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The Book Was Better (and other reasons why Hollywood sucks)
Right. I may be extremely late to the party, since the movie this rant is centering around came out in 2010, but for all I know nothing has changed much since then. It’s Percy Jackson, and if you haven’t read … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Hollywood, movie adaptations, political correctness, review
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Women?
First of all: Yes. It’s my conviction that trans women are women. Now for the difficult part. I’ve been thinking a lot about the issue over the course of the past few weeks, ever since you know who wrote her … Continue reading
Everything sucks? Have a book.
I’ve been thinking these past weeks whether I should write the obligatory Corona blog post, but hey, let’s be real. I’m not a scientist, and the last thing we need is another not qualified opinion. I have a million thoughts … Continue reading
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Tagged Corona, COVID-19, escape, free books, Kindle, lockdown, quarantine, social distancing
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Out Now: Downtown Selkie
I’m just going to come right out and say it – this is the best book I’ve ever written. I know this for a fact, because even the beta reader who took it personally when I stopped writing about rats … Continue reading
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Tagged dark fantasy, e-book, folklore, Indie, Kindle, mythology, new book, new release, sea creature, survival, urban fantasy
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New Year, Traffic Jams, and Jobs No One Wants
It’s not too late for one of those Happy New Year posts, is it? Sigh. What can I say, I’ve been busy. Not with any writing related issues, unfortunately. Instead, I did all the after-vacation laundry and other stuff, built … Continue reading
Here’s to Another Decade
Recently, the notion that we’re reaching the end of the decade has been popping up all over my newsfeed, together with the invitation to reflect on what we have achieved during those ten years… I don’t like the word achieved. … Continue reading
Sorry I’m Writing
If you’ve been wondering why it’s been a while since my last blog post, the reason is quite simply that at some point during the summer holidays, a new story wedged itself pretty firmly into my brain, so yeah, sorry, … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, announcement, Greek, mythology, new book, Scottish, selkie, urban fantasy
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Days in Tarvisio, or The Things We Do For Our Kids
This summer, when we asked the kids where they wanted to go, they surprisingly said “mountains.” Not that they’re much into hiking, it’s just that ever since we took them to Tyrol, Austria, at one point in the past, they’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, climbing, family vacation, HarrietOnTour, holidays, Italy, Lago del Predil, Monte Canin, parenting, ropes course, Tarvisio
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Summer Days…
…are over. Not summer as such, not yet, but the holidays are. Those bright, endless days of sunshine and adventure, of laissez-faire and savoir-vivre. How I wish each and everyone of us were able to properly cultivate that attitude, to … Continue reading
A Game called Fear
My 8-y-old daughter has recently attended a so-called safety training in school, the kind where kids are supposed to learn to say no to unwanted attention, and to identify bullies and manipulative strategies and such. Coach tried to make it … Continue reading
