I had the very great privilege of reading Steel Time by J.L. Gribble in the beta stages, and I am so excited to share this excerpt with all of you! In a world with vampires, warrior-mages, weredragons, and sarcastic… Read More
Category: alternate history, Guest BlogTags: alternate history, alternate history fantasy, books, elves, fantasy, fiction, j.l. gribble, magic, mercenaries, steel blood, steel empires, steel magic, steel time, steel victory, time travel, urban fantasy, vampires, warrior mage
Check out an excerpt from Memories of Magic’s “Meet Cute”–where Olivia and Savit meet for the first time!
Category: Fay of Skye Series, Publishing, Teasers, WritingTags: 1890s, alternate history, alternate history victorian fantasy romance, books, Excerpts, fantasy, fantasy romance, fay of skye, fiction, historical fantasy, historical fiction, magic, meetings, memories of magic, olivia, romance, savit, teaser, victorian era, Writing
The Crazy Little Spring Called Love authors discuss what they love (and hate) about spring!
Category: Anthologies, Blog Tour, Guest Blog, Publishing, WritingTags: cara mckinnon, crazy little spring called love, djinn, druids, dryads, elsa carruthers, elves, fairies, fantasy, fantasy romance, goddesses, gods, greek mythology, l.j. longo, m.t. desantis, magic, mary rogers, mermaids, romance, romance anthologies, sheri queen, spring, traci douglass, trolls, welding, witches
Once a month, I will recommend a particularly good book or series. My first recommendation is the Charm of Magpies series by K.J. Charles.
Category: Cara RecommendsTags: case of possession, charm of magpies, china, dan, esther, flight of magpies, kj charles, london, lord crane, lucien vaudrey, m/m, magic, magpie lord, merrick, saint, sex, stephen day, victorian era
Altering history is great fun, especially when real life events can easily be given magical explanations!
Category: alternate history, Fay of Skye Series, WritingTags: 1688, 1897, aegis spell, alternate history, anthropology, archaeology, glorious revolution, history, james ii, magic, olivia, past, savit, visions, william and mary
The words of the songs from Moana keep echoing in my head: They have stolen the heart from inside you, but this does not define you. THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE. You know who you are.
Category: Miscellany, WritingTags: america, fantasy, fantasy romance, fascism, helena, how far i'll go, i am moana (song of the ancestors), ian, legend, lesbian, lin-manuel miranda, magic, mark mancina, merge of magic, moana, mythology, Opetaia Foa’i, prequel, rachel, romance, suffrage, suffragette, viola, we know the way, where you are, women's rights, you know who you are
How exactly do visions work in the world of the Fay of Skye?
Category: Fay of Skye Series, How Magic Works, WritingTags: a theft of magic, essential magic, future, magic, memories of magic, olivia, past, seer, seeress, sorcha, sorcha fay, the sight, visions
Magic is a force in the universe of my world, one that can be manipulated by certain people and sometimes becomes corporeal in the form of gods and magical creatures. It is, from another perspective, a divine presence—an emanation of creation. So, just like there are many ways to discover god in our world, there are many ways to use magic in mine.
Category: Fay of Skye Series, How Magic Works, WritingTags: a merge of magic, a theft of magic, chanting, dance, essential magic, How Magic Works, magic, meditation, shadowcasting, singing, spellcasting, spells
In a previous post, I discussed some of the general context for why I like mixing magic and sex. In this post, I’ll get into the nitty-gritty details of adding magic into a sex scene.
Category: Excerpts, Fay of Skye Series, WritingTags: a merge of magic, a theft of magic, essential magic, etta, guide to writing sex scenes, ian, magic, mal, ronan, sex, sex and magic, sex scenes, sorcha, viola, Writing, writing advice
A Merge of Magic A Fay of Skye Prequel – Part One of Six Viola Fay Seward had the terrible misfortune to fall in love with her soul mate at the age of sixteen. Rather than inform him… Read More
Category: Cover Reveals, Fay of Skye Series, Publishing, WritingTags: a merge of magic, alternate history, alternate history victorian fantasy romance, books, fantasy, fantasy romance, fay clan books, fay of skye, ian, kindle unlimited, magic, prequel, romance, serial novel, spicy romance, steamy romance, viola, viola and ian
