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Austramonath
I adore linguistics and truly wallow in the beauty of historical linguistics and etymology. But no other word gave me more issues than Astramonath. Angela, why didn’t you just call it “Easter?” This is where I pour you a cup of hot chocolate, tea, or coffee and we sit back on the leather couch together. […]
Internal Screams
“How are you doing?” Through my smile, I lied. “Fine,” I said. You smiled back and I watched you walk away. Fine. How that word ripped open my chest and I screamed inside. How am I doing? I’m living a lie dear love. Every moment of every day I think of you while pretending to […]
Frankenstein
I am a huge fan of Kenneth Branagh. Not familiar with his work? *smiles* sure you are! Kenneth Branagh is Gilderoy Lockhart in the Harry Potter film! He’s the wizard who stops to smile at a a painting of himself painting a portrait of himself. But that man means so much more to me than […]
Going Home
Well, today I awoke as a published author. It feels surreal, but only a little. 🙂 I spent the entire morning on Goodreads while Bergen handled himself on Facebook. Kallan and Rune were teamed up on Google+ where they took turns blasting each other with vile comments and tempers. Occasionally, Kallan fried Rune’s ass. Each […]
A Day In the Life of Me
I just need to say, I love the title of this post! So catchy! Welcome to “A Day In the Life of Me.” I won’t ever have this chance again, so I decided to record every moment of this day. This day! Three days prior to my first book release! Are you thinking about […]
Linguistics over breakfast
I am working on edits this morning and found a bit of a research issue I have to go back on. I figured I would walk you through my process. The line is: Gudrun eased her grip on the Seidr staff. My editor wants me to change this to Gudrun eased her grip on the […]
Exploring Genre
Okay, so it’s 10:36 and I haven’t touched Dolor and Shadow yet, but it’s my birthday! I’m allowed to blow off work today if I want. I have so much yummy things happening and I’m just so excited! First, I found this yesterday on Twitter. It’s paranormal romance. I read every genre and LOVE […]
From Norway to Fantasy Part #4
So! The geography! I had just come off of two years of writing and researching Norse Mythology when I was looking over a map of Norway and Sweden. I was trying to imagine myself in the climate when I stumbled upon a Wikipedia Article entitled “Alfheim (Region)” and not “Alfheim (Mythology).” Alfheim (Old Norse: Álfheimr, […]
From Norway to Fantasy Part #3
I lied! I am not covering Geography just yet. First, I want to cover Norse Myth. I had studied Greek/Roman and Egyptian Mythology as early as eleven years old when I read my Encyclopedia set for fun. I would not branch away from those myths for another fifteen years. So when I began Dolor and […]