more than start a folder, called Tempest’s Legacy,…
Thanks, ya'll!
I just sent off my dedication, acknowledgements, and my short interview to Orbit. Thanks to EVERYONE who contributed questions! Â I could only answer eight, so it was tough to choose which ones. Â But with the help of Jennifer Flax, from…
Nikki Does Derrida
So I’m Albuquerque, at the SW/TX PCA/ACA conference, “Reeling in the Years.” Â I’m giving a paper on the vexed connections between fiction, testimony, and truth-telling, as philosophized by Jacques Derrida using a text by Maurice Blanchot as his inspiration. Â It’s…
Nicole Peeler needs YOU!
So, if you’re familiar with Orbit’s books, you know that they like to do an interview at the end of a debut author’s first book. If you’re not familiar, Orbit likes to do an interview with debut authors and print…
NOT just another Manic Monday . . .
Oh.  My.  Gods. Check it: Tempest Rising Cover by the amazing artist Sharon Tancredi!  For Orbit’s take on the whole thing, go here! For those of you in the Port, it’s another Beer and Bellydancing Monday . . . and since…