In which Cara rants about how virginity is a social construct, not a medical state, and how poorly some romance books deal with female virginity and myths about hymens.
Category: Romance Pet Peeves, WritingTags: a theft of magic, arousal, female empowerment, foreplay, hymen, memories of magic, myths, olivia, patriarchy, Romance Pet Peeves, ronan, savit, sex, sex positive, sex scenes, social constructs, sorcha, virgin, virginity
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
Check out the gorgeous cover for Memories of Magic, book three in the Fay of Skye series!
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
Some of the songs on my writing soundtrack for Memories of Magic.
Category: book soundtracks, Fay of Skye Series, WritingTags: book soundtracks, enigma, gilehriyaan, gravity of love, jag ghoomeya female, jonita gandhi, lindsey stirling, memories of magic, music, Neha Bhasin, olivia, savit, shatter me, Writing
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