I have a confession to make. My favorite characters to write are the cold, calculating women who make the lives of heroes and heroines utterly unbearable. Writing about a creepy, soulless villain or a power-hungry opportunist willing to cut down anyone in his way has a certain perverse appeal, but when it comes to the… [Continue Reading]
I’m going to totally fly my geek flag here and admit that my first fictional crush was Mr. Spock. I remember watching Star Trek when I was very young and deciding, “I’m going to marry Spock.” The combination of brainy, broody (even if he wasn’t supposed to have emotions, he did), and being something of… [Continue Reading]
Since my debut novel The Fallen Queen was just released this week, I thought I’d strip down my own hero. Now, before I go on, I should say that he does not like the idea of being “stripped down.” He’s sensitive about the topic, with good reason. I won’t go into detail about his personal… [Continue Reading]
