Behind the Scenes: The Floating Teapot

Behind the Scenes: The Floating Teapot

Wow, would love to see a ‘behind the scenes’! An Instagram follower suggested a behind the scenes look at some of these photo manips I’ve been posting, and I’m happy to share! 🙂 Here’s a quick video of the floating teapot coming together in Photoshop. Hope you like it! P.S. Be sure to follow me …

Book Inspiration: Ancient Aztec Words

Book Inspiration: Ancient Aztec Words

With so many magical stories in North America alone, I knew my books had to have some Mexican myths thrown into the mix! While I was weaving the latest danger into Devil’s Den, I stumbled into some really cool Youtube videos where people are speaking Nahuatl (historically known as the Aztec language). In fact, over …

Songs for the Winner’s Circle

Songs for the Winner’s Circle

Hello, bookish friends! I have to confess–winter is a tough time for me to stay motivated. I mean, the freezing cold alone makes me want to curl up in a blanket and hibernate until spring. And when the work stress and sniffling sick co-workers got to be too much this week, I knew I needed …

Snowy Sundays and Christmas Stars

Snowy Sundays and Christmas Stars

We got the first snow of the year here in Maryland. It wasn’t very much, and I’ll definitely have to go to work tomorrow, but it was just enough to make the treetops sparkle when I took Rally for his walk this morning. With the snow coming down outside, I figured it was a perfect …

Get to Know Me! Part 2

Get to Know Me! Part 2

Let’s keep it rolling! I published a few tidbits about myself here, and I thought I’d add some more to the list for you all 🙂 I have no tattoos. This isn’t because I don’t think tattoos are gorgeous or meaningful–I’ve designed a few tattoos for friends, and I have seen some incredible ink on …

My Magic Word Count Formula

OK, book friends, I have a confession: I don’t actually like NaNoWriMo. I mean, don’t get me wrong. The camaraderie, the ‘let’s just DO THIS!’ attitude is great. But banging out 50K+ words in only one month, especially if it’s someone’s first crack at a novel, is pretty much insane. When you do the math, …